by the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene! EEKS!!
I went by there(midtown West) yesterday to pick up a couple ‘baozi’ - you know, bun-like chinese snacks - and the door was locked with the bright yellow notice posted in plain view.
It must have just happened - the workers were still standing there, but […]

No, this wasn’t a scam I from a bad ebayer. Instead, it was a lot of bad luck (?) all at the same time that made my ebay item cost an extra $100 and 2 hours of my time, plus gas. You see, I don’t have a home mailbox, so instead I use […]

It really needed to happen. My old, old, old (I don’t know how many years old now) Reebok’s had been losing the little inside rubber pieces for months, then the sides started to rip off. I tried to nail & screw the flap back on, but after a couple more weeks, that idea […]

Almost lost my finger today. I was at my studio trying to use my serger after it had been in storage for months, and I found that I had a lot of cleaning and realigning to do. When I just about got it set up for a certain stitch, the threads got stuck […]

I don’t understand it, I come back to my car - actually, I peeked from half a block away - and saw that bright orange thing in my windshield wiper. Knowing that I parked during a street cleaning (Okay, I saw the street cleaner go by, and even a NYPD parking ticket guy […]

to work in NYC. Let me tell you, I have tried EVERY POSSIBLE method, at one point or another. I have driven, ridden bus & train, mixed the two together along with walking, etc, etc, etc. Believe me, it is set up in such a way that you’re best bet is just […]

What a trade-off. To show you what I mean, here’s the pros & cons:
Pros:

cheap rent
no roaches, rats, or bedbugs
fresh air? yeah right…

Cons:

LONG commute
EXPENSIVE commute
need a car to get around –> traffic
no social life
no good restaurants, nightlife, stores

But put all the cons together and it’s big. I don’t dance anymore. I don’t […]