Posts Tagged as ‘economy’

February 8, 2009

Even Mickey Ds costs more in Manhattan

One of the most e-mailed New York Times’ articles today just happens to be the one I read first when I settled onto my chaise, balancing a big bowl of bran with bananas, raisins and 2% milk in hand while knowing I’d be safer at the dining table. The headline grabbed me: You Try to [...]

January 21, 2009

Farewell D.C.; good luck O

Well that’s it. D.C. is now a memory. Albeit a fond one. I am on the train back to New York, with Etta James playing in my ear on my iPod. I bet Barack and Michelle won’t care if they never here “At Last” for another year after last night.
It is quiet on the train. [...]