What it was like to be a Bad Ass B*tch at the Metropolitan Museum with Museum Hack. Back in the 1970's, my mother got me a spiral bound, probably mimeographed workbook of Metropolitan Museum Treasure Hunts. I still vividly remember the bright turquoise cover with its hand drawn Met hippo, the Continue Reading
If you live in NYC, it's hard to avoid the bus stop ads telling us all that "call grandma" is NOT an emergency plan. And if you've lived here for any length of time, you've lived through enough disasters -- both man-made and natural - that you know you really do need a plan. Really. Well, I'm Continue Reading
Last night, I went to a party to celebrate the release of Neil Sedaka: Rock 'n' Roll Survivor, a book by my friend Rich Podolsky about Sedaka's rise to fame, fall from it, and climb back to the top.Sedaka is a legend. But that didn't stop the doorman from asking for his name...and asking him to Continue Reading
Yesterday, walking in Riverside Park in NYC, I saw a Red-Tailed Hawk swoop down, grab a squirrel, slam it on the ground a few times until it was dead, and eat it. An apt metaphor for life in the city. I've lived in this city for my entire adult life. At times, I've felt like the squirrel, at Continue Reading
Seen in Riverside Park a few days ago. It's like the tree KNEW it was Halloween. Kinda cool. And really, really gross! Continue Reading
This is a re-post from 2008. I'm glad to say that finally, the gaping hole where the Towers used to be is finally filled. The memorial busy and reverent. But 9-11 wasn't the only collapse in downtown Manhattan. When I wrote this post, the financial crisis was just starting. 9-11 is now more than Continue Reading
Just another day on the Upper West Side. Continue Reading
