{"id":185,"date":"2013-08-25T09:35:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T13:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2013-08-27T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T13:55:42","slug":"new-york-city-blog-august-26-september-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog August 19 – August 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Hands up everyone who has wanted to take an axe to the computer, smartphone or Kindle. I lost my Kindle on one of the seven planes I took this past July. Never put anything into those plane pockets on the back of the seat in front of you. Well, I did. I have replaced it with a paper white in Japanese, I think – unless it’s Korean. I don’t think it’s Chinese. Since everything is in Japanese, Korean, or Chinese it’s difficult to follow directions. Help! Amazon! Welcome to my Kindle…<\/div>\n
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The Dickens of Detroit, Elmore Leonard, died this week. Anybody who reads American crime fiction knows what a fine writer he is. Some of his distinctive features are: \u00a0snappy\u00a0dialogue, wit, ordinary but unusual settings, characters below the fashionable radar screen. He was known for being cool and that’s what his writing is. It will be interesting to see if his work weathers well.<\/div>\n
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This past Thursday a friend and I invested most of our 401Ks in a meal at Locanda Verde. It was worth it. The restaurant is south of Canal. Who goes there? Apparently, buffed, toned and successful people. On Sunday I took this photo in a Brooklyn butcher shop. Isn’t meat glorious? \u00a0Aren’t those #10 cans cute? To prove I do have a conscience (I’m thinking of all the cows, pigs, and chickens I’ve eaten) I’m posting a cottage in Portland, OR. that was built with recycled materials including #10 cans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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