Entries by AlanPaul
If Murray Avenue means anything to you…
Then you have to watch this. It is actually just part one of three. Together, they are pure gold, a documentary of lower Murray Ave circa 1980. Featured business are Silberberg Bakery, Eddie’s Newsstand and Fogels’ Kosher Butcher. Anyone who grew up in Pittsburgh with me, or earlier should remember them all well.
Great Music site
I strongly urge everyone to check out www.pandora.com. I read about in a WSJ story a while ago and finally checked it out recently. It is really quite brilliant. They have something called the Music Genome Project, which has broken music down to its essential elements. Basically, you enter an artist, album or even single […]
Classic picture
A friend sent this along. She took it on her way home. Good to see that despite efforts to replace the insanely translated English, some things will never change. We were sad to see the signs for the “Children Pleasure Garden” taken down in Ritan Park, replac ed by, gasp, “playground.” Somethng seemed lost. But […]
Last week’s column, with pics
Buying a New Year’s Day sugar cane. Anna and friends. Notice how bundled up they are. Chinese people think we are committing child abuse to have an open coat like this. Fireworks stand near our house. There were many of these. Experiencing Chinese New Year For the First Time in Beijing March 2, 2007 It […]