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The steam pipe explosion

My classes on 42nd and 5th Avenue today ended early, so at the time the steam pipe exploded on 41st and Lexington at 5.57pm, killing at least one poor bystander and injuring 20 others, I was back in Brooklyn, striding energetically around the “green zone”...
Postage and handling

Postage and handling

Apple Girl is now the proud owner of this painting of a couple in a park (photograph shows a detail), by Derek van Gieson. Derek lives in my street and works part-time in the cafe around the corner. With the proceeds of a bizarre copy-writing gig (not yet public) I...
Don’t look down

Don’t look down

I forgot to mention that as of the end of June I’m no longer commuting to the Upper West Side to work with Simi Linton. With my NYU course and my plans to return to Australia, it made sense for me to hand over to “the next administration”, as she and...
Midtown lunch

Midtown lunch

Quite the shock to my system, turning up daily for a 9.30am start in the dark heart of midtown, after more than two years of a part-time and flexible work schedule. So far I’ve survived five days (not that I’m counting) and have three weeks to go in my...
A dog’s life

A dog’s life

I love this photo, which I just found on the Slate website, one of my favourite online destinations. It reminds me of the body language of energy-depleted New Yorkers on the subway in the height (depth?) of summer. (Apologies for sponsor’s tag; if I had the...

Summer, intensively

My air-conditioner has given up the ghost. Well, it still spurts forth cold air when I stand in front of it, but I can only cope with its blast for a minute before the ear-shattering roar of whatever’s rattling around inside the unit becomes too much to bear. So...
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