February 12, 2016

Happy Birthday Abe !



Gothamist(SF) had a piece on Kim Novak. She paints well.



Uptown Funk Movie mash-up, sent around after Bruno Mars' Super Bowl appearance. Better than That's Entertainment.



New clips.



Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living": By Matthias Buchinger Whose Peregrinations in Search of the "Little Man of Nuremberg" are Herein Revealed by Ricky Jay and Matthias Buchinger

Of course I bought the book. Mostly because it is not available until February 23rd. The exhibit was cool, magnifying glasses were available for use.



The Repast of the Lion, Artist: Henri Rousseau.



The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning by Camille Pissarro.



From a fountain.

February 16, 2015

Hey Chase: how about paying me to see these chumps ?



Finally watched Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice on American Masters. The New Yorker article which inspired it was in the April 5, 1993 Issue: Secrets of the Magus. Great show ! Grantland has a nice piece on the documentary.



Flydini was conceived with Ricky Jay's assistance. "To Ricky, Without you there would be no Flydini. Think about it, Steve."



Blue Smoke is the first Restaurant Week visit. Love the little clothespin holding the RW menu. Great deal, go with the ribs.

June 2, 2009

Mannahatta Project. Henry Hudson arrived 400 years ago.
This site lets you see what he saw.

The Twelfth Night is coming to Central Park. Here is
Ben Kingsley as Feste in the Trevor Nunn Movie:



Today's NYT had an Op-Ed piece by Ricky Jay on Susan Boyle.
In it he mentions the Great Flydini: