Tag: west side canvas

People carried their dogs, sometimes one under each arm. It was still cold and blowing.

They call them cookies, but they’re sure not like anything that came out of my mother’s oven.

Or jonesing for onion soup and pâté. I could live on their bread and butter.

I've come across some remarkably primitive sights in our sophisticated neighborhood, but for the most part, they are human stories and generous people.

I appreciated her uplifting, positive persona, and how difficult it must be to stand perfectly still amidst all the distractions.

Each column contains a slice of the UWS. I love the challenge, the being there, the watching it come off my fingers.

I’m not fond of cocktail glasses with a cone-shaped bowl on a stem. I don’t want to pay that much attention to not spilling.

His ballwork was legendary and he knew precisely when somebody needed to have a dog lean against them.

The Columbus Avenue Pioneer opened for business in 1959, which is closer to the 1800s than it is to today.

As the pace ramped up, everybody worked around me like I was part of the architecture.

Nobody is immune from a twist of fate that puts them on the outside, with no way back without help.

To be classified as a “diner,” you need the large, multi-page menu describing the Great American Foodbook.

Inside Epices Bakery with Robert Beck.

The chapels are called the Seven Chapels of the Tongues because they are dedicated to non-English-speaking persons.

It’s commonly the case that the larger the organization I approach to paint, the greater the odds of encountering some...roadblock.

#4: The hand flashing red is as good as green, and #5: Any gap that exists can and should be filled.

It can get frenetic out on the sidewalk amidst all that expectation.

The steam vent pipe’s charm is in its look...like a blown-out birthday candle.

The UWS isn't some Northern Territory, but it has its nasty hibernal weather and a few unusual stories of its own.

Elephants make great neighbors, especially if you need to move a bunch of logs or something.