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Sunday, September 7, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “A Point-by-Point Evaluation of My Build-a-Bear Workshop Experience” by Fortunato Salazar
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New York Diaries

Even in the biggest city in the world you can find yourself in a rut. Our diarist challenges himself to go beyond the familiar blocks into the wilds of the unknown.

New York Diary: Dean Kowalski

Not everyone knows New York City houses the world’s largest gothic cathedral, nor that it may never be completed. ROSECRANS BALDWIN talks to St. John the Divine’s Dean James Kowalski while parrots flutter around their heads. (New York, New York | July 8, 2004)

New York Diary: iPodding the Met

With portable MP3 players containing thousands of songs, it’s now possible to have your day around town scored by multiple composers, Mancini, Rota, or Alison Krauss. ROSECRANS BALDWIN heads to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lets chance handle the mix. (New York, New York | April 29, 2004)

New York Diary: Artistic License

Gotham is home to some of the greatest performing arts in the world, and keeps them in check by also housing the worst. ROSECRANS BALDWIN takes in a contemporary dance piece, a symphony, and an opera – with an eye on his watch and a dream of everlasting intermission. (New York, New York | April 6, 2004)

New York Diary: My Kind of Town

A city with more than two-dozen neighborhoods and nearly every one of the world’s ethnic groups can be a bit difficult to navigate. Correspondent ROSECRANS BALDWIN picks a single direction—north—and walks the entire length of Manhattan. (New York, New York | November 13, 2003)

New York Diary: The Good Life

The rich have at their whim a thousand ways to relax, some methods involving rocks and a combination of diapers and pounding. A surprise gift certificate in hand, ROSECRANS BALDWIN initiates himself in the rites of a day spa. (New York, New York | November 6, 2003)

New York Diary: Eating with Harley Spiller

SARS be damned: ROSECRANS BALDWIN searches for the perfect dumpling in New York’s Chinatown, guided through eight restaurants in two hours by the man known as Inspector Collector. (Personalities | May 14, 2003)

New York Diary: Chez Daniel

In which the author and his fiancée are given $400 to eat at New York’s best French restaurant, and find themselves blown away, hubris intact. By Rosecrans Baldwin. (Opinions | October 15, 2002)

New York Diary: Beaten Up and Stepped On

Wisdom comes from experience, via employment, age, or humiliating trials—or, in this case, none of the above. ROSECRANS BALDWIN rides the trains and learns about a boy. (New York, New York | June 3, 2002)

Observations: Bleecker St. Park

New York is exceptionally warm right now, especially for Spring. Weekends are spent napping outside, reading on the stoop, or watching people sweat. ROSECRANS BALDWIN reports from a park on Bleecker while the West Village busies itself with relaxing. (New York, New York | April 18, 2002)

Observations: We’re All Winning

Strange people roam the subways of New York. They spit, howl, and peck at your shoulders. But not all of them are bad: ROSECRANS BALDWIN reports on a boy he found singing in a tunnel. (New York, New York | April 9, 2002)

New York Diary: Notes from 10th Street

10th Street crosses Manhattan at its waist, from the Hudson to the East River, through the West, Central, and Eastern Villages, to the outskirts of Alphabet City. A walk from one side of Manhattan to the other is about two miles long, an hour of travel, and ROSECRANS BALDWIN takes these walks frequently. (New York, New York | November 15, 2001)


TODAY’S FEATURE

A Point-by-Point Evaluation of My Build-a-Bear Workshop Experience

If you could have any bear in the world—what would it look like? A mall visit poses tempting challenges, as FORTUNATO SALAZAR constructs an ursine fantasy.

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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Non-Expert Rosecrans Baldwin finishes the lyrics that Mr. Simon left behind.

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