claudia's surf city

This is one of my new toilet seats. Yes, I am the proud owner/maintainer of nine toilets. In my view, that's a shitload. Those water d...

La jour de gloire was revisited. Bill Dowell, formerly of NPR, ABC, NBC, Time magazine and etc, and Ed Barnes formerly of Time and (ahe...

You can tell if someone is a true New Yorker by whether they have a collection of derelict, mostly black, folding umbrellas in the closet....

The daughter of Philip Jones Griffiths and Philip's  mentee and fellow Magnum photog Chien-Chi Chang discuss the future of the wo...

Before: Noodle shop near Mott St., Chinatown, NYC  What a difference a day makes. Between lunch and dinner, Chien-Chi changed personas w...

Afternoon delight, Amsterdam Ave., NYC  New York is a place where you can hide away, and a place where you can flaunt it. The couple abo...

Everest season is upon us again—my expedition leader pal leaves for Kathmandhu tomorrow. Someone who, perhaps in solidarity, has been binge ...

Pretty awesome pic considering the circs—sheets to the wind at Club Soda on BI. Me, not him. Note use of cheaters since cataract surgery. ...

We have our very own Banksy right around the corner. Pretty awesome how his shadows are exactly the right color for the first day of sprin...

The New England boiled dinnah (corned beef and cabbage) at the Yellow Kittens opens the season on Block Island these days. Daytrippers arr...

Neither of the new intact sinks go all that well with the white soup bowl tub.  When we were in San Miguel last September, my cousin ...

So I took the ferry off the island (thankfully it wasn't rockin' and rollin' like when I went over!), leaving the poor old ...

That's Pam's lighthouse. She saved it—raised the money and agitated to move it back from the bluffs, no easy matter. So when sh...

 Out with the old, in with the new. Of course, it's not plumbed yet—but at least it's in the right place!

The snow fell heavy on Providence and the too-early crocuses (croci?), but quickly started melting.     School was on, but Camilla wou...

Leaving at 8:00 pm today, not ayem!

At Fanell's Cafe, second oldest food-and-drink location in NYC. On Prince St. J and Peter off to another event.   Happy Interna...

Debby sends this picture postcard of the sunrise from her brother's porch in Florida. So gorgeous! Snow is being discussed for the end...