Things are tough and there is no point in denying it. Jobs are getting cut, prices are rising (and let’s face it – it wasn’t cheap living around here in the first place.) But if it makes things just a bit easier to have a selection of job and career resources gathered in one place [...]

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The Bronx (and it’s always THE Bronx, thank you very much) was named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish sea captain who in 1639 became the first European settler in the area in 1639. Good job, Jonas. Located at the northernmost tip of the city, it is the only New York borough attached to mainland USA. [...]

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Previously on “How I Purged My Bookshelves Only to Fill Them Up Again” . . . . I had gotten rid of some books to make room for others. In the spirit of expanding (or trying to expand) my admittedly Manhattan-centric view of Gotham, I went hunting new books. But this time books on the [...]

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I’m off to Westchester this morning and it’s suddenly occurred to me that I’ve not really covered much of Westchester here. Now, you might say – “that’s ok, this is Greater Gotham and that’s not Gotham. That’s Westchester.” Strictly speaking, you are correct but what about the “Greater” part? What about “out and about in [...]

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