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It could be difficult to find a New Yorker who does not know a runner of last weekend’s Brooklyn Half Marathon. 40,000 runners took this 13.1 mile stroll through Prospect Park, then down Ocean Parkway to Coney Island. (I had some fun covering that course a bit in a recent post!) This year’s race enjoyedRead more

One of my early memories growing up in New Orleans was getting a canoe ride home from pre-school to my grandfather’s house, in a flooded Garden District. That is, a canoe ride down the street. Soon thereafter in 1979, was the famous “May 3rd Flood,” during which I received a harmless snake bite. Floods andRead more