( in which I do something that feels really brave )

Well, it's better than it was, but it still hurts all the time--a throbbing pain ( Read more... )

The wind blew it all away in the back, but looking out the front door:
( Among the top 10 NYC blizzards! )

Here it is Monday afternoon and there is no snow. But I see snow has been taken off the weather menu whilst my attention was elsewhere.

This weekend was a mixed bag. I notice that almost everything is off my to-do list with the exception of "Put together composter" which now seems like it won't get done till January.

The financial situation still ( Read more... )

Although the party next door is not as loud as it could be, it is still keeping me awake. Therefore, I am watching Sunao ni Narenakute.

( shadows )

Once considered the badlands, Bedford-Stuyvesant is slowly gentrifying and now features refurbished brownstones, vintage clothing stores and bakeries that produce a bumper crop of red velvet cakes and other treats. This central Brooklyn neighborhood is also a bastion of the African diaspora, a place where, as Black History Month winds down, a ( Read more... )

I am absurdly excited that NYC public schools are closed tomorrow (due to the weather forecast)! I will probably still have to go to work, though, which is kind of a drag since my travel times are during the periods of predicted heaviest snowfall/highest winds ( Read more... )

Mitchell L. Moss, a professor of urban policy and planning at New York University, points out that because Bedford-Stuyvesant’s residents are generally not dependant on Wall Street salaries and bonuses, they have not had to readjust their spending habits as much as residents of the Upper East Side or Brooklyn Heights. The fact that many residents ( Read more... )

I finally got a new USB cable for my camera, after the old one disappeared a few weeks ago and could not be found (meaning that it should now turn up someplace totally obvious within a couple of days).

Herewith, then:

( a selection of recent photos )