DUMBO – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 89)
D.U.M.B.O. (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood underneath the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. When I moved to New York in the late 90s, DUMBO was still a raw and…
Occupy Wall Street – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 76)
Since September 17th a few hundred people have been occupying Zuccotti Park (aka Liberty Square), a square in the Financial District in Manhattan close to Wall Street – calling the action Occupy Wall Street….
1st Time Skiing – Loveland Ski Area – In A Colorado Minute (Week 207)
This week, Scott and I went skiing for the first time ever. What happens when you take a grown woman from the flat lands of Hamburg, Germany, up to the Loveland Ski Area…
Occupy Wall Street on Nov 17 – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 81)
November 17th marked two months of We Are The 99 Percent and Occupy Wall Street. The original call had been for a 2-months occupation. Now a global day of action was planned for November…
Snow at Horsetooth Reservoir – In A Colorado Minute (Week 189)
While I discovered Horsetooth Reservoir (west of Fort Collins, Colorado) as a beautiful sanctuary in summer, it was just as stunning and comforting in fall – and now has turned into another striking…
Spearfish Canyon (South Dakota) – In Another Minute (Week 229)
The scenic byway through Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills of South Dakota offers views of majestic rock walls, Ponderosa and Spruce forests, the Spearfish Creek and several waterfalls, namely Bridal Veil Falls,…
9/11 Ground Zero – WTC 2001/2011 – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 72)
The first official “In a Brooklyn Minute” video features photos from around 9/11 Ground Zero (World Trade Center / WTC) taken on October 3rd, 2001 and video footage from the same locations recorded…
Infamous Gowanus (Canal + Neighborhood) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 98)
Gowanus is the neighborhood around the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. A neighborhood that is sure to change drastically in the future. While it is still zoned for manufacturing and is mostly filled with businesses and there’s…
