There’s been a lot of discussion in the news of recent political violence in this country. Scuffles have broken out at political rallies between protesters and supporters of rival candidates. Protests have gotten ugly. The overwhelming majority of Americans deplore violence of all kinds. We’ll have no shortage of political ugliness in New York. Some… Read more »
St. Patrick’s Day is the time of year when everyone wants to be Irish for a few hours and their definition of being Irish is being an obnoxious drunk. There are actually a lot of nice things about being Irish and Ireland has given us a lot of great things besides a love of the… Read more »
As our American political discourse slides further into the gutter with every new televised debate, it may be worthwhile noting that there are some who saw the satire in our politics decades ahead of time. One such person is Vermin Supreme. Vermin Supreme, you may know, is a perennial presidential candidate who wears a boot… Read more »
They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere! And while that’s of course true, the move from your hometown to the big city can be daunting. If you’re moving for work purposes, you might be looking at the location in proximity to where you work and not worry… Read more »
New York City right now is a city where people are often stuck in place. Not because they lack ambition or a work ethic, but because the juggernaut of high real estate prices is making life difficult. I work in an office where most of the people who work there that live within the five… Read more »
Find the Perfect Gift Painlessly Finding the perfect gift for the person who has everything is one of the most frustrating parts of the holidays, or any gift giving situation. You scour through catalogs, pour through online shops, and walk endlessly from store window to store window hoping the perfect gift will jump out and… Read more »
Performance venues are more than places of entertainment. They are places that renew us. They are places where we share our enjoyment with others. They are the intersections of our lives, not from our obligations, but our interests. In this, they contain the spirit of the times. One of the legendary venues of New York… Read more »
In James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the novel’s protagonist Stephen Dedalus is listening to an argument his father and aunt Dante are having with a Mr. Casey about the place of the clergy in Irish society. The talk was prompted by the scandal surrounding Charles Stuart Parnell, an Irish… Read more »
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his idea to put in a light rail that would connect Brooklyn and Queens. With the exception of Red Hook and Sunset Park, his light rail system would not be bringing public transit to places that need it but rather add additional tourist glut and uber-gentrifying cachet to… Read more »
Central Park is not just your average neighborhood park. It is the nation’s first public park and is one of the greatest urban parks in the world. This giant rectangular park is about 843 acres of landscaped goodness in the middle of a bustling city. A visit to Central Park will make you one of… Read more »
