Trapped inside a very crowded subway car, I was feeling cranky, annoyed and even a bit nauseous. I was ass-bumping the person behind me (which…
My multi-million dollar evening….
I know you’ll be shocked to hear this but I don’t get invited to all that many open houses where the price tag for a…
The island of New York’s unclaimed dead….
Back in the 1980’s, when I was a young reporter at the New York Daily News, an excited fisherman called the city desk one day…
Best TV series and books of 2016, according to me….
I love end of the year lists and I have a lot of opinions and I have a blog so here is my ‘Best of..”…
Goodbye bodega…hello ‘caffe, ristorante’
There once was a bodega on my Brooklyn corner but then it closed more than a year ago and the windows were papered over. Someone…
Is paying too much attention to bad news harmful to your peace of mind?
I know, I know. You’re sick of hearing the word ‘wellness’ or maybe it’s the phrase ‘wellness lifestyle’ that makes you grind your teeth. But…
True confession: I was a Hamilton ticket scalper…
In case you missed the 14 million stories written about it, the Broadway musical “Hamilton” is a hot ticket. New York scalpers are making a…
So what’s Bali like?
I’ve been asked that question a lot since I returned from a two-week vacation in Bali so let me try and put my thoughts in…
How the song “Different Drum” became a hit….
I was in a local Key Food supermarket the other day when the ’60s classic “Different Drum” featuring Linda Ronstadt came blasting through the store’s…
The FBI missed Omar Mateen but, then again, this is the agency that investigated Lee Harvey Oswald….
People across the country have expressed shock and/or outrage that Omar Mateen was able to murder 49 patrons of a gay nightclub even though the…