Allison Miller
@cliopticon.bsky.social
Journalist | Historian | Master of Disguise | Cultural history & more | If I share it, I've read it. I block generic resistance accounts.
I miss 2014 too lisag16.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I miss 2014 too lisag16.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Snow outside the Jerome Ave IRT
December 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Snow outside the Jerome Ave IRT
Those of you in New Mexico know Christmas chile. This is just Christmas chili.
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Those of you in New Mexico know Christmas chile. This is just Christmas chili.
Why do I love my little mom and pop pharmacy in the Bronx? The deodorants live free, not caged in plastic
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Why do I love my little mom and pop pharmacy in the Bronx? The deodorants live free, not caged in plastic
I threw a really nice holiday party last night where about 12 friends helped me put up my little silver tree and there was tons of food and new people exchanged numbers. I just finished cleaning up and now I am just basking in the afterglow
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I threw a really nice holiday party last night where about 12 friends helped me put up my little silver tree and there was tons of food and new people exchanged numbers. I just finished cleaning up and now I am just basking in the afterglow
The 35 movies I saw in the theater, ranked
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The 35 movies I saw in the theater, ranked
I’m gonna keep supporting Athena Keke’s in Clinton Hill but it didn’t seem like a sports bar. Just sayin
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’m gonna keep supporting Athena Keke’s in Clinton Hill but it didn’t seem like a sports bar. Just sayin
More from a nice late fall day in Manhattan. The Upper West Side is underrated in the New York beauty department
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More from a nice late fall day in Manhattan. The Upper West Side is underrated in the New York beauty department
It’s not always easy living in the hilliest borough but every now and then you get an unexpected sunset at the end of the block
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It’s not always easy living in the hilliest borough but every now and then you get an unexpected sunset at the end of the block
I’ve lived here over 20 years and I’m still full of wonder. I live in a movie
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’ve lived here over 20 years and I’m still full of wonder. I live in a movie
I make potato leek soup maybe once a year and it hits every time
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I make potato leek soup maybe once a year and it hits every time
Did my civic duty and pleasure. Let’s go NYC
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Did my civic duty and pleasure. Let’s go NYC
Guess what I have tickets for tomorrow. RIP this Sicilian thing that’s been going on 2,000 years
October 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Guess what I have tickets for tomorrow. RIP this Sicilian thing that’s been going on 2,000 years
Much as I generally don’t dunk on the NYT (because why bother) the last sentence here … oy
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Much as I generally don’t dunk on the NYT (because why bother) the last sentence here … oy
Here is the sign about Trenton and you can kind of see the plant reflected in the window
September 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Here is the sign about Trenton and you can kind of see the plant reflected in the window
The taste of summer in NYC
August 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The taste of summer in NYC
Beautiful day in the Bronx
July 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Beautiful day in the Bronx
Trump announce tariff
July 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Trump announce tariff