st-siméon ferry
Mixed it up this time on this trip to NB and drove north of the Saint-Laurent instead of the highway south, crossing over to Rivière-du-Loup using the ferry at St-Siméon. and what a fancy ferry it was! first there were the binoculars and the elevator… then there was the diner and bar: and hmm, what else? how about an enclosed … Read More
the dalai lama in town
the dalai lama came to two churches in my neighbourhood this weekend! on saturday he appeared at riverside cathedral for an audience with the tibetan community, and on sunday it was with the general public (at least from what I could tell from the people waiting outside) at st. john the divine. it was the first time I had seen … Read More
the artist is present
Addition: A NY Times article about sitting with Marina MoMA is posting portraits of those who sit across the artist on their Flickr feed, here: MoMA’s current exhibit, Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, created quite a stir recently–resulting in the museum having to revoke one man’s 30-year membership. I read the New Yorker’s backgrounder on Abramovic a couple of … Read More
the highline
The High Line is a new park that opened in 2009, built from an old elevated railway track running from Chelsea to the Meatpacking district. It’s still not completed, but so far it consists of pretty landscaping with bits of public art–making for a cool little walk in lower west Manhattan. And because it’s elevated, you get some nice views … Read More
thousand-year-old icecream
from the xie xie sandwich shop on 9th ave. sandwiches definitely not as good as num pang in the village, but I love the icecream sandwiches! the centre is blackened caramel (tastes exactly like the crunchy caramel in a skør bar) and they make the ice cream and cookies themselves. delicious!
finally winter
…and the sparrows are out?! this is how it looked from 125th street station yesterday morning, as the snow was just starting–giant, wet, plops of snow:
walk signs from around the world
by Barclay and Church St.
shilin night market
one of the side entrances to the largest night market in taipei: and the food that is there: meat skewers (pick whichever you want, and she’ll fry them for you), lemon jelly drink, pan-fried buns (qian bao) with vegetable or meat fillings, and cool looking roti machine. but my favourite is the “pulled” roti (zhua bing)–fluffy, buttery, and scallion-y–which I … Read More