Saturday, September 30, 2023

RaiNYC

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New York City got a lot of rain on the day of our lord, September 29, 2023. Like, a lot, a lot 'o rain. Apparently city officials of al...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Queens Man Goes Out of Business

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Remembering "Caroline in the City"

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In the mid-to-late 1990s the NBC television network was riding high with shows like Friends, Seinfeld, Mad About You, Frasier, ER, Law &...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Royal Redux

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This week Prince William of the United Kingdom -- who became Prince of Wales following his father's elevation to the throne last year --...
Friday, September 15, 2023

The Fall of a "Good Republican"

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New York City is, for the most part, a one-party city -- the Democrats control the three city-wide offices, four of the five borough preside...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Double-Rainbow Over NYC -- September 11, 2023

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Garbo Redux

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I've always been fascinated by the 1930s movie star Greta Garbo, the great Swedish actress who made classic movie after classic movie --...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Ruschell Boone RIP

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I'm so sad that NY1 reporter and anchor Ruschell Boone has died from cancer at the age of 48. She was so great on TV, such a magnetic pr...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The "Blue Highways" of NYC

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I just finished reading the amazing book Blue Highways , a travel memoir by Missourian William Least-Heat Moon. A contemporary classic, the ...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Scorsese & Lebowitz Talk "After Hours"

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If you love the movies of Martin Scorsese and the comedy of Fran Lebowitz , then check out their conversation from 2022 about what might be...