Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Silver Moon Bakery, By Mara L.

Jens moved to a new apartment, and I finally made it to his new neighborhood. And I have things to report. But first: I am thinking of changing the tone of my entries to Jens’ blog. When I first started writing about surviving New York’s food on Notes From Nowhere, I was new here, and [...]
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Flowers On The Wall II

I find fascinating the transformation that public speakers go through – the gradual changes from “private mode,” to focussing on the event, to appearing before the audience and delivering the presentation, to winding down again. And, for a number of obvious reasons (historical, sociological, and practical), I find the changes even more interesting with female [...]
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Born To Ride

With five Manhattanites crammed into one car in Los Angeles, conversation inevitably revolves around the completely different use of your car in Manhattan. Driving around Beverly Hills, one of my fellow NYC-native passengers remarked that he bought a new car three years ago, and managed to drive 19.000 miles since (including a trip to his [...]
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