When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, riding a bike was fun, not serious. Nobody wore helmets. Now, cycling is framed as a dangerous activity that requires protective equipment. I don’t buy it…
I’ve been without cable for about five years now. In my last year as a subscriber to Time Warner Cable, my package included internet, basic cable and one…
I unofficially met photographer Dmitry Gudkov on Twitter (@gudphoto) through the #bikeNYC hashtag, then officially met him at this year’s Bike Expo New York in early May where…
It’s Bike to Work week, with the official Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 17. This means more cyclists on the streets of New York City, which…
In my decade-long career as a web designer, I’ve never been able to get used to the sheer lack of efficiency in the corporate process when building a…
Baz Luhrmann’s deafeningly-hyped interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is many things. It’s excessive, it’s artificial and it is, indeed, visually arresting. And it’s a great…
A reader named Mike had a simple but important question about a basic: dress shirts. More specifically, he is a young guy just starting out with a new…
Dressed for work, I pedaled at a leisurely pace up a very busy 6th Avenue at the height of the congested work day. I wanted to see how…
Among the many things that bar me from movie stardom, one of those preventatives is the fact that I have a monkey head. Typically, movie stars have larger…
Michael Bastian, one of the most worthwhile menswear designers working today, collaborated with UNIQLO to make a line of handsome and affordable polo shirts that fit just the…