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 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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One of the most exciting things happening in Manhattan this summer is the creation of more pedestrian promenades. Some are temporary and some are permanent but all are a welcome addition, as far as I am concerned.
Some seriously major streets are going all foot traffic for a period of time - albeit temporarily - this […]

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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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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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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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Just as I posted yesterday’s list of NY walking tours, I came across “Walking Off the Big Apple” - a blog dedicated to - well, walking New York. Or as the author calls it - exploring New York in the flâneur tradition.
No, don’t ask me what it means, You have access to the Internet. Look it […]

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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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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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See, it’s like this - Mom is in Buenos Aires this week on business and that leaves Dad free to leave his shoes all over the apartment and leave all his stuff across all surfaces without fear of reprisals. This gives him great joy. It doesn’t take much.
But you can’t spend the whole weekend just […]

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I have walked and walked today. Dad wanted to go and do something today - anything to get out of the apartment, he said. So I put on my “Julie, The Cruise Director” hat and picked out some options.
He decided that he wanted to see the map exhibit at the New York Public Library (well […]

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