Goes to TwelveMark S. Lee
Posts Tagged ‘nyc’
Biking to Coney Island
Taken September 26, 2009
I DID Vote!
Today, April 30, 2009, I received my confirmation that my vote by affidavit on November 4, 2008, actually counted. Thanks for that confirmation and speedy processing, New York City Board of Elections! Yes We Can!
Election Day Follow Up: Our Democracy Is Only As Good As Our Data Entry
You may remember I had some trouble at the polls on election day. This week, I found out why I was missing from the rolls. I finally got my registration confirmation card in the mail, 3 weeks after election day, but the tardiness was not the only problem. My address was listed incorrectly on the [...]
Overheard in a NYC Japanese fast food restaurant
Japanese employee speaking to Hispanic employee: “Miso soup, solamente! Rapido, he don’t want to wait!” If Tom Friedman were here, he’d be putting together a 1,000 word essay about the incident and how it demonstrates globalization. But he’s not, so you’ll have to settle for this short blog post about how this represents globalization. Which [...]
Moved Out; Still Gentrifying
Tonight I finished moving out of my old apartment on St. Mark’s Place between 1st and Ave A. This building is a hovel of spoiled yuppies and NYU students, but there are a few exceptions: elderly, single ladies who have lived in the building for years and are now protected by law from skyrocketing rents. [...]
“Are you an investment banker?”
Where: St. Mark’s and Ave A, East Village, NYC When: 6:45 PM Long story short, as part of my move, I had to do a lot of dry cleaning, and at 6:45 PM on a Tuesday night, I was walking down the street with my 3 suits wrapped in their obvious dry-cleaning wrappings (plastic and [...]
Opa! Opa!
If you speak Korean, you already know why it’s funny that a Greek restaurant in Astoria, Queens, is called Opa! Opa! For the uninitiated, “opa” in Korean literaly translate’s to a female’s older brother, but can also denote other relationships between an older male and a younger female, both platonic and otherwise. Now, can someone [...]