I experience a specific, subtle pleasure when I get off the subway taking my son to school in downtown Brooklyn.Our stop is Jay Street on the F. We exit onto Willoughby.When I first stood on that corner looking across the street at the big signs for CRICKET (former disposable cell phone store now selling 99-cent-per-slice … Continue reading Curious George City
Down and Out in the Monteleone
I’m back in my beloved Hotel Monteleone. I fly back to Brooklyn in the morning. Instead of strolling over to Pirate’s Alley as I had intended, I never left the Carousel Bar downstairs. I clicked around a full 360 degrees four times, one tall Maker’s for each trip. In the mirror behind the bartender, I … Continue reading Down and Out in the Monteleone
