It’s almost here! It’s almost here! Summer Streets Saturday is almost here!
I couldn’t care less about the activities planned along the route - speaking of the route, here it is - though it’s nice to see so many different kinds of dance being demonstrated and the New York tour at the entrance to the Brooklyn […]

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A review of data and statistics reveals July to be the hottest and wettest month of the year and here in New York, July seems determined to live up to its reputation. Still, it’s a great time to be in New York because there’s a lot going to that will get your mind off […]

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it’s been a busy time in Gotham but I admit that the Summer stories grabbing a goodly portion of the headlines - waterfalls, budgets, and baseball - are not what have caught my attention.
Oh I admit that the waterfalls as an idea intrigued when they were first proposed. I looked forward to them - and […]

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Orli, who sends me many cool “heads up” messages, sent one I simply MUST share immediately. Tuesday - in preparation for the Wednesday Season 2 premiere - there is a Shear Genius event in Times Square. He says:
They are giving out free professional blowouts on Military Island (7th Ave. btwn 43rd and 44th St.) […]

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Went to Shakespeare in the Park on Friday.
Saw Hamlet.
Wept for the loss of all I might have accomplished in those hours instead.
Salvaged evening by leaving at intermission.
Dreadful.

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“It’s May! It’s May! That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray”
Well, except you, dear readers because I present to you some Greater Gotham May Highlights! And to continue my show tune theme, let’s not “Start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” No, let’s instead start at towards the end of […]

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New York Magazine has a preview of the Costume Institute’s upcoming “Superheroes” exhibit (opens next week). Now, this could be a really interesting show. It all depends on how they the (increasingly inadequate) space for the concepts and themes they are trying to exhibit.
The last show I went to at the Costume Institute was blog.mode […]

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The weather getting better every day and you’ll soon be wondering what to do with all those hours better spent outside than inside. And you’re also probably thinking that fun - like gas, food and everything else - is getting more and more expensive. Never fear. You can get out and enjoy the weather without spending much […]

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Forgive the extended absence, all. The post cruise fogginess (that no one warned me about, by the by) took a while to clear and then, just as things began to clear, I was struck down (and laid prone) by an incredibly bout of sciatica. I will not regale with with the details and descriptions of […]

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It’s a holiday weekend coming up and you know what that means? Even more time to do even more stuff. Never fear for Gotham is, as usual, awash in activities to entertain, educate and delight you and yours.
Books, books and more books, baby! Taschen Warehouse sale is running January 18-20 at their locations worldwide but […]

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One month until Valentine’s Day! With New York is so full to the brim with romantic possibilities, you have no excuse for not finding something exciting, exceptional or expressive for your main squeeze.
 Chocolate is a Valentine’s Day standby and somewhere in Gotham is just the right sweet for your sweet. Check out our Gotham Guide to the […]

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Wondering what to do in and about NYC this weekend? Here are a couple of suggestions: 
I don’t know if I have mentioned this previously but I am going on a cruise in a couple of months. As a result, I have cruise ships a bit on the brain. Imagine my delight when I heard about the Cunard […]

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Sure, the winter weather is wacky (is it really 60 degrees out? Wasn’t it just this time last week that my very eyeballs were freezing in their sockets?) Sure, New York isn’t the first place you think of for a bargain (you want how much for that sidewalk umbrella?) But Gotham in January chock full […]

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I am happy to announce that finally gotten over my shock over the new subway reorganization plan (no, I never decided which bit shocked me more). So you can imagine how intrigued I was to see the City Room blog pose the question How Would You Run These Subway Lines?
I’ve decided to give it some […]

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Since we can’t sit enthralled watching Broadway (including my almost certainly now doomed plans for Tuesday), we might as well wander around a bit and be enthralled by the city that has been tarted up for the holidays. Few cities tart up so well and in so many various ways.
Department store windows are the first […]

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