Americas
San Antonio, Texas And the Alamo… (and Austin)
There is crime in San Antonio. Lots of petty crime. Minor muggings maybe. And yet it is considered one of the safest cities in the US. A world safer than Laredo — 2 hours’ drive […]
Articles by paperbacklou
Americas
Rocks — On Staten Island
I knew Doug Schwartz briefly in college. We met on the cafeteria line once and chatted briefly. I was editor of the school newspaper; he was a poet. He wrote a poem about eggs and […]
Europe
Bristol, England — Britain’s First City of Hanging Plants
Bristol calls itself Britain’s First Bicycling City; it could very well call itself Britain’s First City of Hanging Plants. If you’re unfamiliar with Bristol, it is one of Britain’s major cities; the largest one in […]
Americas
Randall’s Island NYC – Mysteries Revealed
New York City is a city made up of many islands and one peninsula. The peninsula is the borough of the Bronx, and then there’s Manhattan Island and Staten Island, and Brooklyn and Queens which […]
Americas
Del Mar, California
I was in San Diego recently. I spent three-quarters of a day in a place called Del Mar. It may be the nicest place in the world. God damned nice place. Ocean, trains, beach, fancy-dancy […]