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New York City

  • Waiting for Sandy.

    A little more than a year ago, we were camped out in our old apartment in Washington Heights waiting for hurricane Irene, and tonight we’re hunkered down* in Brooklyn waiting for hurricane…

  • Yeah, I could live there.

    Yeah, I could live there is a semi-new, semi-regular D16 feature wherein I post pictures of homes I want to break into, kick out the inhabitants and move in. Today I’m spying…

  • Some thoughts on staying put.

    If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might have noticed that the setting for just about all of my posts is either Newburgh or New York City. There are…

  • The Manhattan Bridge.

    The Manhattan Bridge is not the Brooklyn Bridge. Yes, both bridges cross the East River and connect Manhattan and Brooklyn. On the Brooklyn side, you can walk from one to the other…

  • My name is MCA and I still do what I please.

    Both photographs © The Beastie Boys A couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite groups was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I have a strong dislike for…

  • My weekend looked like this.

    Left to right, top to bottom: I spent a lot of time cleaning, unpacking, and arranging. I’m pretty impressed by how much I managed to cross off the to-do list! By midday…

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    My weekend looked like this.

    Things are still very much all work, all the time around here, but I managed to sneak in a few snaps of Instagram brightness here and there. Speaking of Instagram, you may…

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    Decade.

    September 12, 2001 // Cobble Hill, Brooklyn It’s late at night on September 10th, 2011 as I start writing, but in truth I’ve composing this in my head for years. My story…

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