liquidjill

It is a ritual of the city. As we enter the train each of us takes on our protective safety cushion of anonymity. Our personal bubbles of tolerance through practiced ignorance. It’s sounds harsh, but it becomes a necessity. How else could we ignore the presence of so many people every moment of every day? [...]

I could sum up a pretty sizable portion of my childhood with just a few TV shows. This one however would take precedence above them all. What a wonderful thing it was to be a child of the 80′s with no possibly ability to correlate the insano number of drug references in the programming I [...]

A few months ago I reviewed a local restaurant on Yelp.com, something I try to do as often as I can especially with local spots as I am a huge proponent of supporting my neighborhood businesses. Most, if not all of my purchasing is from locally owned stores and I don’t patronize chains any more [...]

So far this weekend has been pretty amazing. The weather finally, finally turned and I couldn’t be happier. Yesterday I woke up around 7am and met a couple friends in Prospect Park for a few loops on the road bike before breakfast. Once I got home it was laundry, a shower, and a walk to [...]

So this evening I did what I often do after work, I went to the gym. I was feeling pretty strong and on the train I remember thinking I’d probably be able to run for a solid hour tonight, which is great, as my attitude tends to get me further than anything, which is pretty [...]

image via AP This one is my walk to the subway: And this one is from my office in Tribeca:

Snow on the ground and a huge storm on the way, at least according to those pesky weather people. We’ll see the true outcome tonight I suppose. The trains are completely wonky again this weekend. All 2 and 3 trains have their last stop at my station where shuttle buses (of which there are never [...]