Boy in Bushwick

A Brooklyn jury found a man guilty of murder as a hate crime in connection with José Sucuzhañay’s death. The panel deliberated for several h...

Hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Manhattan for the annual Pride parade yesterday. And while I spent the majority of the aftern...

This blog has certainly taken on a more Fire Island-centric feel in recent weeks, but it is important to point out the retrial of the second...

Written around 12:30 a.m. today on the front porch of the cottage after walking home from Cherry Grove on the beach. It’s officially the sum...

I always get extremely anxious when I have to potentially interview someone in Spanish because it is not my first language, but the question...

Started to write at 1:52 p.m. while sitting by the pool at Hotel Ciel in the Fire Island Pines. The New York Times article about sober shar...

Written somewhere between Babylon and Amityville earlier this morning on a Jamaica-bound train. The weekend after Memorial Day is typically ...

One of my earliest childhood memories remains watching the "Golden Girls" with my grandmother on Saturday night in her Quincy, Mas...

Written on the Long Island Railroad between Babylon and Hicksville between 2 and 2:30 p.m. Image truly matters on Fire Island. Who you wear,...

From earlier this morning... It’s shortly after 6 a.m. in Ocean Beach. The birds are chirping. Dawn has broken over the beach, and I am sitt...

Multiple deadlines largely kept me away from the blog over the past week, but one thing I would like to highlight are the Cubans who took to...

The tar balls that washed up onto one of Key West's beaches earlier this week did not come from the Deepwater Horizon, but reports the ...

A Miami Herald headline earlier today spoke for itself: Concerns grow that Gulf oil spill could reach Florida Keys . Reports continue to in...

Severe mold allergies proved particularly problematic in Ocean Beach on Friday night, but beautiful May weather, a great night at Tea in the...