After teaching English in NYC public schools, Joyce moved to the computer field and became a systems analyst. While working at the Federal Reserve Bank in the Financial District, she came across a 100-year old book that opened her eyes to the layers of time visible as she walked the historic streets of Lower Manhattan.
Tag: events
NYC event search
since event search is dead, this will have to do for searching interesting calendars to subscribe to.
Municipal Art Society
interesting walking tours
NoshWalks
Noshwalks Bubbly epicure Myra Alperson uses food—and lots of it—to draw crowds to out-of-the-way neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs. A typical Noshwalk tempts you with treats from bakeries, groceries and restaurants; on past jaunts, Alperson has taken tour goers to a kosher matzo factory in Brooklyn and a Sri Lankan market in Staten Island. Oh, and there’s some walking, too.
NYC Cultural Walking Tours
private walking tours, $60 / h
Storefront for Art and Architecture
NYC gallery focusing on architecture. The facade of the space can be configured in many different ways to open directly into the street. The facade opening up onto the sidewalk is the main attraction.
Kieler Woche
the greatest sailing event in the world and the largest summer festival in northern Europe.
dorkbot-nyc
Halloween Canning
i like the “Unknown Specimen RECOVERED FROM CHEST CAVITY OF DECAYED ANIMATED CORPSE.”
Olympics Opening Ceremony
Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird’s Nest, was attended by 100s, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance.
crazy
Gregor J. Rothfuss 