Where is New York At #47
A guy at my Manhattan watering hole, a theatre director and Soho resident since the 70’s, claims this is the most interesting time to be… Read More »Where is New York At #47
New York
Let it snow, let it snow . . .
View from the window in the eye of the storm. New York survived the blizzard. Schools closed, businesses closed, New Jersey closed – it was… Read More »Let it snow, let it snow . . .
Protests Then and Now . . .
The tea party convention came and went this weekend. Sarah Palin, avatar of the American loopy right, gave a speech. 600 people paid a lot… Read More »Protests Then and Now . . .
Twilight of the Koffee Klatch
Back when coffee was just coffee I’ve been sick off and on all freakin’ month so haven’t had the energy to gather material for this… Read More »Twilight of the Koffee Klatch
NYC Marathon in Bed-Stuy
Sunday was Marathon day and I got up with a bad post-Halloween hangover to find my normally semi-deserted neighborhood packed with people. The NYC Marathon… Read More »NYC Marathon in Bed-Stuy
Where Is New York At? #327
Where indeed? I haven’t updated this question since the winter because it’s been difficult to get a sense of where, in fact, New York is… Read More »Where Is New York At? #327
Hunkered Down in the East Village
I’ve been down the last couple of weeks with the cold virus that seems to be sweeping the city. And what a virus – haven’t… Read More »Hunkered Down in the East Village
And I thought it was just me . . .
From the New York Press: What You Make A surprising analysis of what mostly white kids, 22 – 32, make in New York. The answer… Read More »And I thought it was just me . . .
The hidden character of NYC . . .
New York women, as every NY man knows, are difficult. If they have great poetry, vitality, curiousity, personality – an awful lot of them are… Read More »The hidden character of NYC . . .
Where is New York At? Part 67
More cautious optimism . . . tainted by uncertainty. A sense now of momentum building up to the inauguration (coronation?) Tuesday. All up and down… Read More »Where is New York At? Part 67