Ask a New Yorker: Good afternoon, lie down and tell us all about your childhood. Wouldn’t that be great if you had that hypnotic ability where people just opened up to you? Melissa: That would be wonderful, I think. Sometimes you get a little more than you want to know about people. Ask a New… Read more »
Mighty Kites Ask a New Yorker: Have you heard any good news recently? Ricardo: Recently I had a fellow, they call him “the jester”, and he did the first video for Mighty Kite. I hadn’t seen him for years, a really nice guy, and a beautiful guy. He came by and bought 50 kites to… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Here I am with the one and only Kenny Kramer. What’s going on? Kenny: It’s all good. It’s a nice sunny summer day. We’re having a mild summer. I have no complaints. Ask a New Yorker: Come on, one complaint. Kenny: O.K I have a torn mediscus, dindiscus,mendiscus. Ask a New… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your story? Richard: My name is Richard Rivera. I was born in Manhattan, in Chelsea on 18th Street and 9th Ave. back in 1944. I’m 65 and I’m hoping to retire soon. I hope. Anyway, when I grew up in the Chelsea area in 1944 through 1970, it was a… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Bruce Engel, past New Yorker of the Month, asked me to meet him at the Greenmarket… Bruce: Irish father, Italian mother. John loves his Italian grandmother. Ask a New Yorker: Alright Bruce, its John’s moment. Where should we start, where do you live? John: I’m a New Yorker. Patchogue, Long Island… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Dr. Raphael Kellman…we started sharing a moment ago and I was explaining Ask a New Yorker to you. Your thoughts on New York were great. Dr. Kellman: I feel that New York City is the center of the world. I think energetically, the intellectual creativity is centered here in New York… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: It smells a little like antiques in here. Lewis: This stuff is old. Ask a New Yorker: What’s your definition of an antique? Lewis: Well, I have my own definition of antiques. The government basically, for import purposes, says it should be over 100 years old for it to be duty… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: You’re looking good! Jerry: I feel good. You’re looking good too. (laughter) Ask a New Yorker: I’m here with Jerry Weldon, who I met months ago. Jerry: I remember stopping into a bar. I had a couple of drinks trying to kill some time. Then you and your buddy came in…. Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: As I was peering into this very interestingly decorated Irish Victorian restaurant/bar called Lillie’s on 16th street between Broadway and 5th Ave, scheduled to have opened several months earlier but somehow froze in time (probably ran out of money), I got caught up in a conversation with Robinson, who lives in… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: This is a great start for the New Yorker of the month profiles for 2009, interviewing Emil Roberts. Where am I, Emil? Emil: This is the office of admission Services for The City University of New York located 43 West 42nd street in the bowels of the Grace building. Ask a… Read more »
