Archive for February, 2009
Oscar haiku
Starry L.A. night.
Eyes on the golden idol…
but: Jackman dances.
photo: zampano!!!
Filed under: LA, Oscars, haiku, movies | Leave a Comment
Tags: Hugh Jackman
In the morning trash
Through the clear plastic recycling bag and pressed against the Tropicana orange juice carton and Dannon yogurt cups, I saw a flattened cardboard six-pack container for O’Douls Amber. One of those “fake” beers.
“Ah,” I thought. “Another alcoholic lives nearby.”
This was on 85th Street between Broadway and West End, about two blocks from home. It was [...]
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Bones for soup
My father told me many years ago that when he was a boy he often dreamed of being trapped overnight in a Manhattan delicatessen rather than, like most children, in a candy store. This somewhat explains the other night at dinner, when my 5-year-old son said, “Dad, for dessert I want pickles.”
The other theory might [...]
Filed under: Manhattan, Point O' Woods, children, food | Leave a Comment
Tags: city, Sahadi's, Atlantic-Avenue, Brooklyn, Woodstock, Jimi-Hendrix, Epicureanism, Lower East Side
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