november 20th necklace

 a necklace made of early 20th century sterling silver and copper elements dated nov. 20th 1914. evolution now

exciting live video of wall street right NOW!

http://occupywallst.org/article/watch-wall-street-shut-down-live/

retired piladelphia police captain ray lewis marched with occupy wall street this morning and was arrested by nypd shortly after 9am.

update- 5:45 i'm trying to find the live feed camera in foley square to wave at you!   there are many thousands in the square!!!

occupy keeps it's sense of humor

after the forced mass eviction of liberty square occupy wall street posted the following last night (link)

Posted 14 hours ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 6:51 p.m. EST

red white and blue- pictures of occupy boston yesterday morning- more on this later-

i took walk through occupy boston and ran into an old acquaintance from my antiquing days, frank, who is now a full time occupier and main camp cook on top of his day job.

occupy boston

to my joy i got off the bus at south station tonight to see occupy boston still standing. many dozens of tents and american flags streaming over a long city block.  oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave...

update:  woke up to the news that new york has followed portland and oakland and evicted the occupy wall street protest.  it's my understanding that this morning a judge has ruled the protesters may return.

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sunday, manhattan.

today it seems so much easier to identify with occupy new york than occupy oakland.  it's just off-putting to see pictures in the press of marauding ninjas in the streets busting windows and waving flags in front of burning buildings.  this is not the america most of us want to see unless it's on our video games. oakland needs to get its rogue element under control.

appropriate righteous outrage should be the attitude, not destructive mayhem.

my friend mary forwarded this interesting letter from the oakland police officer's association in which they declare themselves part of the 99%!

i've spoken to several police at occupy wall street and a week ago i asked one if he had any sympathy with the protest since he was presumably in the 99% too.  he turned to me with a suddenly very earnest manner and said "you know, i was just saying that to my brother last night!"

this morning i met another active duty army occupier who came up from north carolina to volunteer as a medic. the two of us got into a jolly three way discussion with an older man with an east european accent who was an advocate of "pure" unregulated capitalism.  the conversations that are going on the park are so great!  there is much happy disagreement as conservatives and "pragmatists" engage with articulate idealistic occupants.  last week an elderly affluent looking woman was passing with a look of great delight on her face.  "this is wonderful!" she whispered.  "i disagree with everything they're saying but i'm so happy they're doing it!"  then, as her grumpy husband urged her away she added "well, i don't disagree with everything- i am against greed!"
we both laughed and i said, "its surprising how much common ground is being discovered!"

the bowery hotel

two great bloody mary spots. cafe gitane at the jane hotel, and tiny's, in tribecca

 tiny's, in tribecca, is very cute.  the bloody marys are traditional house mixed and good!  they look so pretty on the gold leaf tables.  no horseradish, but surprisingly they didn't seem to need it.  tasty food.

cafe gitanne at the jane hotel. link. the jane hotel is the cutest most charming place!  built on the tip of the hudson river at the turn of the 19th century it housed the surviving crew of the titanic in the months following it's sinking.  now it's full of arty in the know types, hipsters and arty celebrities.  the cafe serves a delicious "moroccan" bloody mary with harissa sauce, ground almonds and peanuts, cilantro and olives.

the occupy wall street library

zachary, the dickensian librarian.

reverend billy here
and at the mermaid parade here

strange bin fellows

 ann coulter seems to peacefully coexist with james carville, and cozies up to wade rathke, founder of acorn...

but, forced to share the same plastic container, andrew jackson and the dali lama turn their backs on each other.

lisa simione, occupy.

i heard on the news this morning that a broadcaster has been fired from an npr affiliate because she's been acting as a spokesperson for occupy dc.  saw the story again in the daily beast and i was surprised to learn it was "world of opera" host lisa "the voice" simione, who i knew in annapolis 30 years ago.  she had conspicuous star quality- smart, beautiful, vivacious, fun.  a chic, brainy glamazon- obviously destined for an interesting life.

more- great hufpo coverage: link

bread and circus. good bloody marys and violin. prune, occupy wall street and carnegie hall

"mayor bloomberg" opened snl this week: link.  he suggested those attending occupy wall street make some time to go out to dinner or enjoy a broadway show.   this was a joke on snl, but it sounds like  real life to me.  hey- why shouldn't the 99% have some fun?! in between visits to liberty park i hit carnegie hall and had brunch at foodie/bloody mary mecca- prune.  we got cheap same day last row seats for this:

gil shaham was mesmerizing.  the times reviewed it here

prune's bloody marys are legendary, and of all i've tried in new york, i think prune's may be my very favorite.  there are 10 different kinds, they make up a whole section of the menu!  the ones in the picture are "green lake" and "chicago matchbox" bloodies. the green lake has absolut, wasabi, and a beef jerky swizzler.  chicago has handmade lemon vodka and pickled baby veggies.  i also love the "danish" made with aquavit, fennel and a citrus cured white anchovy.  served with a beer chaser!

free libya!

this morning it appears muammar gaddafi is dead.

libya is free!

another popular uprising is triumphant, and ecstatic people are streaming into the streets of tripoli.

may democracy, free of retaliatory violence, ensue!

aljazeera has coverage. it's graphic and unpleasant: link

update: now that more information has surfaced about gaddafi's death, my comment about retaliatory violence seems so inappropriate.