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Rove Visits Bush’s Base; Jail Next

14Aug08

Karl Rove Arrested: Congress Grows Balls and Does Something? Photo from flickr user Knuckledragger.
Yesterday Karl Rove was politicking in Dallas, future home of George W. Bush and a rare remaining political stronghold, at the home of real-estate mogul Harlan Crowe. The subject of the gathering was not publicly reported.
A local group was organizing a protest of Mr. Rove and his [...]

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Tags: Dallas, DNC, jail, politics, Rove, Siegelman, USA

S-bucks patron: “My morning commute is totally f*cked.”

04Aug08

One of the 600 ill-fated, soon-to-close Starbucks stores is located right here in North Dallas (actually 9 are closing in the city!), at the pivotal intersection of 635 and Coit Road. While the morning rush was at times tremendous, it was never enough to overcome the pricey rent and stiff competition from nearby coffee vendors, none of [...]

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Tags: closing - haha!, coffee, Dallas, Starbucks, USA

Frank Lloyd Doggy

04Aug08

The Dallas Theater Center: Not Frank Lloyd Wright’s finest work. Gabby agrees, I think.
I prefer Wright’s other Dallas building, the Gillin House, which was featured in Wes Anderson’s first movie, Bottle Rocket.
Or pretty much any Wright house, including the Boynton House, which I used to live by, in Rochester, NY.

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Tags: architecture, buildings, Dallas, dogs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gabby, USA

Pennsteak!

03Aug08

This little bugger was tough to find. Friday evening in downtown Philly is neither cheesesteak time nor country. Tasty!

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Tags: 19107, cheesesteak, food, philadelphia, USA

Center City: Not Downtown

30Jul08

I don’t care for the name Center City. “Downtown” seems like such a nice, universal term. Why change?
New Yorkers do claim that theirs is the only true downtown, as it is at the southern end of the island. Playing second – or third, or fourth – fiddle on the East Coast would make me want [...]

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Tags: Center City, cities, philadelphia, stupid term, trains, transport, USA

The Roots

30Jul08

Can’t see trains (in this case, a trolley) in Philly – and be in the city in general – without thinking of The Roots. This song in particular.

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Tags: music, philadelphia, the Roots, trains, transport, USA

Brooklyn Intimidation

25Jul08

In the past year+ I’ve passed the Brooklyn Museum tens of times. But I’ve never been in. And I like museums. Even art museums.
Seeing it again, after a four-month absence, I think I’m intimidated — by its looks. The thing just looks weird as hell. Two very different styles: Beaux Arts and whatever that thing [...]

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Tags: 11238, Brooklyn, intimidation, museums, USA

Brooklyn Sunday: Biking to the Beach

25Jul08

The newlyweds, Tony and Ashley, let me crash on their floor for a week. They had to step over my sleeping body everyday before leaving for work. Not once was I kicked.

This past Sunday we rode bikes to the beach. From their apartment in Prospect-Lefferts Garden to Brighton Beach/Coney Island. A seven-mile ride. Or so. [...]

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Tags: 11224, bikes, Brooklyn, Coney Island, development, USA

Dredging the Delaware River = ?

24Jul08

A sign on a building along the Delaware River in Philadelphia puts it so simply: Dredge the river and get jobs! (And: Notice!: That’s the top of the USS United States in the background.)
News stories – published in the last 24 hours – show a discontented public. One has Salem County, New Jersey, officials worried [...]

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Tags: development, economy, new jersey, patco, philadelphia, rivers, trains, USA

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