Less than a half mile away

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Geese

I only go

to the nicest places.

High octane posting

The Shell station on Third Avenue got a gas delivery the other day.

The driver told me the tanks are made of aluminum because it's inexpensive, it doesn't rust, it's lightweight and it doesn't spark when struck.

He also explained the tank itself is internally subdivided into five segments, so that a puncture of a fully loaded fuel truck can lose only one fifth of its payload at most.

Makes sense. Who knew?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_truck

Can you spot the camera?

There it is!

NYC Green Carts

I think the fruit man around the corner on Bruckner is very cool.

He's legit, too.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cdp/cdp_pan_green_carts.shtml

Annie's Amtrak Farm

Across from the 138th and Concourse 4-5 line and right in the shadow of the passing Amtrak train grows beautiful produce, and it was for sale this morning at a mini-Farmer's Market.

Annie on the left and her helper set up shop under the railroad overpass and the fresh vegetables looked amazing: eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes and beans.

I purchased a beautiful bunch of very crisp basil. There was even corn. The selection was impressive.

But for me the real action was across the street, behind the chainlink. I love José's garden across 134th from my window but here was another farm just a few blocks away! 

All aboard!

Laundry Error code 404

I just discovered the washing machine I used this morning doesn't work right. I had to drag sopping wet shirts into a spackle bucket and carry them around the building looking for a working machine.

You can't miss this bad washer. It has standing water in it.

It displays an error code, too.

         404 Not Found                                  

The requested resource could not be found but may be available again in the future.^[2] Subsequent requests by the client are permissible.

This ain't the burb, y'know.

Do not disturb or you’ll perturb, dogs are superb, please hit the curb.

Night and Day

You are the one.

Some days are weirder than others

going, going......

Mott Haven lost a remnant of an original slate sidewalk along Morris Avenue this week, on the way to the WesternBeef.

Who knew it would be gone 2 weeks later? 

From the New York Times, June 20th, 1994:

“.......the massive slabs of bluestone, many the size of dining room tables, that a century ago were the city's dominant sidewalk material.

But the bluestone trade faded to almost nothing over his father's generation, and for years the only sidewalks installed were concrete. The giant slabs of gray rock, which over time subtly show colors like red and green and azure, appeared to be going the way of gaslights, bowler hats and the 3-cent cigar.”

live music, Sometimes.

Charlotte Sometimes, a singer/songwriter I met a couple weeks ago rocked The National Underground last night. She had given me a copy of her new EP, “Sideways”. Now I’m hooked. 

She delivers the classic elements that have always supported a professional music career: excellent songwriting, passionate performance and first rate studio production. Her EP is really great, a highly polished recording as good as anything I’ve heard all year.  

Big music has noticed too, GEFFEN in particular, and one of her live performances is featured on the Warped Tour compilation from 2008. Now I see why. Thanks, Charlotte, nice set.

http://www.charlottesometimesmusic.com/

            The National Underground  159 East Houston                 http://www.thenationalunderground.com/