And by sun dance, I don’t mean Robert Redford. I mean shakin’ your thang the way the Mayans and Incas did so that the Sun God would be generous and give you the glorious weather you needed to pull off the event you’re so worked up about. For the Mayans, it was probably a virgin…
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Playing in Jamaica
Today had to have been one of the grayest, rainiest days in New York City I could recall. Color starved, I flipped through our photos again. Thank God for digital cameras and instant gratification. No more waiting for a week before returning to the drug store to pick up an envelope of prints. Technology has…
Color Shock
I woke up around 7 am this morning, waddled out to the kitchen for some water, and nearly jumped out of my pajamas when I saw what was outside–gray. Nothing but gray. Gray clouds in a gray sky over a sleepy gray city that had yet to caffeine up for the day. The gray was…
Law & Order, Jersey Style
About four weeks ago, I gave an impromptu $430 donation to the community of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a town I thought was named after the garrison of Korean noodle restaurants that circle downtown like bandwagons, but is instead named after General Charles Lee, the George Washington-appointed hero who defended New York City during the…
Head to the Hills!
Two months ago, we made the drive from New York City up to the Catskill Mountains for a family wedding and were shocked to discover that such green tranquility was only a two-hour drive away. Keeping afloat as the grind grinds makes one oblivious to the fact that there is a world beyond the greater…