Monthly Archives: September 2011

I’ll admit, I’m a morning person.  I know that’s one strike against me in my quest to morph into a real New Yorker.  But sometimes morning has its advantages, and on Wednesday and Friday mornings from July through September, being … Continue reading →

I was instructed to show up at 10:30 a.m. with an instrument sharp enough to cut grapes from Latif Jiji’s one-of-a-kind, 100-foot-long, roof-climbing vine.  Being included in this three-generation family tradition, I, as the roof-exploring “outsider,” was a little uncertain … Continue reading →

Thank you, Jeff Kuller, cabinet installer extraordinaire and all-around nice guy, for getting me to LOOK UP at the corner of 8th Avenue and 16th street.  What looked like the tops of three gigantic metal flowers poked out from the … Continue reading →