My Lasts

It never escapes me that everything I do in my neighborhood is now the last time.
As I walked to the subway this morning, to return Time Warner’s equipment, a friendly owner of a store that seems to sell any item I need such as string, hooks to hang photos, etc., said “hello beautiful” to me [...]

Counting down the chicken bones

As soon as I walked out of my front door last night, en route to the Art Bar in the West Village for my going away party, I heard music blaring from a parked car. Now that winter is over, the natives are getting restless and beginning to hang out at night.
I am leaving just [...]

The countdown lands at the Double Eagle Steak House

I hadn’t put Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House on my list of things I must do before I leave NY because it is a restaurant I have frequented often during the past 4 years. And there are plenty of great steakhouses in LA. There is no Yankee Stadium or Coney Island in Cali.
But last [...]

The countdown begins: Coney Island

My days in New York are numbered. I’ve done nearly a year’s time in Harlem and will soon be paroled for adequate behavior. I’ll miss this wonderful and exciting concrete jungle called Manhattan.
Although I’ve done a lot in my nearly four years here, there’s still so much more to see and do. In between working [...]

How much is that doggy in the window?

Maybe it’s me being my usual grouchy self, but I am fed up with strangers coming up to me while I’m walking Lucy and asking me how much I paid for my dog.
It is none of your business! I would never dream of asking a stranger how much they paid for anything. It’s rude, or [...]

Ghetto or practical?

I was appalled when I looked out of my kitchen window yesterday and saw a makeshift refrigerator on the window sill of a neighbor’s apartment a few yards away. Egg nog, poultry and who knows what else adorned the window sill in the 24 degree weather.
I’m sorry but this is ghetto! But it’s what I [...]