- I just read that the Claremont Riding Academy is closing on Sunday. I loved that place growing up, and I remember one summer when I wasn't at summer camp in August, I took riding lessons there a couple times a week. They say the reason they're closing is that the park is too crowded for the horses these days, which I guess is a good thing, but its sad that we can't all just get along.
- David Halberstam died yesterday. I was introduced to him by my cousin, who is a high school history teacher, while writing a term paper on McCarthyism in my junior year of high school. I loved his book, The Fifties, which I have probably not read more than 20 pages of. I used to keep it by my bedside and open it at random and read a few pages at a time.
- Last Friday, Sam and I stumbled upon Graziella's, a pizza place in our neighborhood that I'd heard at some of the best pizza in the area but had never been to since I don't remember ever knowing where it was. Turns out its on Vanderbilt, between Dekalb and Willoughby, and its pretty tasty brick oven pizza. It had this odd suburban feel to it, though, which I soon realized was partly due to the screaming kids at a few tables away (seriously, what are your kids still doing up and out at 10pm?), but mostly due to the huge amount of space the restaurant occupied. There was so much room between the tables, which isn't something I'm used to in NYC. Can't wait to go back when the roof deck is open.
- The photos above are from about a month ago, when they were installing the sod grass on the Bryant Park lawn. The guy running the show saw me taking photos and asked if I would take his picture too, to get the name of the company in. First time a stranger has ever asked me to take their photo. It was cute. And on a related note, there was an interesting story on Bryant Park in the City Section of the Times last Sunday. Check it out.
Posted by dahl at April 24, 2007 9:18 AM
Glad you'll be coming to the blogfest. Will you be doing the open mic. Louise