For years, I’ve wanted to do a photowalk through Brooklyn’s Chinatown ever since I read Robert Sietsema wax poetic about it here. I did go visit a few years back, but went camera-less and have regretted it ever since. Plus, there aren’t nearly enough great photos of Sunset Park in our Flickr pool! Though I [...]

Tonight, I’m taking a break from the crazy travel-and-work schedule to head to Terminal 5 and see the Smashing Pumpkins, which just so happens to be my favorite band of all time (and the reason I started blogging years and years ago). It’s been a long time since I had the opportunity to see one [...]

This past weekend, DUMBO once again played host to one of the most fun and interactive art festivals I’ve ever visited — and there were plenty of surprises. Galleries in old dumpsters and shipping containers, crazy light shows on the Manhattan Bridge, and fascinating exhibits with subjects as diverse as Brooklyn’s own residents. I met [...]

Thanks to a great tip from Tricia Vita over at Amusing the Zillion, I learned of a recently-opened exhibit at the CLAMPART gallery in Chelsea featuring the work of photographer Stephen Wilkes, whose masterpiece of Coney Island is below. This photograph is part of Wilkes’ collection called “Day to Night,” and the pieces are impressive: [...]