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 [...]

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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 – [...]

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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 – [...]

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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 [...]

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