Reading about comic artist keaner (kean) and his brother's trip to New York is refreshing not just because he's cleverly cataloged visits to different parts of the city using a subway map - it's just nice to see the city from an out-of-towner's perspective, in this case, an intrepid pair of brothers from Ottawa who stay in a hostel on the Bowery. Ah, the days when we'd get mixed up and ride on a downtown train when we meant to go uptown...it almost happens every week. For a short visit, they covered a lot of ground with the Empire State Building, Ground Zero, and Guggenheim; next time, Gothamist suggests they check out the outer boroughs. [Via Metafilter]
Also, keaner has a rather elegant tribute to Elliott Smith.
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You're not a New Yorker until you accidentally get on an uptown express train at 59th street when you meant to get on a local and then have stare oh-so-longingly at the 72nd (or 81th, or 86th, or...) street stop as is zooms on by as you speed merrily uptown to 125th street.
i've been to that blinky-lighted indian restaurant. it's so good.
so good.. and so cheap! and the music is totally rad!
I didn't make the connection until he mentioned the True Porn anthology, but I meat Kean at the release party that evening. The party was at Toys in Babeland, and Kean and I were both wallflowering when we got to talking. He mentioned driving down from Ottawa with his brother. True Porn is a great anthology, and Kean's story is very good. (Aside from being acquainted with a few of the contributors, I have no vested interest in the book.)
Man, there are so many better indian restaurants than the ones on 6th st. (My fave, Dimple on 30th st & 5th ave.)
Also, if he was upset with the 'ground zero souvenir sellers' situation as it is today... man. He shoulda been here during, say - the first 6 months. It was AWFUL. In comparison these days there's barely anyone there and the merchandise (which is still very very tacky) is must less tacky.