Monthly Archives: October 2014

ADVENTURES IN HANDYMANING

Posted on October 28, 2014 by xaviertrevino

I got a text from a friend last week asking me if I could fix her toilet, which had broken. She sent me a couple of pictures and I knew right away how to fix it. I texted her back … Continue reading →

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SENDING PAPA HOME

Posted on October 25, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Before my father died in a nursing home five years ago he would tell me he’d been in Mexico the day before, or the week before, or sometime in the recent past, despite the fact he hadn’t been anywhere but … Continue reading →

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HELLFIRE ON 9th AVENUE

Posted on October 21, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Last Friday I went to an “open studio” event at a friend’s studio in Westbeth. I went with some old friends, and we met for dinner before hand at a burger joint on 9th Avenue called “Bill’s Drinks and Burgers. … Continue reading →

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BEDBUGS GONE?

Posted on October 18, 2014 by xaviertrevino

I thought I was done with our Brooklyn apartment, we moved out and I left it empty and “broom-swept clean” as they like to put in a standard lease. Then I got a hysterical phone call from my ex-landlord, he … Continue reading →

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I CAN SEE THE BRONX FROM HERE

Posted on October 14, 2014 by xaviertrevino

We have achieved some semblance of normalcy in our new home, and we’ve walked around a bit, getting the feel of the place like wary cats in someone else’s territory. We are a block from Broadway here, in Brooklyn we … Continue reading →

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I GONNA MISS YOU

Posted on October 11, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Yesterday I took my last look at the loft apartment Danusia and I lived in for almost 8 ½ years. Danusia was working so I got to do it by myself. I took one last look around at the empty … Continue reading →

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T-MINUS FOUR AND COUNTING…

Posted on October 4, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Four more days before we say goodbye to Williamsburg. This was the fourth place I lived at in Williamsburg, and the longest. Eight and a half years, according to Mark, our landlord. The building in the picture above is our … Continue reading →

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