Since rediscovering the library, I've returned to it many times. It's a great place to work when I don't feel like working from home, and can't possibly drink any more coffee. I have a library very close to my apartment, but I really only go to that one to take books out. Given the choice … Continue reading Inside the New York Public Library

Have you ever been to Brooklyn Heights? It's the loveliest neighbourhood! Hayden and I paid it a visit over the weekend. Amazingly, I had never been there before, although I've been close to it on multiple occasions. It's such a private, tucked away sort of suburb that I guess you really don't end up there unless you … Continue reading Sunshine in Brooklyn Heights

When I go to the Lincoln Center, it's usually in the evening, to watch the New York City Ballet do their stuff. I don't go all that often - certainly not as much as I would like - but that didn't stop me wanting to live close to the Lincoln Center, in what's called the … Continue reading An Afternoon at the Lincoln Center

I was in Soho having lunch with some friends the other day – or at least I think I was. I'm pretty sure the restaurant we went to is in Soho, but it's right on the outskirts. Walk east, and you quickly find yourself in the Lower East Side, or Chinatown, or Little Italy, or … Continue reading Where Downtown Collides