by David | Nov 23, 2007 | transportation, travel
So I was walking along West 72nd street, very possibly the one street I know better than any other in the world, when I came upon this sign, which stopped me in my tracks. The sign is at the corner of Broadway, on the Eastbound side of 72nd, near the 1-2-3 train stop,...
by David | Nov 16, 2007 | culture, eating, media, photo, travel
Last night I attended an excellent photo lecture by Andrea Robbins and Max Becher sponsored by the Photographic Resource Center in affiliation with the New Center for Arts and Culture at the BU Photonics Center. (Photonics Center?? What goes on at such a place?) And...
by David | Nov 15, 2007 | travel
OK, that’s not exactly what I meant, but apparently, I wasn’t the only person to have a lousy travel experience in France recently. While at the Hilton in Paris, Alex suffered mightily and wrote this “nastygram” while waiting for somebody to...
by David | Oct 27, 2007 | culture, travel
In retrospect, I should have known this was going to be a tough trip when, at 2am on the Champs-Élysées, three witches joined the taxi queue behind me. Eighteen hours later, I was eating dinner in a Greek restaurant in Brussels. Now, a further 12 hours into the...
by David | Oct 18, 2007 | photo, travel
Day one in Chicago: mid-day grey Day two in Chicago: golden blue and pink at dusk What a difference a day makes.