Bus sign indicates how to find out arrival times. Photo: Meredith Kurz Cheap and Chic: I Was a Bus Snob Until I Wasn’t On a humid Lower East Side July afternoon my gussied-up friends and I needed to get uptown. The thought of climbing down... Voices 27 Sep 2022 | 03:00
Myrna Socol Eisenberg’s painting, “Yellow Sky at Dawn.” Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt Remembering Those Who Made New York Another street, another naming – The northwest corner of East 29th St. at First Ave. is being co-named for Dr. May Edward... Voices 25 Sep 2022 | 02:45
Screen shot of the author in “Can’t Stop the Music.” Photo courtesy of Mona Finston Extra Exasperation The other day I flipped on the TV and saw that the original version of “Going in Style” was on, staring George Burns, Art... Voices 19 Sep 2022 | 11:56
Vintage school desk/chair found in the East Village circa 1994. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Second Hand Can be First Rate “What, are we poor?” my new-ish husband Neil yelled with a look of distress as he referenced a rolling desk chair I’d found... Voices 14 Sep 2022 | 02:02
Busy schedule at Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse Up and Running for Fall It’s getting to be Fall again – You can tell from the bookings at Tudor City Steakhouse that the season’s up and running... Voices 11 Sep 2022 | 09:45
Signs at an August rally in support of a new Hell’s Kitchen #7 train. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Why Hell’s Kitchen Subway Station Was Never Built Regarding calls for a Hell’s Kitchen subway station, what the public, transit riders, transit advocacy groups, transit reporters... Voices 28 Aug 2022 | 05:20
Cover of “Bobby Ochs, Kid from the Bronx and Restaurant Partner to the Stars.” Photo courtesy of Bobby Ochs Celebrating a New Book – and a Farewell to Maloney Party’s on – Come to the Book Signing and Launch Party for Bobby Ochs’s just-published book, “Bobby Ochs, Kid From the Bronx... Voices 28 Aug 2022 | 02:46
Dental selfie. Photo: Mona Finston Tooth or Consequences Unless you’re an unusually self-assured individual, most of us have something about our bodies that we’re not entirely happy... Voices 24 Aug 2022 | 11:47
Dim sum at Shun Lee Cafe Dim Sum and Then Some EAST SIDE OBSERVER Checking Out a New Shun Lee – City life’s making a comeback. Despite the fears and edginess about COVID,... Voices 18 Aug 2022 | 10:09
Photo via clipart-library.com Speaking Up in the Neighborhood We have all types here on the Upper West Side, including those who are shy about public speaking. I used to be one of them.... Voices 12 Aug 2022 | 10:26
The author in his USA Today days. Photo courtesy of Jon Friedman USA Today and Me: 40 Years Ago Once upon a time, Manhattan was easily recognizable. There were pay phones and newsstands on every block. Our subway tokens,... Voices 17 Aug 2022 | 03:59
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performing at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Photo: Rowland Scherman, via Wikimedia Commons A Bob Dylan Tribute Concert – 30 Years Later I was excited to attend a tribute concert for Bob Dylan, on Oct. 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden. On that night, Stevie... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 04:05
From “Uncoupled”: Marcia Gay Harden’s apartment that Neil Patrick Harris is trying to get the listing for. She’s unloading it because her husband ran off with his Pilates instructor who is 27. Photo: Netflix ‘Uncoupled’ and the Unreal World of New York Real Estate Instead of “Uncoupled,” Netflix ought to call its new romantic comedy series “Unattainable” — at least where Manhattan apartments... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 04:04
New York State Supreme Courthouse at 60 Centre Street. Photo: Beyond My Ken, via Wikimedia Commons Meeting, Greeting and Eating with the Judges Judging by food – It’s not exactly a food fight and hopefully there won’t be a floor fight, but those elected as Judicial... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 03:00
Family photo: Paul Newman with Harold Willens. Photo courtesy of Michele Willens Paul Newman: Having Yet Another Moment They were longtime Upper East Siders, though many think of Connecticut as the favored home of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.... Voices 25 Jul 2022 | 09:16
