I don’t know about the rest of you but things here at Greater Gotham are a touch tight these days. Oh, I’m not on the verge of setting up shop on the sidewalk. But there is a slightly more pronounced sinking feeling while reading the news and the wallet is considerably lighter. Still, one can’t [...]

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Did you ever think – I’d love to know what’s going on in New York at the moment but my newspaper is all the way in the other room? No, me neither. I’m all about reading the news online these days. Chances are you are too. If not, why not? So much easier, faster and [...]

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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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If you have been toying with the idea of getting away, you’d do well to consider a Gotham get away these days. NewYorkology has an impressive round up of great hotel deals across the city and some of them are so good, I’m tempted to book them. And I live here! Seriously though – I [...]

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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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