I’m always on the look out for a new drink and/or a new place to grab the same. What’s wrong with the old neighborhood standby, you ask? Nothing, except that what if I’m not actually in my neighborhood? What if I’m say - out at a show or meeting out of town friends at their […]

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Culinary Celebration. You’re doing it right! Not only is the Magnolia Bakery expanding into midtown late September (reason to celebrate enough as for as I am concerned), but beer bashes abound with New York Craft Beer Week is fast approaching (September 12th-21st) and the 3rd annual NY Brewfest September 12th at South Street Seaport. ! […]

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I was out on the streets along with many of my fellow New Yorkers on Saturday. And like many of my fellow New Yorkers, I was in near constant peril of being run over by cyclists.
Hey! Cyclists! I’m all for cycling but we’re walking here! Do you all NEED the whole of Park Avenue to […]

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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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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 the […]

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Discoveries of note today: the perfect time for breakfast at the Carnegie Deli? 9 am on Saturday.
Why? Because not only is there no line outside but there’s hardly anyone inside. My friend and I were gobsmacked. Pleased not to have to wait in the line o’ myth and legend, mind you. It is, after all, […]

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what the hell is going on? Another crane collapse? This one was on East 91st Street off 1st Avenue. The last one - In March - was East 51st Street between 1st and 2nd. After that one, city building inspectors said they examined over 200 mobile cranes across the city and ended up shutting down […]

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I think I need an attitude adjustment. Well, no not me per se but the blog me. A blogitude adjustment.
You know, I don’t actually spend all my time grousing about traffic. You might be forgiven for thinking I do - since I do tend to rant about it with some frequency and at considerable length. […]

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For whatever reason this morning, I decided to take my camera along with me today when I went out to meet my friend Grace. Don’t know why. We were, after all, just going shopping and having lunch. Just a random decision. Thanks goodness I did. There we were - walking along when suddenly, we found […]

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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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The Daily News reports that “a 34-year-old woman smoking a cigarette out of a window in midtown lost her balance and plunged four stories - but survived.”
Sadly, they missed the opportunity to use the headline: New York City smoking rate - and smokers - plummet! (1)
But as long as I was reading the Daily News […]

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Congestion Pricing - I’m for it. The current plan being kicked around. Well, I don’t know that it’s exactly what I would have proposed and I’m not sure how all the logistics will play out but it is a move in the right direction and deserves to be tried.
Governor Patterson - listen, Guv. You seem […]

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My goodness, Gotham Gazers - a lot happened while I was away. But before we get into the Spitzers, fallen cranes, explosions in Times Square etc. — my report.
You will recall that I hopped on Caribbean cruise (on Holland America’s ms Noordam, as it happens) out of the New York Passenger Ship Terminal. As always, […]

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my apologies all, for being absent for so long. And further apologies for being gone just a tad longer.  But I am not so much ‘missing in action’ as ‘in action.’ I was working on back end items (which while useful aren’t interesting in an of themselves) and it took longer than I expected. It’s […]

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The winner! I am Uno. Hear me roar. Or - rather, hear me bay. You didn’t seriously think anyone was gonna be swayed by bookended poodles in fancy haircuts, did you? That jump - the one that you thought sealed my fate? That jump was not a mistake. It was strategy.

And now, I wish to play […]

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