Caine Blog

What a shame - this concert had so much potential, unfortunately unrealized, and it ended up a disappointment.  As for the bands: I only saw Amazing Baby and Violens, so I can’t comment on Chairlift -  easily the most hyped band of the night - but the two bands I did see are also leading [...]

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It’s time again to discuss my favorite gut-busting subject.  I haven’t had any new burritos of late, but I returned to Taco Chulo, Yola’s, and Tacobite.  In brief:
Taco Chulo’s burritos are terrifying and massive.  I forget what I got but it was just way too much food, and I believe it contributed to nearly a [...]

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That’s the question I have every time I walk down Metropolitan Avenue, in Williamsburg. Why? Because the land under the BQE is like an untapped oil field, or if that’s a little too much for you, like a wind turbine that’s yet to be raised: pure potential.
Dead zones around expressways aren’t unprecedented in New York: [...]

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A great, underpopulated show, featuring a completely glammed out Emily Haines singing backup on a few songs with Tall Firs.  Haines has a great voice and is a totally arresting presence, and Tall Firs play wonderfully atmospheric rock - kinda like a more accessible Six Organs of Admittance - even if they can’t sing to [...]

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[Pictures coming soon, possibly by Sunday.  Whenever I can head down to Lee Avenue and discreetly snap some photos.
The first thing I noticed last Sunday as I walked around Lee Avenue?  The children’s footwear.  Crocs of all colors, green and teal and black and white, strapped to the feet of young pais-bearing boys and ankle-dressed [...]

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One of the coolest parts of the Lee Avenue rise is Hasidic fashion, which is way different from average, white-bread fashion we all deal with in this boring, fashion-backwards sticksville known as New York City.  When I talk about the Lee Avenue rise, I’m making up a term; here’s what I’m actually talking about:

I often head down [...]

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I went to a Community Board 1 Executive Committee tonight to check up on little old Studio B, the Greenpoint club that all the neighbors hate.  In looking up one of the members - Joseph Weber, a Hasidic rabbi who is also the first vice chair of CB1 - I came across “Welfare Neighborhood,” a [...]

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Damn straight.  Right here in Williamsburg.  That’s cheap as hell.  I grilled one up for dinner, and who knows, maybe I’ll have the other one for breakfast.
P.S. Grilling is the only form of transferring heat to food I currently possess, which is sort of a mixed bag.

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Juxtaposition 1:
|| Elote Mexican Restaurant || My Apartment || Rocio’s Mexican Bakery ||
Above is a rough schematic of my block.  To the left of my apartment we have Elote, a restaurant/bar that serves expensive-ish Mexican food in a yuppified context, as well as decent sangria.  It is filled with non-Mexicans.
To the right of my apartment [...]

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