Australian Don Ritchie was a decorated hero, but his heroics were of a very unusual variety. Continue reading
Category Archives: Places
Pretty Painted People
It’s turned out to be a body art kind of week. Continue reading
Forgotten New York (With Special Guest Star Typhoid Mary)
We are lucky enough to live in Broad Channel Continue reading
Getting Our Drag On!!
Professional Mermaids and Other Nonsense
Not Your Average Household Pests
In early March, I wrote about a woman who shared her house with a horse. That was cute and quirky, but it’s nothing compared to this. Continue reading
My Brighton Beach Memoirs
Today, my love and I went to Brighton Beach to explore and take pictures just for you lovelies! Continue reading
Come to Micronesia, the Smallest of the Nesias
Palau, Micronesia, is one of those places I’d like to visit before I die (which I hope will not be soon). Continue reading
Pedal Pusher
According to graffitimundo, self-taught graffiti artist Mart started his own street art movement at the age of 12 in his home town of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His poor mother. Continue reading
Really Little Boxes on a Hillside . . .
Hansel and Gretel Sold Separately
I Didn’t Even Know Stalinesque Was a Design Style

©Andrea Wyner for The New York Times
“I decided I wanted to design the apartment in the style of a senior bureaucrat of the early Stalin period,” said the owner, antiques dealer Sergei Bobovnikov, 47. Continue reading
Hot Mess for Rent – Terrible Real Estate Photos!
Souvenirs From Dead Whores Bay. Wait, What?
The Doomed Village of Doel
The 700-year-old Belgium village of Doel is scheduled to be demolished in the very near future. Continue reading
Wedding Funnies
These wedding photos are bad. Continue reading
Urban Explorers in Hell (Okay, the Hell Gate Bridge)
Today’s OBT combines two of my great loves, New York City and exploring.
OBI (One Beautiful Idea)

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In 2012, after Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, we were displaced from our poor broken little house for 6+ months. We were fortunate enough to have the resources to find a place to live while we waited for our home to be restored, but not everyone in the world is so lucky. Continue reading
I May Ship Myself . . .
Look at the Time!

©Corcoran Group Real Estate
Today was the first New York day that really felt like Winter might be over. And when the weather turns Spring-like, naturally I get to thinking about New York City real estate, the more outrageously unattainable, the better.













