If you think these are hard economic times then consider the plight of Alexandra Aldrich who lived in the Astor Mansion with no food in the house. Her new book The Astor Orphan is a wonderful debut memoir from this woman who is a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor. In The Astor Orphan Alexandra… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker the quickest way to get fit and just like Forbes magazine we will tell you Squash. Forbes rated Squash as the top sport in a survey of the ‘Ten Healthiest Sports’ and it is true. If you need a quick burst to help get you into shape this summer Squash is… Read more »
Talk about a big phone bill or a Gold ring with a difference. Someone by the name of “Joe” (obviously not a regular Joe), has bought an i phone with a 15 million dollar price tag. Now that’s rich.If you thought the iPhone was kind of on the expensive side then this one has the… Read more »
Maria Tallchief, widely considered the first major American prima ballerina, has died. Born Elizabeth Maria Tallchief in Fairfax, Oklahoma in 1925, her mother was Scots-Irish, but her father, Alexander Tallchief, was a chief in the Osage Nation, and her great-grandfather, Peter Bigheart, was crucial in negotiating oil revenues for the Osage tribe. At 17, Tallchief… Read more »
Do we find a basement or take this kid for the bluff man he might be? Either way the North Korean leader is more suited to a mental hospital than a Government office. Now he claims nuclear war is unavoidable so what is the next move? Listening to reports out of North Korea makes us… Read more »
One would naturally think it impossible that anyone would hesitate – even for an instant – to honor the woman who tackled communism head on as prime minister of Great Britain.Lady Margaret Thatcher was a principled politician who helped to foster the special relationship between Great Britain and the United States that we all benefit from… Read more »
Fans of Emblem Three, the new alternative pop sensation, will be taking over Time Square for a day of positivity this weekend and are asking everyone in New York to join in to help spread peace and happiness around the world. This Saturday, April 13th between 2:15 pm – 6:00 pm fans will meet on… Read more »
Margaret Thatcher may have been many things: A member of Parliament, Education Secretary, British Prime Minister and more recently a Baroness but above all she was the mother of her twins Mark and Carol. As they mourn the passing of their mother we say to her critics – show some respect! Many people in New York,… Read more »
When it comes to Pizza, Pasta, or just amazingly great Italian food and served at its freshest and finest Williamsburg has the best family style Italian restaurant in the tri- state area. Possibly even the United States. Yes, we know many Restaurants in Manhattan, and love them but this one in Williamsburg we are talking excellence… Read more »
Let’s face it there are really no new ideas just reinvented old ones. So the news that the abbreviation OMG is so last century should not surprise anyone. The term short for “Oh my God.”‘ was first used in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. In the note written by Admiral. John Arbuthnot Fisher… Read more »
