Monthly Archives: August 2015

PLANE CRAZY

Posted on August 30, 2015 by xaviertrevino

I did a bunch of stuff in the past ten days, including getting a learner’s permit to learn to drive, (a skill I must refine) and filing papers to start my own small business, Fix-It-X. Next come the tax and … Continue reading →

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HAVE PUMP, WILL TRAVEL

Posted on August 25, 2015 by xaviertrevino

When we moved here to Harlem last year Danusia bought a bike right away. It was a used ten-speed, probably 40 or so years old that she bought from a bike shop on Amsterdam Avenue up a ways in Washington … Continue reading →

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AIR CONDITIONING

Posted on August 22, 2015 by xaviertrevino

A couple of weeks ago I did a job for a fairly famous young photographer who lives and works in a studio downtown. I knew he was a photographer and had heard he was well known, but to me he … Continue reading →

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HUNTING THE FLEA

Posted on August 15, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Only in New York can you go from hunting the whale to hunting the flea in a week. Actually, the flea hunt started some time ago, if you read this blog you’ll know about it, if you don’t here’s a … Continue reading →

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HUNTING THE WHALE

Posted on August 9, 2015 by xaviertrevino

I spent Monday and Tuesday nights on Nantucket last week. I wouldn’t have been able to do that if it hadn’t been for my lovely wife, Danusia. She’d been asked to perform one of her stories at a MOTH Main … Continue reading →

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ACROSS THE RIVER

Posted on August 2, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Last week we went to a barbecue at the home of a couple we are friends with in Long Island City. The building they live in has a sort of rooftop patio on the 32nd floor. It’s actually not the … Continue reading →

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