http://www.sitebits.com/keith/ Keith en Copyright &copy; 1999-2008 Gromco, Inc. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:02:10 EST Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com This past weekend, we're wandering around Dumbo — that neighborhood that takes place between and beneath the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and seems comprised almost entirely of organic food marts and upscale designer baby clothes boutiques. <br/><br/> I was in the mood for a hot dog and beer, which is only a healthy meal when compared to my previous idea of a meal of ultra-rich chocolate. But there were surprisingly few hot dog vendors about the place, and in stark contrast to my own neighborhood, no guys wandering around offering to sell you a Corona for a buck fifty. However, while walking up <b>Jay Street</b>, I suddenly caught a whiff of…is that…is that taco? Yes it is. And suddenly all I wanted was tacos and beer. Luckily, <b>Pedro's Spanish American Restaurant and Bar</b> was waiting on the corner of Jay and Front Street (73 Jay St., between Front and Water) to give me exactly what I wanted. Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2008/pedros-spanish-american-restaurant.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDT Somehow, I ended up celebrating the first half of St. Patty's sitting in tapas bar Las Ramblas. Nothing says Ireland quite like tapas and white berry pomegranate sangria! Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2007/st_patty_las_ramblas_tapas.html Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:15:00 EDT The Mutter Museum, nestled inside a perfectly noble looking old academic building, is a gloriously jumbled collection of medical specimens exhibiting the dizzying number of horrible things that can go wrong with the human body... Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2007/mutter_museum_philadelphia.html Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:30:00 EDT American Dime Museum is an example of and homage to the old dime museums and sideshow displays that were a staple of traveling carnivals and circuses during the late 19th and early 20th century. Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2007/american_dime_museum.html Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:05:00 EDT When you look at a list of the world's top paddling spots, it's unlikely that you'll find Brooklyn, New York. And it's even less likely that you'll find the Gowanus Canal, a narrow sliver of water that cuts its way from Gowanus Bay through the industrial zones of Red Hook, South Brooklyn, and Park Slope. It's not exactly what you might call scenic, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. It's lined by crumbling warehouses, generating plants, shadowy factories, Coast Guard fuel depots, and even a Home Depot. It meanders beneath the Gowanus Expressway, one of the busiest highways in New York City, and has been referred to as the most polluted waterway in America. A slick, rainbow film of oil and other chemicals gives the water in the canal a colorful, shimmering candy coating that would be beautiful at sunset if it didn't smell like cold metal and gunpowder and leave a disturbing acrid taste in the air. Visibility in the water is almost zero, and any trip across it is highlighted by an overpowering fear that you might get some on you. And yet still, people put paddle to battery-scented water and get both a unique view of New York and a first-hand understanding of how a neighborhood and an ecosystem can flourish, die, and then struggle to be reborn... Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2006/drifting_through_brooklyn.html Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:30:00 EST One of the most beautiful drives in all of the Americas: the Blue Ridge Parkway in autumn... Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2006/mount_mitchell_and_the_blue_ridge_parkway.html Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:40:00 EST North Carolina's coast in October offers more than just a change of scenery for tired New Yorkers. Keith http://www.sitebits.com/2006/nc_outer_banks_in_autumn.html Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:30:00 EDT