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Category Archives: Occurrences
Harbinger of Change
I am a harbinger of the weather anomalies. This week’s double-whammy earthquake and Hurricane Irene invoked memories of past weather instances. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that dramatic changes in my life have been exemplified by dramatic weather. The earliest coincidence dates back to 2008 when I took my first [...]
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Hundreds March in Support of Prop. 8 Ruling
by Matthew Huisman SAN FRANCISCO – Gay rights supporters showed their pride and colors after a California judge overturned Proposition 8, a law that only recognized marriages between men and women. Rainbow flags flew through the streets of San Francisco as thousands marched from The Castro, San Francisco’s gay district, down Market Street toward City [...]
Also posted in Blog, Photography, Print, Writing Tagged California, Gay Rights, LGBT, Market Street, Matthew Huisman, News, Propsition 8, San Francisco, The Castro Leave a comment
20 Miles, Three Flautas and Two Flat Tires Later or How I Bought a Bike
It’s summertime and for me that usually means two things: bicycling and swimming. Unfortunately, living in New York City limits my ability to do the latter. So to kick off summer, I decided that I needed a new road bike. I prowled Cragislist and a few bike shops before setting off for a bike shop in [...]
Also posted in Bicycling, Blog, Sports, Writing Tagged Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, Prospect Park, Sheepshead Bay, Westside Highway Leave a comment
Skitchin’ a Ride
Traffic is usually a skateboarders worst enemy. Nothing makes riding the concrete wave more difficult than cars whizzing by inches from your board. Now normally I like to ride the hills in Central Park but riding the same street all the time is monotonous. So I took to the streets and decided to use the [...]
Fed-Ex, Delivering More Than Packages
Anyone who rides public transportation knows the feeling – watching the glowing red tail lights of the bus or train as it rides away without you, missing it by a matter of seconds. The feeling of disappointment hurts almost as much as the cold wind that slaps you across the face. This happened to me [...]
Zen and the Insanity of Running
Yesterday I ran further than I can recall in recent memory. The last time I ran more than 20 miles was six years ago to the day when I finished the Motorola Marathon in Austin, Texas. So I laced up my shoes and headed toward Central Park. I initially intended to run to a nearby [...]
Also posted in Blog, Running, Sports, Writing Tagged Alphabet City, Austin, Brooklyn, Central Park, Flat Iron, Manhattan, New York City, Running, Times Square, Williamsburg 1 Comment
A Change of Heart and Home
Driftwood, Texas is no New York City. But for better or worse, it was my home for 18 years until I moved to Boston for my undergraduate studies. I have lived the majority of my life in the house that my father built. This year my return home during Christmas and New Years was not [...]
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The Hazards of Skateboarding
So I took my skateboard out for a spin after taking a three week hiatus and no more than 5 minutes after I took off, I hit a patch of gravel that twisted my board cock-eyed. The laws of motion sent me flying off my board and hitting the asphalt road hard. My primary concern, [...]
Also posted in Blog, Skateboarding, Sports, Writing Tagged Central Park, Elbow, Injury, Longboard, New York City, Skateboard 1 Comment
Safety Concern of Pennsylvania Ave. Bridge