Tourist traps & dancing – Austin days 3 & 4
I feel a bit sorry for people who turn up their noses at ‘tourist traps’, imagine never seeing the Sydney Opera House? Anyway, probably the most touristy seeming thing to do in Austin Texas is to go to the Broken Spoke, a dance hall seemingly frozen in...India.. the endless destination.
Photographs: Paharganj early morning Delhi, Women of Ghanerao, all copyright Jean-Pierre Henfrey 2008. www.mwpics.com.au Time wasting, should be working, no-one on facebook, twittering twats boring… Double click on my guilty pleasure, looking again and again at...New York: Bits and pieces – parks, places, shops and more
I could write and talk about New York for ever, but I fear this is getting a little like an interminable slide night at your Auntie’s house, so I’ll finish with a few bits and pieces Some random bits of NY style This little cutie was so proud of the Obama...New York: Music, bars, poets and comics – so much to do, so little time!
Along with the gentrification and creeping hipness comes that wonderful NY thing which we so sadly lack in Sydney, little neighbourhood bars. We didn’t get to enough of them, and I say we, because the majority allow children accompanied by adults. Barbes, in...New York: Egg cremes, sandwiches, eating the POTUS, Latin noms, burgers & the best doughnuts in the world
Is Sturgeon kosher? Who invented the Egg Creme and how do people digest it? Should you smother the POTUS? Why can’t Americans make coffee? These and many other questions are covered in this post about our culinary adventures at the lower end of the NY food market.