Mr NYC

On this last day of Black History Month 2022, I want to remember one of my favorite entertainers from childhood who left us far too early: t...

To live in NYC is to ruminate about NYC. To be a New Yorker is a state of mind as much as a way of life.  If you've ever lived in NYC fo...

Over the years I've blogged about my childhood experiences in the world of professional ballet. Like much of what we might consider ...

I don't play chess. To paraphrase Dr. Strangelove , I have neither the time nor the inclination for the strategic thought the game requi...

 

In the almost fifteen years of this blog's existence, I've written a lot about how the "face" of NYC keeps changing, trans...

A decade ago the British TV show Downton Abbey took the world by storm. The tale of a noble family on a huge estate and their servants in t...