Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what do you do? Ron: Good morning. My name is Ron Kraut and I’m the director of ice maintenance here at The Pond at Bryant Park. Also I’m a New York City representative for ice rink events. We sell and install the ice map 2 system made… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Hello, What do you do? (By chance I bumped into Rocketboom at Union Square. In a previous interview I spoke to Amanda Congdon, the first anchor of the show before Joanne took over. Now we have two Rocketboom Uberchics! Sorry, I was not in my top interviewing prowess mode and asked… Read more »
We met Joyce on a crisp autumn afternoon in her fabulous apartment near Gramercy Park. What a treat! Construction work in her apartment building was in progress, so the keys were having difficulty opening the door due to all the dust. Finally we got the door opened due to a kind man working in the… Read more »
The Algonquin Hotel‘s infamous Round Tablehas been re-established! So it is only appropriate it include something for the New Yorker. Or in this case for Ask A New Yorker, as Ask A New Yorker Founder Kennedy Moore was invited to join the Round Table on a recent Saturday. Why was the Round Table reformed? The… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what did you do last night? Nina: My name is Nina and I just went out with my friends, that’s all. Then went home to chat with a friend on the phone and went to sleep. Ask a New Yorker: How many hours of sleep do you… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Talk to me Larry, how long have you been playing the bass? Larry: I’ve been playing the bass for around 29, 30 years. It keeps me sane. It keeps me out of trouble. It’s fun. You have to forgive me I’m a little sniffly out here. The weather has gotten to… Read more »
I met Dawn, a police officer, at the 46th St subway station along the 7 line… Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name? And how long have you been a police officer? Dawn: Dawn, about a 1 ½ years. Ask a New Yorker: What’s it like being one of New York’s finest? Dawn: It’s fun… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what do you do? Well, I guess it’s pretty obvious what you do, but could you tell us anyway? Brandon: I’m Brandon, and I drive a horse drawn carriage through Central Park. Ask a New Yorker: How long have you been doing this? Brandon: 25 years. Ask… Read more »
I met Joyce on a corner in Gramercy Park with her dog. Ask a New Yorker: Hi Joyce. Who is your friend here? Joyce: This is Ethel, an English Bull dog. Ask a New Yorker: Tell us about Ethel. Joyce: Actually I’m fostering her. I like to foster dogs. I try to transition them to… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: hi Laszlo, where are you from originally? Laszlo: Originally I was born in Hungary. Ask a New Yorker: How long have you been in New York? Laszlo: 23 years Ask a New Yorker: So that would place you back in Hungary during the communist era. How the hell did you get… Read more »
