Tea in the Spirit of Coco Chanel After three days of NYFW — the shows, the lines, the outfits, the even longer lines — I had no desire left to dress myself... Columns 12 Sep 2019 | 03:51
Searching for sweets It took a bus - For all the fault to be found with the MTA, it's nice to see that each ride or each stop can create a village.... Columns 19 Aug 2019 | 11:18
Hundreds of volunteers converged on Times Square recently to package 36,000 meals for needy NYC children. In a “Day of Global Giving,” volunteers from Morgan Stanley distributed 2.1 million meals to hungry children around the world, in events that took place across the globe. Photo: Mike London of Michael J. London & Associates Volunteerism Makes a Difference By Suzanne M. Akian Volunteering can run the gamut from helping pick up litter on streets and beaches, to serving meals at... Columns 15 Aug 2019 | 02:33
View of the East River along the walk. Photo: Jon Friedman The loneliness of the long distance walker THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE WALKER By Jon Friedman How has your summer been going? Hasn't it been hot and uncomfortable... Columns 15 Aug 2019 | 01:06
Protest Traffic Violence as Well as Gun Violence! By Bette Dewing Before starting this column, a glance at NY 1 news and once again it’s about Traffic Violence – two speeding... Columns 12 Aug 2019 | 02:32
David Fricke, John Fogerty and Andy Zax (l to r) at 92Y. ( Photo: Rod Morata / Michael Priest Photography) John Fogerty's Woodstock Memories By Jon Friedman John Fogerty, the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and a successful solo musician,... Columns 11 Aug 2019 | 03:41
Strivers, Retirees and Chicken Wings Senior sentiments - After reading this column's observance of the proliferation of senior residences in Manhattan, where... Columns 05 Aug 2019 | 02:39
Big Pink, 2013 ( Photo: bobistraveling, via flickr) Woodstock Sojourn: A Day of Peace, Love and Music "No!" The waitress at the Woodstock Pizza Theater could not have been more emphatic as she shot down my statement that it... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 12:41
Book Culture owner Chris Doeblin ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Neighborhoods need bookstores My community bookstore makes me smarter. And sometimes my community bookseller does too. After reading in this newspaper that... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 12:19
20/20 vision on traffic and music What a swell concert that was! Yup, it was music when “swell” was a prime word of praise. Remember “What a Swell Party This... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 11:14
hot stones and Hot restaurants Staying stone — A new kind of stone is replacing the stones that were sold at the little jewelry shop that was located... Columns 12 Jun 2019 | 10:15
Doormen: Apartment house lifelines Heartfelt thanks to Michael Kearney, who was a veritable lifeline for this apartment house for 22 years. As a doorman, he... Columns 06 Jun 2019 | 03:40
Joe Namath: the heart of a champion Joe Namath is still a champion. And he doesn’t need to make good on a guarantee or flash his ring from Super Bowl III... Columns 29 May 2019 | 10:51
a mystery on third avenue Dancing girls — Who would think that Domino’s Pizza’s footprint would be filled — or followed... Columns 29 May 2019 | 10:47
not so fast on the safe streets advisers First, hear this, I mean, please, hear this — no one is more troubled than this long-time traffic safety advocate... Columns 23 May 2019 | 04:31
