Kate Cranston and Emily Post would be pleased.
A centuries-old culture is returning to Brooklyn, and it’s bringing its pinky finger with it. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Ahmadinejad, Schmadinejad
As seen in the “Politics” section of The Huffington Post. You know all this coverage of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance at Columbia University? Well, guess what — it’s all a bunch of baloney. While everyone from CNN to The … Continue reading
Prisoners need help before and after release, experts say
When a prisoner is released on parole, he could use a little more than a rumpled suit, a couple of bucks and a hardened pack of chewing gum.
Like an apartment. Or a college degree. Or a job.
Or somebody to help him figure out how to get them. Continue reading
In Bed-Stuy, ‘Brew or Die’
It’s a hot summer’s day, and Francine Dixon is sitting outside her Brooklyn café watching customers enter. Among the passersby, a middle-aged woman wearing a plastic hairnet and smeared magenta lipstick walks across Malcolm X Boulevard toward the entrance.
“You see that one right there?” Dixon says, motioning toward the woman. “I’ll bet you a quarter she’s gonna go in and ask for food.” Continue reading
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Ancient Sounds for the Next Generation
As seen in the September 2007 issue of DRUM! magazine. Things aren’t supposed to be low in New York. They just aren’t. Things are taller here. Skyscrapers like the Chrysler building and the Empire State building stretch toward the moon, … Continue reading