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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Kavorting in K-Town

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Koreatown in Manhattan occupies roughly the territory between 31st and 36th streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues, but the densest concentrat...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Brighton Beach Memoir (part 3)

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We make two more trips to Brighton Beach, stopping each time at the Brighton Bazaar: http://www.brightonbazaar.com/ . This has probably the ...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Brighton Beach Memoir (part 2)

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What the Italians call la passeggiata is surely one of the finest spectacles on earth, but there seem to me to be a limited number of outst...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Brighton Beach Memoir (part 1)

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“Well, that’s a smart thing to be carrying in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood,” says Dave when I pull out the cloth carry-all I’d brough...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

Manhattan's Chinatown (2)

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G is a fount of information on Chinatown and Chinese cuisine. The area around the bakery is heavy Fujian territory, whose cooking, accordin...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Manhattan's Chinatown (1)

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Our guide to Manhattan’s Chinatown, let’s call him G, is a mysterious character. Having worked undercover in the neighborhood for some years...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Chinatown in Brooklyn

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I’m not going to spend a lot of time on Brooklyn’s Sunset Park Chinatown because, frankly, I found the streets filthy and, for the most part...
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I'm an art critic who needs frequent refueling. Dave's a photographer, intrepid traveler, and enemy to small helpless edible animals.
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