mayoral debate this evening – Bloomberg advised not to roll his eyes in annoyance or sigh in frustration. Thompson advised to wear name tag. New York author Laura Anne Gilman has a new title out. Flesh & Fire is the first in the exciting new Vineart series. Wine, magic, history – a highly potent mix [...]

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I have thrown open the windows of the apartment and am enjoying the cool, relaxing temperatures of the morning. But that’s not what I am here to discuss today. Actually, it’s not so much a discussion as a drive by hot tip. I have just discovered that there is a NY Food Museum. Now, you [...]

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I love a good local history and at the moment, I am current reading Rogues’ Gallery: The Secret History of the Mogul and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum by Michael Gross.  Gross’ name may ring a bell if you read 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building (which I didn’t [...]

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With the job market getting everyone down (especially for my many peeps in the publishing industry who are still reeling), I thought a little break from the real world was in order. Maybe we can’t take a real vacation right now but a little online sight seeing (which I think of as “site seeing”) never [...]

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Silver bells Silver bells It’s Christmas time in the city…. Oops! Sorry. I tend to spontaneously burst into seasonal song these days. Not out on the streets or anything. Just at home when puttering about, folding items to be taken to Housing Works or trying to remember where I put those holiday cards I got [...]

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