Memories of Maryland Still Entice Ambrosio
There are some tiny bits of good news, you just have to look a little harder. For instance, last night I read in the WSJ that the number of illegal immigrants coming into the US from our southern border is plummeting. Maybe it’s because there are so fewer jobs, or […]
On Brooklyn’s A Line, "Da Genie’s Outta da Bottle"
On my way to my last trip, I took a Greyhound bus and then the subway from Times Square all the way out through Brooklyn to Howard Beach. It’s a long ride underneath some of the city’s worst neighborhoods, passing notorious stops like Van Siclen, New Lots and Euclid Avenues […]
Conversations in the Cafe
In the cafe today, a well-dressed man in a jacket and a pretty blond wife came in, followed by a youngster wearing a blue blazer. The man strode up the counter with a confident air, and asked if we could make him a poached egg. We told him that we’d […]
Abandoned North Korean Hotel Lurks on Horizon
I found a fascinating tidbit on the web this morning, since I got up very early. It was about abandoned cities, and in the story I read about the Ryugyong Hotel, a 105-story hotel shaped like a mountain that is abandoned in North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang. The building, […]
A Photography Show To Be Proud Of
I am trying to be productive amid the din of the chaos that running a cafe creates. Scheduling is much harder than I ever thought it would be, and the cacaphony of who can’t work when and who wants to get more hours when they want them is intimidating. It […]
Look Me In the Eye–On the Other Hand, Don’t
One of the most basic things I’ve always tried to teach my kids is to make eye contact when you are speaking to someone. It’s simple and you’d think it would be something you don’t have to teach. Yet it was painful for my son Sam at some points in […]
"Aren’t You Glad You Worked Out Today?"
Yesterday I did something that I haven’t done in about two years. Wow I can’t believe it has been that long since I worked out at the gym. It’s true, for some reason after my last gym membership expired, I never went back. But I have been bugging myself that […]
That New Plastic Bag Saves…If Only You’d Use It
Saturday night I ended up in Marshalls. While Cindy shopped for lingerie, I sat in a chair and watched Russian immigrants chatting and noticed how many of the rest of the people in the store were obese. In front of me was a rack of non-woven polypropylene shopping bags, navy […]