Goodnight Waldorf
Last drinks at The Waldorf -Astoria on Park Ave. And so begins a three year renovation program to convert it into luxury apartments with some rooms set aside for accommodation. Cheers .… Continue reading
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Four Seasons
Not that I was a regular by any stretch of the wallet but knowing the Four Seasons was due to close I just had to go there for… Continue reading
Billiards & Bar
No escaping the neon. Billiards & Bar, Entrance on 11th ST. NYC.
NY-London Daze of Confusion
Photography is such a moody business. From spring sunshine in New York and Mad Men on 9th Ave who don’t bat an eyelid to a prickly punk giving me the finger in London… Continue reading
Tripping the NY Night Fantastic . . .
A snatch and grab of random shots taken on a recent night out, tripping along Houston Street to wait for the bus which never came. Mr Kuche doesn’t like to hang around too… Continue reading
Street Party – New York Super Bowl Style!
Street Party – New York Super Bowl Style! New York Giants fans hit the streets of New York to celebrate Super Bowl! Poor Pats . . . Related articles New York Giants: Super… Continue reading
My Hurting Head
I know I have a brain because my head is hurting. My poor brain, getting smaller with age, did not need to be soaked and swollen with the vodka martini which seemed such… Continue reading
The Long Road to Beatty, Nevada
What started out as a simple journey from Los Angeles to San Francisco, albeit via Death Valley and Yosemite, yielded the pleasure of hospitality in the wonderful town of Beatty, Nevada. Death Valley… Continue reading
Norm, I Hardly Knew You But . . .
. . . you have certainly left an impression. Once upon a time, a man named Norm ran a bar in San Francisco. Popular rumour, one of many, has it that he ran… Continue reading
Live from Hollywood . . .
. . . or at least from the hotel in downtown Los Angeles watching the Oscars, live, in real time. Having arrived here from New York only a few hours ago I am… Continue reading
Happy Anniversary . . .
. . . time of the year and congratulations go out to one of life’s happiest couples, Roger and Roy. Enjoying the sunshine and solitude of a Friday afternoon at Twin Peaks, in… Continue reading
Thinking about bars . . .
. . . I am reminded of one where conversation rarely strikes. Cafe de la Presse, in San Francisco, has become my regular cafe of choice for breakfast. Being on my own I… Continue reading