By Jack Silbert on July 28, 2013
Bob Hope was dead, and I was feeling kind of responsible. It was Monday, July 28, 2003. Word had filtered in that the 100-year-old funnyman had finally passed away just the night before, after famously outliving his New York Times obituary writer. A couple of weeks earlier, my photo-editor friend David had given me a […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged death, Facebook, photography, twist endings worthy of M. Night Shyamalan
By Jack Silbert on March 12, 2012
I have warm feelings for the southeast corner of 4th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Tower Records held the spot for years, and I was sad when they went under in 2006. So I’ve kept an eye on the intersection ever since. There was some sort of art project there, and a satellite Toys R […]
Posted in anecdotes | Tagged barbers, baseball, MLB Fan Cave, New York, Other Music, photography, Tower Records
By Jack Silbert on April 15, 2009
I was at baggage claim at Newark Liberty International Jingleheimer-Schmidt Airport, and I thought to myself, “That’s an amusing sign. I shall photograph it and post it on the blog.” For in its listing of oversized items that could be claimed elsewhere, they’d duct-taped over the first item. And I continued to think, but this […]
Posted in anecdotes | Tagged airport security, baggage claim, meta, photography, super powers
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