ALDS game 3, nine years agoYou baseball fans will know what I mean if I refer to The Jeter Play that helped the Yankees stave off elimination years ago in Oakland. In fact, I missed that play live (it was…
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yet another Steinbrenner abomination
I knew him but never met himLong-time Manhattan Loft Guy readers will not be surprised to know that I am a big baseball fan*, given the number of occasional baseball-themed discursions over the years. I was going to write something…
same day, another year
This year I am only going to offer two quotes from a mother who lost a daughter and a not-yet-grandchild that day, taken from her essay, The Sensitivities of 9/11 Families: Since that morning, time in my world is no…
Happy Kidneversary Day to all
but especially to SusanIt is not only a holiday weekend, but today is a very significant anniversary for me (not as Manhattan Loft Guy, but as … me). Close and long-time MLG readers will remember this one, September 4, 2009,…
among the things that conflict with blogging …
(that you might not think would) Vacation trips to stay with friends in California Somehow I figured that I would be able to grab an hour or more most days to do a Quick & Interesting Manhattan Loft Guy Post,…
about those street pianos that are closing up today…
60 pianos = joy, for sure … how much hope?I was between appointments in Tribeca last Thursday when I stopped to catch up on email and phone calls in the triangle park at Beach Street, West Broadway and Church Street,…
see an original fair copy of The Declaration of Independence
In Thomas Jefferson’s hand, written in early July 1776. At the main branch of the NY Public Library, until July 31 (today and tomorrow 1 – 5 PM). h/t Huffington Post Happy Fourth! Read your declaration today: my post July…
will shill for friends / author's book reading tonight
no shame!After shilling (twice!) for a documentary about I. M. Pei by Anne Makepeace (and others) shown on PBS on March 31 (March 31, 9 PM on PBS: I M Pei documentary, March 24, shilling for I M Pei), it…
today is for memory and …
MemorialI have been wearing a number 40 red football jersey all weekend with someone’s name on it who I’ve never met and wasn’t a fan of while he played, but am remembering this weekend. Who are you remembering? Some years…
Sunday diversion / Mr. Silver doubles down on nutrition
a healthy dose of fact-checking + analysisAnyone who read my April 13 post, Mr. Silver does NY real estate / NY Magazine basks in the glow, knows that I am a big Nate Silver fan. His metier is politics, of…
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