A security contractor assigned to the George Washington Bridge to guard against a terror attack, and with access to restricted areas has been arrested for allegedly smoking pot on the job. Port authority Police officers patrolling the bridge smelled what they thought was marijuana, and asked the privately contracted security guard what it was? Sam… Read more »
We’ve all been there. You’re headed to a date with a new person, happy as a lamb adopted by a vegetarian farmer. You wear your Sunday best even though it’s not Sunday. You get your hair did. You even whip out a little perfume or cologne. You arrive, wait for him or her, and they… Read more »
They say timing is everything and the news that the earth is hotter than it’s ever been in 4000 years is a story everyone should be concerned about. However to release this news when we are covered in snow sort of looses impact don’t you think? The world is most certainly warming up but it’s… Read more »
The man many believe could be Pope, Cardinal Turkson, says he is willing to serve as Pope himself ‘if it is the will of God.’ Many people from his former school in New York State believe Turkson is a natural leader. It has been a long road for the man who grew up in… Read more »
New Yorkers and many dignitaries braved the cold to gather at Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue to attend Mayor Ed Koch’s funeral. In addition to his family, Ed Koch was eulogized by Mayor Bloomberg and President Bill Clinton. In attendance, there was Senator Schumer, former Senator D’Amato, Christine Quinn, Charlie Rangel, former Mayor… Read more »
Summer is the season of escape. In this edition, we have a new car rental service for your upcoming vacation, a sandwich shop to equip you with food for the road, a shoe store so you’re fashionably shod when you arrive, and a nail salon and spa to pamper your tired feet when you return…. Read more »
I am a stay-at-home dad. Even before I was a stay-at-home dad, or any kind of a dad, back when I was just a plain old local New Yorker, I often felt like a zoo animal. It had to do with the way I was viewed by out-of-towners as they passed by, staring at this… Read more »
Apparently there are other Almost Carries out there, and they are idiots. This past week the New York Post featured an article co-written by two women named Julia. I feel that I must paste it here in its entirety for you to really get the full gist: Martinis. Manolo Blahniks. Fabulous Park Avenue apartments and, of… Read more »
Early mornings along New York’s busiest avenues always fascinate me. The city may never sleep, but it does rest, and these pre-sunrise moments offer a glimpse of the city before she’s camera-ready. A diva in repose, if you will. Then the sun rises across the East River, and west-facing windows along Manhattan fracture the beams of… Read more »
Poet, novelist, and gay activist, Perry Brass has published 15 books including the erotic classics Mirage, Angel Lust, and The Substance of God. Born in Savanah, Georgia, Perry has called New York his home since 1966. In 1969, Perry joined the Gay Liberation Front and became an editor of Come Out!, the world’s first gay liberation newspaper. Each month,… Read more »
