Published in Edible Manhattan, July 7th, 2010
Tastemaker: The Legacy of Joe BaumA look back at the creative genius of restaurateur Joe Baum, the man behind The Four Seasons, Windows on the World and founder of the modern restaurant
Published in The Wall Street Journal, June 24th, 2010
Planning for Volcanoes and Other Vacation JamsWhat with volcanoes, oil spills and hurricanes, interest in travel insurance is on the rise. Here's my look at four different online coverage options.
Published in WestView, June 8th, 2010
Business closures in the West Village offset by signs of revitalizationA report on the business comings and goings in the West Village. One store, Arthur, that I reported opening closed shortly after this article appeared.
Published in WestView, June 8th, 2010
Quietly, chef Anita Lo blazes her own trail on Barrow StreetChef Anita Lo lives and works in the West Village, fishes off the Hudson River's Pier 40 and orders her meat from Florence Meat Market one street over. That's living locally.
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, May 13th, 2010
Friends With Differences: Lange and Adams at the Oakland Museum of CaliforniaThis is a short post that grew out of my research into documentary photographs taken of the California prison camp Manzanar, where people of Japanese descent were placed during World War II.
Published in WestView, May 1st, 2010
Daniel Shaviro, novelist, West Village resident, and NYU Law School ProfessorHow entertaining can the author of "When Rules Change: An Economic and Political Analysis of Transition Relief and Retroactivity" be? I thought as I set out to interview NYU Law School tax professor Daniel Shaviro. Very, it turns out.
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, April 30th, 2010
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part II-2This is the second half of part two of my extremely long article on Nikkei eldercare on the West Coast.
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, April 27th, 2010
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part II-1This series became so long that Part II had to be subdivided, hence the strange headline.
Published in The Wall Street Journal, April 15th, 2010
Recucing Emissions, and a Guilty ConscienceI find it impossible to judge which of these online carbon offset reailers offers the best quality at the best price, but can offer some tips on what to look for.
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, April 8th, 2010
James Mitsumori: One of Keiro Senior Healthcare's Founding FathersProfile of Nissei James Mitsumori's role in launching Los Angeles' first Nikkei eldercare facility, and a glimpse into the fascinating story of the first Japanese Hospital in L.A.
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, March 25th, 2010
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part IWhat I planned as one article on Keiro Senior Healthcare in Los Angeles turned into a multi-part series covering Nikkei eldercare all along the West Coast. This article was reposted on the sites New America Media and Redwood Age
Posted on DiscoverNikkei.org, March 12th, 2010
Historian Linda Gordon's new Dorothea Lange bioMy account of a New York Public Library Q&A with NYU history professor Linda Gordon, including her views on the prickly relationship between Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams
Published in WestView, March 1st, 2010
West Village Sushi Delivery Workers StrikeThere's a growing, nationwide, effort by underpaid restaurant workers, many of them immigrants, seeking legal wages and fair treatment from their employers. The West Village is no exception. Here's a report on strikes at two different sushi restaurants.
Published in WestView, February 1st, 2010
Local and Independent: Three Lives & Co. Caters to Customers, Survives Big -box OnslaughtThree Lives & Company is the kind of bookshop every neighborhood should have. After writing a string of stories lamenting small retail closures in Greenwich Village, I wanted to clebrate a local favorite that has survived stiff competition.
Published in The Wall Street Journal, January 21st, 2010
Do Knife Sharpeners Make the Cut?My evaluation of five different mail-in knife sharpening services
