NYC

Wandering leads you to places you would never expect. The other day it took me to the Chelsea Hotel.

Before the lawyers and treaties and the Court of International Trade, Manhattan and the surrounding area had a very different set of diplomatic rituals. For centuries before the arrival of Europeans, the Lenape and surrounding indigenous groups used wampum to strengthen ties between groups. Wampum is mostly made from the

I left the house on Friday morning and I was gone for 36 hours and it was delicious fruit.

The great global experiment to find out if everybody in the world can live together in one place. So far, so good.

This past afternoon I gave a tour to a cool family from Long Beach. I was waiting for them outside Di Palo's when two 60ish year old women in expensive clothes walked by and started talking about Di Palo's. I encouraged them to go inside, and

April 20 - June 24 2025