Chess Girl

Near the Hudson River I met a man playing chess, and losing, against a fifth grade girl. We were behind a snack bar near a miniature golf course, and the Sultans of Swing struck up the band.

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--> The fascinating world of Maternal Geekdom: Mur Lafferty's ** Geek Fu Action Grip ** http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/

Links:
Marlon Cherry: http://www.cdbaby.com/marloncherry
Now, this is not the musician by the same name from Norwich, U.K. The Marlon Cherry you hear lives and works in New York City, actively drums for national dance companies including Paul Taylor and Martha Graham, and is the subject of an upcoming Tourist In The City profile. You can reach the real Marlon Cherry by writing me; I'll forward it on to him directly.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing, playing on the nearby pier:
http://www.sultansofswing.com

The fascinating, special mini-golf: http://www.hoopla.org/Minigolf/GGGIndex.html

4th of July Fireworks

Macy's Department Store sponsors the New York City fireworks display to honor the USA Independence Day. And as do all good children on their own, we love our mother country.

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photos by Margaret Polaneczy




music:
Vienna Teng "Harbor"
http://www.viennateng.com

The PodSquad

I'm really pleased to announce that TouristInTheCity is now a part of a network of podcasters based in the New York area, NYCPodSquad.com. Since mid-April I've met most of the creative talent behind the several other podcasts in the NYC PodSquad network. I like many of the programs, which include music, talk, conjecture, business advice and eating. I invite you to sample them, too.

Visit http://www.NYCPodSquad.com

Rooftop Garden

Manhattan is an island of apartments, and people create gardens for themselves on terraces and rooftops. I visit a friends' garden in their apartment building on the upper east side.

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The Carol Bui Band

The Carol Bui band is blowing through town on June 18 -- hard rock energy.
PIANOs on Ludlow Street, Manhattan



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http://www.carolbui.com

Grandpa's Cadillac

A day for memory:
Here in the city things just blow through for awhile. A few days ago this song appeared on my iPod, apparently brought in by one of the compiling shows that offer an editor's idea of four or five interesting podcasts. This one had no information. Anyone know anything about the writer or performer or name of this song? I call it Cadillac, and I note it references a Michael Murphy song made popular by Hoyt Axton, and it references the first Cadillac by dating the story on the Cadillac's birthday. There are likely other references I don't know -- Ypsilanti, perhaps 113th street.

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in the catskills

The Tourist joins his son's Fifth Grade in a trip to the Catskills, and records the birds in the trees at Frost Valley, a YMCA-run nature preserve in Claryville, New York.

Links:
http://www.frostvalley.org/

music:
Vienna Teng, "Homecoming"

Podcasters' Secret Lair April 2005

I walk through Times Square and meet some podcasters at the dawn of the age of enlightenment.

Link:
http://podcasting.meetup.com/33/

Main Post Office April 15, 2005

The USPS and postal employees work hard to help you, but there's only 90 minutes until midnight. After that, it's prison.


"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

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Links:
http://www.irs.gov
http://www.usps.gov
http://www.missiledickchicks.net/audio.html
http://www.columbia.edu
http://www.hkhyalliance.org
http://www.smwa.org/Veronica_Lueken.htm


music clip:
Maggie Kim's "Perfect"

Paul's Park April 13, 2005

Some thoughts of Paul CYMERMAN's work on a playground.

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Place: Paul's Park
Location: The Bronx
Links:
http://www.paulspark.org
http://www.paulspark.com

music clips:
opening: "Perfect" by Maggie Kim
closing: "Homecoming" by Vienna Teng

Paul