zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
I walked deep, deep, deep into the Lower East Side today, the second of two long walks. This morning I set out to the neighborhood from my place in Greenwich Village, strolling east on Bleecker, then south on Bowery to E. Houston, east one block past
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
Wandering down the southernmost block of Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side, just south of Canal Street, I found a long stretch of Chinese businesses along the west side of the street, and across and down the way the newly-restored Eldridge Stree
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
After reeling from the shock of construction sites along Orchard St. just south of E. Houston, as noted in the previous post, I calmed down long enough to enjoy the less disrupted blocks farther south. Some places of note, including a few art galleri
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
Walking the block of Orchard St. south of E. Houston early this afternoon, I started experiencing not so much the anticipation of discovery as the anxiety of place. The buildings that I thought were along in here were no longer here, and in their ste
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
I'm at Sugar Café at the corner of Allen St. and E. Houston St., a 24-hour cafe that's been open a little more than a year. A long narrow joint that best accommodates parties of one or two, the west wall consists of retractable glass doors that open
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
Time for the roundup of global walking news. I like to report the best of the world's walking stories as a transition between walks. Last week I walked around Central Park, enjoying the flora and fauna and the park's free Wifi. I also walked 28.7 mil
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
• Recommended Places to Go Online in Central Park: The following hot spots, courtesy of the Park Wifi, are excellent choices for working online while enjoying Nature, as noted in earlier posts:1. under the wisteria next to the Rumsey Playfield, nea
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zenobia has posted a new entry on: Walking Off the Big Apple
View Larger MapI'm still marveling that it's possible to fish and blog at the same time at the Harlem Meer on the far northeast corner of Central Park. But that's not the only thing I observed on my fourth and final day of Central Park excursions thi
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