Down Under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge Overpasses are industrial dark canyons making a neighborhood known as Dumbo. Once mostly storage and machine shops, it’s long since turned into expensive lofts that lift above the shadows. This brought a very arty feel to the gritty streets and the warehouses are peppered with performance spaces and just a touch of shopping and restaurants. It’s sort of a dark, Soho light. All this is about 400 meters down the hill from our place and a fun location to tour on a boring Sunday.
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Last night I didn’t watch even one millisecond of the Grammies. And, yes, I am pretentiously proud of that. Award shows are to culture what TV diners are to cuisine. The Grammies would be the salsbury steak, as in the worst.
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Site of the Day: Marty Z is my favorite video podcaster.