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Taking the Kids to New York City – Beware, Parents, Beware!
Bringing the kids to New York is like eating a Big Mac right before your colonoscopy.
Read More »Walking the Plank in New York City
It's not always smooth sailing for the city pedestrian, what with dogs, children, and Oprah.
Read More »Bloomberg’s Big Bust – His Big Drink Ban Derailed in Court
The problem with the ban from the beginning is that it made no sense.
Read More »Book Review: Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies by James Wolcott
Lucking Out is a sometimes brilliant and sometimes disappointing memoir of New York in the '70s by critic James Wolcott.
Read More »We Need to Celebrate Thanksgiving After Hurricane Sandy
So this Thanksgiving is the start of something: a holiday season unlike any other here in New York since 9/11.
Read More »A Real Pain in the Gas
I had heard horror stories of gasoline attendants barking orders at customers, no doubt enjoying their unexpected and new found power.
Read More »Book Review: Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt’s Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks
Island of Vice is a colorful, rollicking account of Theodore's fight with New York City vice in the 1890s.
Read More »Hurricane Sandy: Car Wars – A New Hope?
For now the sight of long lines at the gas pumps only adds to our frustration and anger with our utilities, the government, and the oil industry.
Read More »Hurricane Sandy Brings Out the Best and Worst in Us
It is a tough time to be a New Yorker now, but as the world learned after September 11, 2001, we are not easily beaten.
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