Deep In the Heart of Brooklyn

It has seemed clear, to me at least, from early on in the Bush administration, as the country began its general social gravitation toward th...

Jean-Michel Basquiat; Firenze 1985; Photo © Michael Halsband Self portrait (Plaid), 1983 Acrylic and paper on panel Thaddaeus Ropac C...

Settling back into the New York groove can be a trying undertaking. Despite the rain and wind, I decided to get out of the office for a few ...

The Piazza Di Spagna, the Spanish Steps. December 2008 - January 2009. Featuring the "Light of Freedom" (memorializing the victims...

The Piaza di Spagna --The Spanish Steps -- now jammed with holiday revelers. The flower and keychain and handbag salesguys now have tables...

After a 7.5 hour flight spent in the grueling, velvet confines of business class due to an unexpected upgrade, we landed at Fiumicino AIrpo...

Francis Guy, Circa 1819-1820, provenence: The Brooklyn Museum Court Street & Joralemon Street, 1:30 PM, December 16, photo by Brooklyn B...

Well, Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois seems like a pretty cool customer, for an allegedly corrupt wackadoo. Ironically, it seems like t...

Growing unemployment mixed with media focus on holiday spending. We seem to be floating on a plane of uncertainty, if not unreality. This re...

I stepped out onto Court Street and was greeted by an achingly brilliant tableau: the Moon, Jupiter and Venus, like platinum etched by diamo...

Not sure what the sky will offer in terms of clarity, but with any luck we will have a great view of this occasuional occultation which will...

This wonderful holiday is nearly upon us. Last year, we faced uncertainty, we were anxious over the possible outcome of the election, even t...

The Drudge Report cites a leading Russian political analyst who continues to predict that the economic turmoil in the United States has conf...

Ain't got no religion on me I'm gettin' scared to sleep at night Ain't got no religion I'm getting scared gettin' sc...

Tofurky vs. Turducken - where do you stand ?