The Pit Bull Whisperer
Posted on April 1, 2009 by Linnea Covington in Profiles
Jon Bozak looked tough in his black work boots, short cropped hair, stern jaw and tattooed, muscled arms as he walked two pit bulls down a quiet street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
But when one dog excitedly licked Bozak’s hand and the other nuzzled his side, the image dissolved and Bozak appeared to a passersby like the doting dog owner he is.
The Roller Godfather of Central Park
Posted on March 25, 2009 by Linnea Covington in Profiles, Travel
The early October air smelled like sweet roasted nuts and burnt wood, the temperature had cooled down, and the turning of the leaves symbolized more then the end of summer 2008. It also denoted the season’s final weeks for the Central Park Dance Skate Association’s weekly roller skate parties in Central Park, which had been going on since 1979, founded and led by Lezly Ziering. (more…)
