My year in New York was wonderful. Unforgettable. Life-changing, etc. But we all knew that was how it would go. This post is not to reminisce on New York, but to explain my drought in blog posts with a story. I was robbed on my last night in New York City. I left the house [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Manhattan'
Heat Wave
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Manhattan, Photos, Upper West Side
In case you haven’t heard, it’s really hot in New York City. Two 100-degree days in a row now. All this week, the hydrant has been gushing on my block. Today after my run, I jumped in. I checked “play in an open fire hydrant during a hot summer day” off my NYC to-do list.
"Truth to Power"
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Journalism, Manhattan, Multimedia
If I had to name the piece of work that I am most proud of from my time at Columbia, I would tell you without a doubt that it was “Truth to Power.” Actually, hypotheticals aside, “Truth to Power” is my proudest moment from my time at Columbia. My partner, Evan Wexler and I, were [...]
Tags:9/11 Truth Movement·Connor Boals·Craig Fitzgerald·Danny Panzella·Evan Wexler·Truth to Power·Truthers
Done.
May 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Journalism, Manhattan
It’s official. I’m a Master. Photo courtesy of Alex Berg.
Sweet land of liberty
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Manhattan, Photos
So it’s official. I’m done with J-school. Mom and Dad got in to the city and we’ve been hanging out and seeing some sights. We took the cruise out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on Sunday. My sister, Clare, is finishing up finals at Cornell, so they scrambled to figure out their [...]
The Cloisters
March 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Manhattan, Photos
The Columbia Journalism School Career Fair was today. I spent all day hopping from table to table at the ringing of a bell. It was exactly what I imagine speed dating is like. I met some interesting people and had some good conversations. I’d call it a success. After the fair, Fred and I rode [...]
MTA coverage
March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Education, Journalism, Manhattan, Photos
One of my courses this is semester is Covering Education. The focus of the class is providing coverage on the New York City public school system. I’ve been following the plight of the MTA’s budget crisis, which will directly impact almost half of New York City’s 1.1 million public school children who rely on the [...]
Full moon
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Manhattan, Photos
Full moon tonight (technically, it was last night.) Could have fooled me.
Snow day
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Manhattan, Photos
We’ve been getting lots of snow in NYC lately. It started dumping halfway through Thursday and just never stopped. I rolled out of bed at 7:30 this morning. Much to my surprise, Columbia was closed. So I rolled over, turned off the alarm and fell back asleep. Later, I ventured over to Central Park to [...]
Tags:Central Park·Columbia University Journalism School·Connor Boals·Photos·Snow Day
Emergency surgery
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Education, Journalism, Manhattan, Music, Photos, Queens, Upper West Side
I got a call just before midnight last night. It was CJ, with whom I have been spending lots of time for my master’s project on pit bulls in New York City. His oldest (and dearest) of his two dogs, Snow, had been peeing a lot and he had just passed it off as a [...]
Tags:Connor Boals·pyometra·Seinfeld·Suzanne Vega·Tom's Diner·Tom's Restaurant