Posted: July 23rd, 2009 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Citywide, Manhattan
Shut out of the 1 p.m. ferry to Governors Island because of the 2009 Jazz Age Lawn Party, we wandered around Lower Manhattan, wondering what to do. First went over towards The Battery and Pier A, which they seem no closer to renovating, except for some fancy signage:
So we decided to take the IKEA Express Water Taxi to Red Hook:
There’s the new Erie Basin Park there:
Truthfully, Red Hook was a little hot that day (83 degrees, 77 percent humidity), so we returned home via the B61.
In Greenpoint, a word of warning, and some good advice in general:
Not that we’re in the market for a new mattress or anything, but good to know . . .
Posted: July 21st, 2009 | Filed under: Feed, Manhattan
Things are looking even bleaker for Counterfeit Triangle:
Negronis at Forlini’s:
Had only been to Golden Unicorn for dim sum a while back, but dinner is good, too:
The ubiquitous Employees Must Wash Hands sign at Golden Unicorn had been existentially reduced to a single “employee” — the first time I’ve seen that:
Walked back north and passed by the new building at the Cooper Union, which had just been reviewed very favorably in the paper:
Posted: May 10th, 2009 | Filed under: Manhattan, Out Of Town
The powerful Tiecoon at Penn Station, Midtown Manhattan, May 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m.:
Phillies vs. Braves at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, May 9, 2009, 5:24 p.m.:
Dirty Frank’s, Philadelphia, May 9, 2009, 11:42 p.m.:
The Shirt Corner, Old City, Philadelphia, May 10, 2009, 3:15 p.m.:
The exciting new Trenton Transit Center in Trenton, New Jersey, May 10, 2009, 4:47 p.m.:
