cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
Dave and George, fresh from the hot tub in the back yard
Franchia Teahouse on Park Avenue
Tom at the Hat aka El Sombrero
the men's room at El Sombrero
ancient infant on the Q train to Brooklyn
jack-o-lanterns on President Street
Sesame Street potty on Seventh Avenue
Andy has sung at every major venue in NYC and was happy to check Radio City Music Hall off the list, after being with the orchestra and chorus providing the live soundtrack for "The Two Towers"
we repaired to Randolph's, the lovely lounge in the lobby of the Warwick Hotel, for cocktails with sci-fi novelist Maggie Ronald
don't give me that look!
what have you done to me? I've gone all trippy
Andy and Eric in the afterglow of Movie Night
These two had never met. I love making famous introductions.
our hosts, Morgan and Mike
the view of the Jersey City skyline at sunset from their living room
Mike and Andy are glee-club chums from Cornell...
...as is Joel
Anne and Tony live in Mike and Morgan's neighborhood
Anne's cool shoes are by Donny Miller
we looked at Mike's cool pictures of lightning on his laptop
My wall calendar these days is BUTT magazine‘s 2010 week-at-a-time photo calendar, with fetching pictures printed on the magazine’s signature pink newsprint. I was sorry to see last week go by, because it means I’m no longer gazing at the lovely Ian. Plus, I love seeing portraits of people with mundane objects in the background, like wall sockets.
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