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It's the only way to live in cars

July 13, 2009 – 1:05 pm

Every New Yorker without a car should force themselves to rent a car at least once a year, if only to reiterate the inherent smartness of living the rest of the year without one. Sure there is the initial joy of feeling like you can go anywhere! do anything! You feel possessed of the heady [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Cars, Funny to Me, Vacation | Comments (3)

Catch the pigeon

May 19, 2008 – 11:59 am

I went on the latest BCUE walking tour of Bushwick, this time focusing on the southern tip of the neighborhood. Bushwick Specialist Adam Schwartz (of upfromflames fame) led some 20-odd folks around, getting down to the Trinity Cemetery and up to Irving Square Park, going through the side streets along the way. I'm not sure [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in BCUE, Bushwick, Gentrification, Walking Tours | Comments (0)

Even if you don't please

July 16, 2007 – 9:46 am

I forgot to take pictures of the kittens again, but I'll try to take some tonight. It's pretty fascinating to watch the progress. They are now a month old and are behaving more and more like cats and less like larvae. Elsewhere in the cataverse, I thought another rundown of the main locals is in [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Bushwick, Cats, Feral, kittens, Pets, Strays, The Yard | Comments (0)

Operation: snip & tie

July 13, 2007 – 12:15 pm

Gothamist had another depressing post about the number of cats in the city. Damn there are a lot of cats here! And people do not seem to be getting any smarter. I commented that it seemed to me the best course of action for the city would be to offer free neutering to any pet [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Bushwick, Cats, Pets | Comments (0)

Quite contrary

July 3, 2007 – 11:07 am

Ferdinand the Bull, originally uploaded by Jimmy Legs. As promised, less kittens and more big fat white cats in the back yard! We hit up Home Depot yesterday for the first of what will probably be several trips there to populate the yard with plants. they had a surprisingly good selection, both for the garden [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Bushwick, Cats, Flowers, House, Plants, The Yard | Comments (0)