Entries Tagged as ‘Brighton Beach’
July 23, 2009
Life’s a Beach!
Even though it’s anything-but-beach weather in the Sunset, I’ve decided we’re taking a slight detour through some beach related news today, so hang onto your Lotto visers boys and girls, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
It’s been a big week for Coney Island. As the beachfront neighborhood wears down it’s third last summer in [...]
July 15, 2009
Sergei Dovlatov, and why you should care
It’s been a little while since I felt the compulsive need to write/talk/read about Sergei Dovlatov, the unsung Soviet storyteller whose raw wit and uncomfortable humor trancends national borders, economic philosophies, and continents, even if it never trancended Russian. He is also my favorite author, and the subject of this week’s New Yorker Fiction Podcast.
Dovlatov [...]
June 16, 2009
Daily Oddities: Monday World Edition
There’s a lot to talk about in the World today, so lets jump right into it. You know about Tehran and you know about Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech, so we’re skipping that and getting straight down into the stuff you didn’t hear.
GLOBE:
More than a billion people go hungry, says the World Food Program. That’s about as [...]
June 10, 2009
Daily Oddities, June 9th/10th
We’re starting this round of Daily Oddities with something everybody wants–a job! Today’s odd job listings include counting bees in New York City and catelouging controlled substances for the NYPD. Awesome much?
Now that you’re gainfully employed, lets take a quick gander around the globe.
GLOBE: Things are getting ridiculous in Russia, where the racing collapse of [...]
April 19, 2009
the things i like to write about (are weird)
From time to time, when I am writing, I have this thought—which I occasionally post on FB:
“sometimes i sit down and i write some shit and i think, holy mother of G-d i am a sick, terrible person. at least i’m thin”
Usually in those exact words . Anyone who knows me knows that i write [...]
March 18, 2009
Yes We Can (embrace Russian kawaii racism)
You may have seen this weird, yet weirdly cute image on Gawker and wondered, Hey Russia, WTF. If you are sitting in your cubicle wondering, are Russians racist against black people, you can stop holding your breath. The answer is yes. And yes. And yes. Whether or not this advertisement is an expression of angry [...]
March 11, 2009
The Reimagineers, Chapter 11: Sept. 7th, The Coney Island Apocalypse
I’m already several chapters past this, but it felt like a good time to share. Cuz I FELT LIKE IT, motherfuckers
CHAPTER 11: SEPT. 7TH, 2008—THE CONEY ISLAND APOCALYPSE:
Look up.
There in the sky, ten thousand feet straight up from here, a four-and-a-half year old refugee with thick plastic glasses will see his first American seagull. He [...]
February 8, 2009
The 3WI NYC Recession Survival Diet
Looking for a way to save money in one of the world’s most expensive cities can be a challenge. Even if you buy all your shoes at V.I.M. in Coney Island ($10 Nikes are totally worth the schlep) and your rent gets knocked down a peg after your elevator is permanently disabled, the cost [...]
October 8, 2008
the irony of brighton beach
We are in a wild land—there is no Valley Produce here. At least in Los Angeles’ ethnic supermarket, there are fucking aisles.
I’ve talked a lot about the various oddities of Brighton Beach et all, from the snowglobe Moscow Disney facade of tickle-me cheburashka, bleach and babushkas to Brighton Diez and the massive Poblano labor force, [...]
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