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  • CBGB OMFUG is now DBGB

    After a day of bargain hunting in downtown Manhattan, IT and I decided to crash DBGB Kitchen and Bar on Bowery (photo above by DBGB).  This new restaurant by Daniel Boulud took the space of CBGB (Country, BlueGrass, Blues) which had a long history in the music scene of NYC.  In its heydays, The Ramones,

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  • High Line: Style Details

    This is Part 3 of 5 of High Line: I ♥ NY.  Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. I was looking forward to the opening of the High Line, and even recommended out-of-town friends to visit it.  But somehow I managed not to go until last week.  My punishment was that all the

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  • High Line: Star Architecture

    This is Part 2 of High Line: I ♥ NY.  Yesterday’s post is here. Looking westward, the High Line offers direct view of Hudson River and New Jersey.  The view is interrupted by a few old factory buildings to which the elevated railway was connected, and new office and residential buildings designed by star architects.

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  • High Line: I ♥ NY

    On Boxing day, IT and I went to the High Line.  It was a good day to visit the park as the wintry weather was less prohibitive than Christmas eve, and even the sun came out.  These B&W historic pictures are borrowed from the official web site of the High Line. The High Line is a

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Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

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