Category Archives: NEW YORK

All-Seeing Eye of the NYPD

September 21, 2012 – 10:42 am

As a child the nuns at Our Lady of the Foothills told us that God was all-seeing. Our every moves was surveilled by Our Father in heaven and the sisters seemed to be blessed with the same power. They had eyes in the back on their head and could catch us passing notes or misbehaving, […]

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National Cheeseburger Day

September 18, 2012 – 8:43 pm

New York has great cheeseburgers, but my favorite was from McBell’s Bar on Sixth Street across from the West 4th Street basketball cage. Tommie Dimaestri was the waiter and served me free food whenever his boss wasn’t looking too hard. I think Tommie was sweet on me. Anyway McBell’s cheeseburger’s ground sirloin was served on […]

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New York State Of Mind

September 17, 2012 – 2:07 pm

Last night I was sitting in Frank’s Lounge bemoaning the Patriots 20-18 loss to the Cards. “It was a fix. That holding charge against Danny Woodhead was weak. You know when the refs blow a call, when the TV doesn’t show the replay.” I was on my fourth beer and speaking loud to Paco and […]

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Charlotta Jansen Opening

September 16, 2012 – 10:48 am

One of my favorite artists John Davis Gallery, 362 1/2 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534 Charlotta in the Lincoln Room of Jihn Davis Gallery, Hudson NY

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GLATT CHATEAU BACCHUS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 12, 2012 – 7:58 pm

These days most people in America have no money and the middle-class survive from paycheck to paycheck, dreaming of their lost wealth. Even the lower upper class are struggling to make ends meet and New York’s Diamond District has been feeling the pinch, so that my bosses Richie Boy and his father Manny couldn’t offer […]

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