Tag Archives: Staten Island

Saturday video break: Baby Come Back To Me

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

Time for some vocal harmonies, and a great place to start with that is The Manhattan Transfer. Here’s their oft-covered version of “Baby, Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love)”: If you’re around my age, you probably saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Saturday video break: Baby Come Back To Me

Friday random ten: The city never sleeps, part 9

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Time for a quick visit back to my old hometown for this week’s musical geography. 1. Snow In Austin – Ellis Paul 2. Staten Island Hornpipe – Flying Fish Sailors 3. St. Louis Blues March – Glenn Miller 4. Staten … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Friday random ten: The city never sleeps, part 9

What’s in a neighborhood name?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Keep Houston Houston has had enough of “fake” neighborhood names. “Lower Westheimer” – This does not actually exist, it’s just Montrose. Or “The Montrose” if you wish to rebel against popular linguistic conventions without going full retard. “Neartown” – This … Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Old neighborhoods, new faces

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Really interesting story about the changing faces of a couple of Houston’s historically African-American neighborhoods. There are now almost as many Latino residents as African-Americans in Independence Heights. At the same time, there are fewer African-American children there and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The landfills of Waller County

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

There are three things I find remarkable about this story about a proposed landfill in Waller County, near Hempstead. A Georgia-based company wants to build a landfill and industrial park just outside the city on Texas 6 and Kelley, on … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Saturday video break: Dancing on the ferry

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In four years plus two summers of commuting on the Staten Island Ferry, I never saw anyone do this: Girl Walk // All Day from jacob krupnick on Vimeo. There were the occasional buskers, but mostly of the guitar-playing variety. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Quantifying my elitism

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Apparently, Charles Murray’s latest bit of faux-populism has spawned a meme. Let’s see just how much of an out-of-touch elitist I am, shall we? 1. Can you talk about “Mad Men?” Yes, but only because I absorb vast quantities of … Continue reading →

Posted in See, I do have a life! | Tagged , | Comments Off on Quantifying my elitism

The best thing I’ve heard about my hometown in a long time

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

A Staten Island restaurant employs genuine Italian grandmothers to do the cooking. The 35-seat Enoteca Maria takes home cooking to a whole new level by bringing in genuine Italian grandmothers to cook for customers. Each night, one of eight nonnas … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, glorious food | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The best thing I’ve heard about my hometown in a long time