Four years in New York today. The sun is shining. (Perfected video via JTA.)

I had a story and photo in yesterday’s New York Times City section about the blogger behind Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York.

Walking the Lower East Side with Jeremiah to research the story was a lot of fun considering I was with the prophet of doom.

On a related note, there was a great story in last week’s New York Times magazine about the Second Avenue Deli, which closed last year.

The good news is the deli is slated to reopen soon. The bad news for the Lower East Side is that the new Second Avenue Deli will open in Midtown.

Some foul language makes this a little unsafe for work. But still, utterly briliiant. (Via Anorak.)

More oddities over at Charlie Shopsin’s blog Modern Mechanix. (And yes, it is those Shopsins.)

I came across this on YouTube last night as I was researching the Smothers Brothers for one of the latest projects I am working on. Quite amazing really, considering how prudish CBS was in those days. Then again, I suppose if you don’t have a clue what they are talking and singing about, it’s quite hard to be offended.