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Along the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, not too far from the Jamaica train station, stands a mosque clearly converted from an old factory. A painted turquoise dome rises above the drab factory exterior as well as a simple minaret. The building has been the New York headquarters of the Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation.
Writing this from Paris but heading to NYC in 12 hours, I thought it was appropriate to share this newly popular blog that has been humorously comparing the two cities using graphics. The taxi graphic is one of my favorites, having experienced this late night many a time in Paris.
Walking through the French Quarter the other day, I spotted this house at 1300 Chartres Street with amazing Halloween decorations.
Some Uptown Halloween love - State Street between Freret and St. Charles gets blocked off every year for trick-or-treaters.
When I arrived at college, I found that there were two things that made me more interesting than your average freshman: I was ambiguously brown and widely confused for Indian, Asian, and various other ethnicities, and I was from New Orleans. People were interested in my hometown, and I seized on it.
K-Mart: Making flu shots more palatable in the main corridor of Penn Station via Japanese folding screen and potted plant.
After the overwhelming popularity of Untapped's preview about the new restaurant at Lincoln Center, we were pretty excited to check out the restaurant for my birthday. The review in one word (or three): hit-or-miss. But the place is beautiful.
Tucked away in a corner of the Botanical Garden is the Yakumo Nihon Teien, a small Japanese garden run by the local Japanese Garden Society. The garden is named after Lafcadio Hearn, a famous resident of New Orleans in the late 19th century.
I was at the Historic New Orleans Collection in the French Quarter this past week to see Jason Marsalis at their Concerts in Courtyard series. Members get in for free, but at $10 with three drinks included, it's not a bad deal for non-members.
This past weekend was the 4th annual Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival. The festival is run by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the same organization that runs Jazz Fest (officially known as the Jazz and Heritage Festival).