Poetry Slam, Ratatouille and Flashbacks
Talk To Me Poetry Slam Roger and I were joking on Monday about his first chapbook (Of Revolutionaries and Romance I believe it was called), the existence of which he denies and if Lynne ever wanted to really get at him, she’d pull from the vault and sell reprints on Ebay. Preparing for tomorrow night’s slam
Flashback: Why I Slam…
[Going through the archives trying to figure out what to read tomorrow at the Nuyorican and I came across this little ditty, a typically belligerent, sophomoric effort from that crazy Summer of 1998! Backstory here.] Why I Slam… Hi my name is Guy and I’m not an alcoholic I just drink a lot. Can you
Last night, at the slam…
Who Wrote This? Last night was a lot of fun. Purposeful emphasis there, as the stage was set for everything to go awry and derail my fledgling return to writing and publicly reading poetry as the show was unexpectedly moved to the upstairs lounge because of construction on the main floor and I’ve never liked that
Mariah @ the Dive Bar
Mariah @ the Dive Bar When I promised tolove you foreverand ever, long timelike no one elseand assorted otherexaggerations…I lied. I was drunk. So were youof course—it’s what we do—so this should be a mootpoint but sober nowI feel the need to clarifysome things. That nightMariah playing onthe jukebox in thatdive bar we bothlove a
Relaxing Weekend
Cherry pickers A rare relaxing weekend that included a trip upstate for an afternoon of cherry picking at Lawrence Farms Orchards on Saturday, and a walk to the local branch of the NY Public Library today, an impressive facility smack in the middle of a neighborhood dealing with gang problems. Gotta love NYC, no? No? Ah, shaddup!
QotD: Grown-Up Boot Camp
What are three things you want to learn, and three things you can teach others to do? Submitted by bookishbiker. To Learn 1) Speak Spanish 2) Graphic design 3) Self-discipline To Teach 1) Write a marketing plan 2) Change a diaper 3) Play basetee ball Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Ah, Kate Walsh!
Kate Walsh and David Spade Talk About Maxim’s Hot 100 I had no idea she was funny, too! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
NYC: Love it or Leave It
Me, Self-Portrait New York City: It’s more than just a city, it’s a state of mind. Not the most original thought, but over the years, I’ve come to appreciate/realize that you don’t have to be a native New Yorker to be a New Yorker. Some transplants come here already more of a New Yorker than
Fatty No More
Viva le Difference I made a quiet resolution last December to get in better shape this year, partly spurred by the fact that I was tired of avoiding the scale in fear of finally having crossed the 200lb tickmark. Also, I wasn’t wearing more than a third of my wardrobe because I didn’t like how most of it
Short-short #2: Establishing Shot
The café is small and non-descript, on the first floor of a faux brownstone in the faceless part of Greenwich Village. A railroad space with access to the backyard, also small, where an old greenhouse roof with most of the roof panels missing, offers a quiet refuge from the outside world. The cuisine is South