The Quarrel - New York Times →
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n+1: 5.4 →
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So I’ve never been big into running. In fact I’ve hated it for most of my life and focus on other activities. Since @angrywayne’s decided to run the marathon, I thought I’d tag along a bit to see what this running thing is all about.
So to fool myself and to stay interested, I’ve decided to use running as way to explore New York. I ran the Central Park loop last week and it was so magical - seeing the Boat House, the Met, and the Guggenheim flash by. It reminded me, wow, I am so grateful and lucky that I have the opportunity to do something like this, and I should take advantage of it more often. (I’m trying to stamp out the cynical “been there, done that” New Yorker mode in me.)
There are so many places that I haven’t been yet! Like the Old Croton Aqueduct! And the Palisades! And Jacob Riis Park/Fort Tilden! Who’s with me?
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Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics - The Daily Beast →
this actually sorta cheered me up on the subway ride home.
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Kurt Andersen: From Fashion to Housewares, Are We in a Decades-Long Design Rut? | Style | Vanity Fair →
It was pretty interesting to read this article and contrast it with a piece that was on Kurt Andersen’s show, Studio 360, the other day - about how the music of every decade has its distinctive sound. Yay - or boo! Autotune.
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In the Sorting Office →
sounds like everyone gets screwed in the privatization of the post office - the workers, the customers, and eventually the corporations that the postal service has become. Although, someone needs to raise bulk mail prices so that I stop getting Reader’s Digests, Victoria’s Secret and Publishers’ Clearing House every. single. day.
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The Romney Economy →
I am proud to say that I did NOT vote for Romney for governor when I lived in MA.
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Train of Thought: On the ‘Subway’ Photographs by Bruce Davidson | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books →
Often I try to remember what New York was like when I was a kid. What the street felt like. And I see photos and think, was it really that gritty and crappy? I remember walking up the Bowery with my parents from one grandparents’ apartment to the other. I was a kid growing up in the suburbs, so walking felt far, but never felt unsafe, but maybe that’s because I didn’t know any better.
I do remember the corner where the Whole Foods on Second Ave is now…it was an empty lot, filled with tires and needles and was totally uncared for and unloved. But I always felt the possibility and energy in the city. No joke, in third grade I made a drawing of myself surrounded by tall buildings and the caption was something like “I will be a ballerina and own a condominium in New York City”.
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