Post archive for ‘Time Capsule’
2008 by the numbers
On the final day of the year, I present my 2008 in easy to read numerical form.
Summer is dead – long live summer!
It’s Labor Day again and with it comes the unofficial end of summer. Coincidentally, this week is going to be warmer than most weeks we had in August. The only true disappointment this summer was not availing myself of all the free outdoor concerts throughout the city. I can make up for it next summer but it won’t be at McCarren Park as that venue is no more.
Spring in NYC is never long enough
I usually plan on writing the spring recap during the Memorial Day weekend but sometimes life gets in the way so you gotta adjust. These recaps may seem easy but my memory gets worse with time so I have to consult the calendar to see what the heck I actually did the last few months.
Ending the winter hibernation
It’s the first weekend of spring so it would seem to make sense to write up a postmortem on winter. There’s only one problem.
It sure as fuck doesn’t feel like spring yet. I want my mid-50s temperatures, dammit.
2007 by the numbers
On the final day of the year, I present my 2007 in easy to read numerical form.
That was autumn? Really!?
Ok, it’s Thanksgiving weekend and we’re barely a few days removed from a 60+ degree day and I have to ask – was this really autumn? This past October tied the mark set in 1947 for the warmest October since they started observing weather in Central Park. Was it a sign of global warming or just nature’s gift for those who were unable to part with summer? Whatever it was, it worked out pretty well for me as it meant less time spent shivering in November than in years past.
Bidding a fond farewell to the summer of ‘07
I know I say this every Labor Day weekend but I just cannot believe that the summer has already passed me by. While it wasn’t quite the whirlwind of activity that defined last summer, I still managed to keep myself busy. In place of going to an insane amount of concerts, I spent more time with friends – a fair trade by any standard.
9/11, Five Years Later
In the five years since 11.09.2001, I don’t believe I’ve ever written a post on the subject. It’s not as if I have a particular aversion to talking about it; I just never felt any need to do so.
I still don’t feel any compulsion to talk about it but I will anyway because
- it’s been five years and it seems like a good time as any to do so,
- I’ve got accompanying photos so it won’t be all talk, and
- as each year passes, I’m more likely to forget details about the day so it’s best to get it recorded for the sake of remembrance.
American flag hanging on 35th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Street in Astoria, NY.
Summer ‘06 draws to a close
As I sit at my computer on this Labor Day weekend, on this unofficial end of summer, I’m going to break from routine and actually write a post that’s heavy on words and light on photos. Not since my college days has a summer gone by so fast – and those summers went fast. I’ve never been so busy, out so often, and over-extended so much but, in the end, it was all worth it. This summer may have just flown by but it only feels that way because I’ve never had so much fun in three-plus months period of time.