We went across the street to Despaña this afternoon to sample the last ibérico ham in the United States. Paper-thin slices from the leg of a pig that tasted like it ate butter its entire life in a Spanish cave insulated with butter. We had wine too.

At around $100 a pound for

Over at thewinger.com, Kristin Sloan has a couple pictures of the New Museum on Bowery looking just about ready for its December 1st opening.

Watch a video.

Guess we’ll have something to do now on those epic lunch breaks we’re so fond of taking.

If you’re in our neck of the woods, Nolita/Soho area, and need a sandwich, coffee, bottle of water, bunch of flowers, or a Post, the Deli on the NW corner of Spring and Lafayette is a model of speed and efficiency.

This morning we went in to get an iced coffee. There were no fewer than 10 people in line ahead of us and we were out

Around the corner from where we live the Storefront for Art and Architecture is building a luminescent Ring Dome in Petrosino Park to celebrate their 25th anniversary.

Beginning this Friday, September 21st, Storefront is hosting 26 days (Z-A) of consecutive performances inside the Ring Dome.

The events–film screenings, concerts, lectures, interviews–are a tribute to the first Performance Z-A 25 years ago when Storefront celebrated its opening on

War has left its indelible mark on the bodies of the men in Nina Berman’s photo exhibit of veterans from the war in Iraq.

“Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq” documents the stories of men who fought in Iraq and returned home missing pieces of their bodies and minds. The images of post-adrenaline loss are some of the most haunting we’ve ever seen.

The exhibit at