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  • Jackie Robinson Park in Manhattan, New York City

    New York City is full of parks. The more my wife and I walk around, the more obvious that becomes. There are many more parks here in the northern part of Manhattan than there are on the Lower East Side, or at least it seems that way. Everywhere you look, there are trees and grass.…

  • The August Loot Crate: Cake, Caffeine and Zombies!

    This is the fourth Loot Crate I’ve opened. The Loot Crates seem to be a little hit-or-miss for me in terms of whether or not I like what’s in them, but I suppose that’s the nature of a service like this. You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t…

  • The High Bridge Trail

    The High Bridge, officially known as the Aqueduct Bridge, was originally used to bring water onto Manhattan Island from the Croton River. Construction began in 1837 and was completed in 1848. The bridge had the appearance of a Roman stone, arched aqueduct. In 1928, the bridge was rebuilt using steel construction that worked well for…

  • Mostly Naked People and Huge Crowds at Times Square

    Last Thursday night my wife and I went downtown to meet up with an old friend who was in town for the week and we decided to walk through Times Square to take some photos. You know, the tourist thing. I even bought a few “I Love NY” magnets at a souvenir shop. Times Square…

  • Inspiration Point on the Hudson River Greenway

    If you go up the Hudson River Greenway, between the 181st pedestrian footbridge and where the Greenway currently ends at the northern branch of Riverside Drive at the northern edge of Fort Tryon Park, you’ll find Inspiration Point. There’s no way to access Inspiration Point except by using the trail. There are no parking spots…

  • Semi-Domestic Wild Deer in Fort Lee Historic Park, New Jersey

    On Sunday, when my wife and I walked over the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey, we stopped by the Fort Lee Historic Park, which is right next to the bridge and offers a great view of the Hudson River and Manhattan, which, I suppose, was the reason the fort was originally built. We didn’t…

  • Trekking Across the George Washington Bridge Into New Jersey

    When I was in the Army, there was a running cadence that went something like this: I can run to Jersey just like this, All the way to Jersey and never quit. I can run to New York just like this, All the way to New York and never quit, Because I’m hardcore, Motivated, Dedicated,…

  • The Hudson River Greenway

    I’ve started taking long walks for exercise purposes. While I’m out, I usually listen to the news using a new app I found called Umano (which is pretty cool, by the way), but still, looking at the same scenery over and over gets old, so I’m always looking for new places to go. Normally, I…

  • North American Petroglyph Graffiti in New York City

    On Thursday, my wife and I were walking downtown and, mixed in with advertisements, I saw this graffiti on the barrier walling off an empty lot. The first thing I thought of when I saw the images were the animal paintings in the cave at Lascaux, France. Those are some of the oldest cave art…

  • A page from Maus showing a Jewish “bunker”

    I’m reading Maus as a launching point for a paper I’m going to write.