9.25.10 The city of Buffalo sells beautiful urban decay to the viewer at bargain basement prices.  Opulent homes from times gone by serve now as apartments and winter furnace nightmares.  It attracts one set of unique people and retains another unique set of people.  It transfers its grief to its sports franchises and is more […]

The following are some highlights from my trip to Austin, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast of Texas, July 2010.  It was the first time I had visited Texas in two years, and only the second visit since I lived there in 2006-07.  With me as always was my girlfriend and traveling companion Erin Welch.  […]

Vermont was beautiful.  In the eight years since I’ve been there, I’ve shed many histories.  There to meet us was solitary love – spiritual, infinite and ours.  We caught sight of simplicity too good to be real, too free of our self-impositions.  A vacation from life or a life of vacation?  My radio broadcasts it’s […]

Footage from the Feast of our Lady of Mt. Carmel and San Paolino in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, July 2010.  Williamsburg is stereotypically known for its Hasidic Jewish community, but there is also vibrant, old school Italian community firmly entrenched in the area.  Visit Youtube to watch the HD version. Footage from the Feast of our Lady […]

Justin and I went to the Staten Island Zoo on a whim February 2nd, 2010 to check out New York’s Groundhog Day festival. Music by Frank Yankovic, the Pennsylvania Polka. Justin and I went to the Staten Island Zoo on a whim February 2nd, 2010 to check out New York’s Groundhog Day festival. Music by […]