Every year, when the United Nations General Assembly meets in New York, and heads of state buzz around the city in black cars and helicopters, two things are certain: New Yorkers will grouse about street closings on the east side of midtown Manhattan as a consequence of heightened security; and world leaders will make their …
Been a busy week at the “things that move and make noise” department at TIME.com. Producer Caitlin Thompson and host Katherine Lanpher continue to create an informative and engaging financial toolkit podcast every week. This week, TIME columnist Justin Fox and reporter Barbara Kiviat joined Katherine this week to discuss the week’s business news. The …
Here’s the major opus from Black Rock City, newly posted on TIME.com. After chatting with Burning Man executive director Larry Harvey, I gleaned 5 things Burning Man accomplishes every year that other cities might try. Things like: getting cars out of downtown areas and creating pedestrian space; making people more responsible to pick up after …
Here’s me, all dusty, trying to shoot during a sand storm at Burning Man (photo by Barbara Traub) And below are shots of me with Dusty, my hobby horse, crafted with loving care by the amazing Ann Wood and named after my father’s old horse. The horse/camera was a disarming ploy at Burning Man, where …
The beautiful handiwork of the delightful and talented Ann Wood, will be put to work later this week. I’ll explain how later.
A collaboration with TIME reporter Nancy Gibbs:
I’m pleased and proud to announce the redesign of TIME’s video player. It’s beautifully rendered and all about serendipity (the principle by which I govern my own life). Have a look and tell me what you think. Today is also the debut of David Clair’s Weekly Acoustic News, a feature where Dave has challenged himself …
Today on TIME.com, we created a video piece from the photographs of Elliott Landy, who was asked by one of the Woodstock Festival organizers if he wanted to take photos at the event. “It was one of the most important ‘yesses’ I ever said,” Landy says. The rest is Woodstock history. The iconic images he …
Belize is a place with a Caribbean vibe among its various cayes, islands and coastal towns, and a deep and long history of the Maya civilization in its interior. This past week, I hung out on the “go slow” island of Caye Caulker, dived on the stunning reef, visited the major ruins of Caracol and …
We watched the sunset from the roof of my friend Cathe’s building, in mid-town on Manhattan’s west side. Soon after, the fireworks started, launched from six barges floating on the Hudson River. The fireworks were synchronized, so the bursts happened simultaneously in a dance, choreographed to music (which we weren’t listening to because no one …