Spotted on Imlay Street

Labels: graffiti, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 8/20/2008 04:31:00 PM

 
Prague Spring anniversary

Today's the 40th anniversary of the end of the Prague Spring. Last week I went poking around the Internet trying to find the video of Alexander Dubcek addressing the Czechoslovak people on TV after he was summoned away by the Kremlin. The way I was told "When we saw him crying, we knew it was over."

The tanks rolled in the night of August 20, 1968 -- and everyone's favorite story is about how the Russians were so confused they shot up the regal-looking National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square, instead of the ugly modern Parliament building across the street. Of course the rest of the story was rather bleak.

At right, that's tank tread at the Museum of Communism in Prague. (And in case you're wondering, the museum is on no way nostalgic about their former overlords.)

Labels: prague

- posted by Amy @ 8/20/2008 07:58:00 AM

 
Dino's farewell

Dino's dad spells out the very sad news on the Dino's Journey blog:

My son, Dino passed away this evening a little after 8PM. My heart hurts to say it and I know yours hurts to hear it. But this was Dino's Journey. ...

Oddly, that's how I got the news this morning -- via RSS feed. Coincidentally our Daily Nexus reunion is set for Santa Barbara this Saturday. On the Facebook page for the event, Dino set his RSVP as "maybe attending" though that was several weeks ago before the cancer got crazy. Very sad day.

That's Dino's Facebook profile pix at right.

Labels: media, nexus

- posted by Amy @ 8/19/2008 10:53:00 AM

 
Name that big harbor contraption



Weird thing in the harbor this afternoon. Looked like a ship was moving several small bridges. When I saw it, it was hugging Staten Island - so much so that the Staten Island Ferry diverted over toward the Intrepid, and then headed for St. George after the big crane-ship departed.

When I was taking the pictures, I was hoping Will at Tugster might happen to be out there this afternoon. Indeed, he was, and his pictures are pretty cool.

Labels: nyc, pictures

- posted by Amy @ 8/17/2008 08:50:00 PM

 
Think good thoughts for Dino

Some rather crushing news is developing about the medical status of my friend Dino Scoppettone, who I met when he was a sports guy at the Daily Nexus at UCSB.

Suffice to say, the updates involve words like metastasize and 30-pound tumor.

If you know Dino, you'll want to follow the updates on the We HEART Dino Scoppettone Facebook page or the Dino's Journey blog.

And even if you don't know Dino, please join me in sending good thoughts his way.

Labels: nexus

- posted by Amy @ 8/17/2008 07:43:00 AM

 
Real World Red Hook?


- posted by Amy @ 8/15/2008 12:52:00 PM

 
New Red Hook political wisdom



I've seen at least two of these so far -- in the same area (and I'm even gonna say in the same handwriting) as the "Osama Votes Kerry" that was all over the place before that election.

Labels: graffiti, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 8/13/2008 12:06:00 PM

 
New art at Pier 41

Things taking shape at the end of Pier 41 in Red Hook:

Labels: pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 8/12/2008 03:56:00 PM