Category Archives: NEW YORK

The Free World

August 11, 2013 – 9:16 pm

Back in December of 1981 I showed up late at JFK for a Pan-Am flight to Boston. “No worries.” The young clerk picked up the phone. “The plane is still on the tarmac. We’ll drive you out to it.” “Really?” I couldn’t believe my good luck. “We aim to serve.” I followed him out of […]

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Waiting For My Man

August 11, 2013 – 1:49 pm

The year was 1997. The night New Year’s Eve at the Helmuth Building on West 18th Street and 7th Avenue. The party was hosted by my good friend, Juliana, and music provided by her music fanatic ex-husband. A Chelsea loft filled with old jazz musicians, real estate moguls, and a crew of Italian visitors. The […]

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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Lou Reed

August 8, 2013 – 9:56 pm
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Vanishing Everywhere

August 8, 2013 – 8:00 pm

“What did you miss about New York?” my friends asked me after my return from Thailand. Looking around the city I had to admit that during my eight year absence from the Big Apple I missed nothing of the now, but everything of the then. Gone were CBGBs, the St. Mark’s Theater, The Orchida, Times […]

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5 Days In Semi-Hell

July 18, 2013 – 7:08 pm

Last month New Yorkers were happy to not be involved in the Great Midwestern Heat Wave, however this week the Eastern Seaboard had been subjected to fury of 90+ temperatures. Every morning the thermometers start at 75 and then rise toward 100. So far we have been spared the triple-digit torrid torment, yet each day […]

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