I have had the immense pleasure and privilege of living in New York City for the past four years. I love this city: its hustle and bustle, its culture, and its ambition. Though the fast pace of the city appeals to me, I do enjoy NYC summers because as more and more of the city’s […]
Throughout life we often form fond memories that can last us for a lifetime. For me, growing up in New York City, making memories with friends and family was far from challenging, in-fact it was quite easy. However, one summer will always stand out to me and no matter how many years go by or […]
Summer in New York City is an amazing time. The sun is out, the weather is beautiful, and you can walk to so many great places. I live in New Jersey, and take the train into Penn Station. From there, one of my favorite places to go is the Highline. They recently converted the old […]
I was living in New York City in the Village with my very young daughter, newly divorced, alone, and quite broke. Christmas was going to be meager, or so I thought at the time, which was around 1970. I barely had any friends in the city but around December, I met John and we quickly […]
I was born and raised in a section of Brooklyn, New York, where the streets were lined with one-hundred-year-old homes and quaint mom-and-pop shops. The house that my family and I lived in was a large, two-family stucco structure, located at 190 Sheffield Avenue. Although the house was torn down years ago, I will never […]
It was Halloween night in the late seventies and I was living in a modern apartment building on First Avenue and Seventy Second Street. A friend who was a well-off doctor invited my roommate and me to a Halloween gathering at his brownstone in Greenwich Village. It was not a costume party or a haunted […]
Growing up in New York City you find yourself involved in many situations and events that other cities and towns across the world. As a child Halloween held a special feeling within me, a feeling of magic and creepiness that made me feel excited. Seeing costumes of angels and power rangers and grim reapers. But […]
While I was walking down East 11th street I walked upon the Cinema Village Theater when I saw a man on a ladder changing the lettering on the showing sign in front of the theater. I had never seen them actually change the signs before so I stopped and watched the man. As I was […]
What a day! I am a life-long resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, and a trip to New York City is not an uncommon experience. After all, museums, Broadway plays, Central Park, and Rockefeller Center are only a 20 minute bus ride away. But not all New Jersey residents consider New York an extension of […]
