About the blog

Greater Gotham is the virtual version of getting out and about in the city - and beyond.

Not everyone can be here to see what’s happening in New York every day - events, news, oddities - and discover the new or forgotten bits that even long time residents delight in finding once again or for the first time. Greater Gotham is the arm chair guide to that process of discovery and being at the center of events. Enjoy!

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About the Blogger

I’ve been blogging for about 7 years, living in New York for 23 years and at some point these two facts came together and resulted in this blog. When New York as a topic began to feature more and more heavily in my personal blog, I decided to let loose and give it it’s own home. That’s how I came to create Greater Gotham.

As founder and principle of Modern Parlance, an editorial and content management service, I spend an great deal of time with the written word. As a writer, I write for clients as well as for myself so I turn my hand to a variety of topics over the course of my week. Some of my assignments I find engaging in and of themselves. Others hold my interest by being remunerative. But no matter how much is happening, I always find time for the personal writing - and that can take many forms. Short fiction, essays and these days, blogs - among them my personal blog and as co-author of Fabulous Foodie, a blog dedicated to the culinary side of life.

But what compels me to write about New York when there are so many other things to write about?

New York can fill me with joy at the exact same moment that it is driving me crazy. It is at once welcoming and standoffish. Even threatening if you don’t look where you step. It is a split personality made concrete and flesh. What writer wouldn’t want to try and capture that infuriating, intoxicating IT?I can’t imagine ever exhausting Gotham as a topic. I can’t imagine really doing justice to it, if truth be told. But if I can convey even a slice of what Gotham does for me in this blog, I will consider it a job well done.

– Deborah, Greater Gotham Gal