Blissville: A memoir” (Installment 7, 12/29)
“It’s a concepto among Latin peoples,” Tito tells me. He is trying to explain the mutterings between the guys who huddle together nightly a few doors down. Our little block once was quiet at night. Then one day, seemingly out of nowhere, they appeared with their boasts, guffaws, groans, and rattling beer bottles. It doesn’t help that our bedroom window overlooks the street.
Bloomberg Drops the Ball Big Time
Inaction and Delays by New York as Storm Bore Down [NYT] Sanitation boss Doherty’s street plowed; nearby streets winter blunderland [DailyNews] Death of newborn baby among tragedies as city accused of ‘dropping the…
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Greenpoint (Joshua Bright for New York Times) Snow job! Brooklyn pols blast lackluster storm response [BklynPaper] New Yorkers Combat Deep Snow, Slow Travel [NY1] Northeast digs out after storm snarls travel [Reuters] Choreographing a Snowplow…
Blissville: A memoir” (Installment 6, 12/27)
“Tú vas a practicar tu inglés y yo mi español.” This was how I asked Tito out for our first date. “Media media.”
“Mitad y mitad,” he said, correcting me.
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Photo by Ben Lozovsky An Artist and His Friends Take on Bin Laden [NYT] Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear scores big on ‘Blue Valentine’ soundtrack [DailyNews] Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New…
