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 »
In a move that would make the late Estee Lauder proud, her son Leonard Lauder 80, is donating a collection of Cubist art to the Metropolitan Museum with an estimated value of One Billion Dollars. Now that’s gift giving. The treasure’s include 33 Picassos, 17 Braques, 14 Legers, and 1 work by Gris. Met director… Read more »
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87. She suffered a stroke. A frequent Visitor to America, while in New York Margaret Thatcher stayed at the Waldorf Astoria and today staff remembered her with affection. President Barack Obama memorialized her saying, “the world has lost one… Read more »
New York may have gone through many changes in the past 30 years but when it comes to men’s hair on Manhattan’s East Side some things just stay the same. Indeed,there is a tradition between 70th and 71st Street on Lexington Avenue, and one which isn’t going to change anytime soon. Nor should it. There is in fact no need… Read more »
