2013: Looking back…

by Jeff | Dec 31, 2013

I usually have a good time putting together my year-end wrap up. This year is differenent. Significant things happened in 2013–some incredibly awesome and others tremendously sad. The past few days I’ve debated what to lead with and there’s really no...

Snowy Rudolph

by Jeff and Will | Dec 8, 2013

There are snow flurries tonight and it seemed the perfect time to grab a couple photos with Rudolph, who is watching over the Christmas tree outside our apartment building.

2012: A Year in Review

by Jeff | Dec 30, 2012

It was a busy, but overall great year — and, hey, the world didn’t end so that made it all the better. Here’s my look back at 2012. Let’s start off with highlights: Travel & Writing Merge: Will and I got away from the city for a weekend in...

Hurricane Sandy – All is Okay for Us

by Jeff and Will | Oct 30, 2012

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy (or Frankenstorm, which is a much niftier term), we’re okay. Somehow Battery Park City was spared power failure and any significant water damage (at least that we’ve seen). Our friends and neighbors in other parts of the...

NYC Century

by Jeff | Sep 11, 2012

This past Sunday I rode in the NYC Century bike ride, which is a 100 mile (actually a 106 mile according to the route cue sheet) ride that takes place across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. I’ve been curious about this ride for a while, but the ride...

Irene Equals Evacuation

by Jeff | Aug 28, 2011

This is a scene from this morning after Hurricane Irene (or Tropical Storm Irene, depending on who is reporting) made landfall at Coney Island. This is North Cove Marina featuring the World Financial Center in the background. Our apartment complex is just off screen...