Stacy Horn

I can’t tell you how much I love John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight. Some of the best journalism on television is happening on that show. Instead of 24 hour speculation about the election and terrorism he is researching important stories, stories that affect people who are being ignored otherwise, like the pieces about Payday loans, civil forfeiture, the prison system, the bail bond system, and tax-exempt religious organizations. Thank you John Oliver and everyone who works on this show.

A quote from his recent piece about this movement to bar Syrian refugees: “There was only one time in American history when the fear of refugees wiping everyone out did actually come true, and we’ll all be sitting around a table celebrating it on Thursday.”

The woman who makes stuffed pigeons. She always gets a nice crowd. So many people don’t like real pigeons, but they are attracted to the felt ones. She recently added a pizza rat.

It’s possible this place has been around for years, but I only just noticed it yesterday. It’s on Bleecker Street, about four or five blocks from my apartment. Were those real cupcakes, just sitting out on the street, where anyone could have grabbed one? Even if they weren’t real, a pretty faux cupcake would be worth taking as well. Just saying.

From time to time I hear people complain that Muslims do not denounce terrorists enough. Personally, I see and hear them denouncing all over the place practically all the time. It must depend on where you hang out, and what you read I guess.

I just saw an article [link removed because it no longer works] about British Muslims who took out a full page ad denouncing the Paris attack. I love the picture of the boy at the beginning of the piece. If you tweet, search on #NotInMyName.

Thanksgiving is my day of rest but I often end up working because I love what I do, and for some reason, I love doing it even more on holidays!

Here are people lined up to get their turkeys at a butcher on Bleecker Street. Although that place has been a butcher shop going back to 1900, it’s been O. Ottomanelli & Sons since the 1940’s. It’s very popular, but I cry for the turkeys of course. They are such a friendly, social animal.

I planned to post a picture of my fabulously clean apartment, but I wanted to have my holiday decorations up first and I don’t have the Christmas lights I wanted. They must be multi-colored, the Christmas lights of my childhood.

A street dancer in Union Square. This kid was adorable, I wish I had gotten a better shot of him. Ah! They are shoji.dance_ny and I found better shots of them and some videos here.

I’ve been busy with my big, yearly Holiday Cleaning. But I did run out to run some errands, and Bleecker Street is starting to look kinda Christmas-y, I noticed. Love that guy’s look on the right.