There’s not many bars I can think of that double up as a flower shop, but the Sycamore at Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218 can boast that that rare distinction. …
Sycamore Flower Shop & Bar, Flatbush, Brooklyn NY Read More
We’re happy to tramp quite vast distances in our quest for great cafes and good coffee, and our trek out to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn was rewarded by excellent beverages …
Bedford Hill Coffee Bar, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NYC Read More
Currently swarming with hipsters, estate agents, career-seeking graffiti artists, wannabe musicians, website-promoting entrepreneurs, record-bag clutching DJs and – thankfully – a fair few normal people, is the area of Shoreditch in east London.
London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005) Read More
Here’s another selection of photos from our December 2010 NYC trip, starting with these buskers on Bedford Avenue subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
New York photos: subways, buskers, transvestites and fallout shelters Read More
Last week, I took another look around the busy farmers’ market in Union Square, New York City. If you’re looking for apples in the Big Apple, this is the place to …
Union Square Greenmarket – Farmers’ Market in New York Read More
Another handful of pics hot from the (cold) streets of Noo Yoik!
More New York snaps Read More
Here’s some camera phone pics from NYC (using the HTC Desire phone and the Vignette app). Above is a scene in Williamsburg, with cranes looming in a chilly winter sky.
New York City snapshots Read More
I love photographing New York – for a while I was lucky enough to live and work there and I’m hoping to get back over this year. I’ve visited the …
New York – Manhattan street shots Read More
My Ramones-inspired pilgrimage to Rockaway Beach in 1986 disappointed on several levels – where were the punk rockers? Where were the rock’n’roll bars? – but, undaunted, a took a stroll …
A bleak view of Spray View Ave/Beach 35th St, Rockaway, Queens NYC Read More
Visitors keen to find a piece of untamed New York should check out Canal Street, in lower Manhattan. It’s stuffed full of counterfeit handbags, suspect jewellery, fake Rolex watches, knocked …
Canal Street NYC: photos Read More
Here’s some pics taken when we walked through the tourist-tastic neon eyestorm of Times Square. It’s bonkers but fun – like Piccadilly Circus on steroids – but it’s not a …
Times Square at night, NYC Read More
Sorry it’s taken so long, but here’s my blog from our trip to New York, 1st-14th December, 2006. As ever, I’ll be posting up lots of photos from the trip …
New York blog is here! Read MoreBad news from the Big Apple Last night, my very favourite New York bar, The Raven, suffered a serious fire and there’s a chance that the place may have to …
Bad news from the Big Apple – the Raven Bar burns down Read More
Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted! I’m slowly working through the hundreds of photos from my November NY trip and have just posted up 80+ pics taken in Brooklyn. Manhattan shots to follow! …
Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted! Read More
Williamsburg photos are up! Well, actually, only a tiny handful are there so far (23), but I’ve made a start! It’s going to be a massive task – I took …
Williamsburg photos are up! Read More
NEW YORK BLOG – 5th – 17th November (Photo gallery to follow!) Saturday 5th November: New York bound! With a thick head after last night’s alcohol-slopping Offline (that beer at …
New York blog – Williamsburg and Lower East Side adventures Read More
Back from New York! Sunset from Brooklyn Bridge Blog from my New York trip, October/November 2004 Thursday 28th Oct, 2004 Phew! A close one! Got to Heathrow running a little …
New York blog – places we went, things we saw…2004 Read More