look how creative everybody is

I wrote an article about the movie Gabi on the Roof in July for the Greenpoint Gazette. Among the topics discussed: Jennifer Aniston, Fluxus art, nudity and the neighborhood in which I live.

"My real feeling is, I like it here. But it’s not like Sex in the City, where it’s like, ‘It’s so glamorous and funny!’ Or, ‘Look how creative everybody is!’ It’s like, even the creative people are infected by the larger culture, where you have to sell yourself, or sell what’s real about you, to make a living."

I also helped two friends move to new apartments and got called a "bike fag" by some dudes as I rode around the other night in Greenpoint.

Updated bike stats:

week 8: 74.4 miles
56-day total: 613.4 mi

Last year's bike stats:

week 8: 82.1 mi
56-day total: 715.1 mi

i've been recently going to places around my neighborhood and writing about them

here are two things i wrote recently for the greenpoint gazette:

went to this

ate and drank at this

at the former, adam wilson, john wray, lev grossman and juliet linderman read; people i liked were in attendance. i had a few good conversations and drank too much.

at the latter, i ate an eggplant panini that was very good and enjoyed how beautifully destroyed the place looked. i had a few good conversations and drank too much here as well.

things i've written for the greenpoint gazette

where the swann's way meets the street (article about book thug nation, published 10.29.09)

cool nerds' night out (article about vol. 1 launch party, published 11.5.09)

worldy meets whimsy (article about manhattan inn, published 11.12.09)

portrait of a young public artist (profile on artist jason krugman, published 11.19.09)

comic-cons get cool (article about brooklyn comics and graphics festival, published 12.3.09)

brooklyn comics festival a cold, snowy success (published 12.10.09)

gentle glowing giants (article about "living objects" by jason krugman, published 12.17.09)

local indie label kemado records parties, rocks on (published 12.17.09)

non-nude protest bikers ride, reporters follow (published 12.24.09)

jacques thrives: new erotic mag breathes live into print (published 1.14.10)

no more monkeying around, monkey town closing (published 1.14.10)

free beer, free poetry (article about poetry time at space space, published 1.21.10)

zachary german: north brooklyn's newest novelist (published 2.11.10)

new sound at coco66 will deafen, make you dance (published 2.18.10)

dine in brooklyn kicks off (published 3.4.10)

a brewery grows in brooklyn (published 3.11.10)

say hello to by and by (profile on by and by, published 3.25.10)

thrifting by the seat of his pants (profile on neal mello, published 4.1.10)

mccarren hall (profile on mccarren hall, published 4.1.10)

a cup that is also a hub (article about the lovin' cup cafe/cameo gallery, published 4.8.10)

new chef brings the boudin (article about 68 restaurant, published 4.8.10)