Cover of “The Matchmaker’s Gift.” Photo via Amazon.com Have You Met Your Match? You don’t have to be Jewish to appreciate “The Matchmaker’s Gift,” you just have to have a grandmother you love and admire.... Voices 06 Oct 2022 | 11:07
Vintage school desk/chair found in the East Village circa 1994. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Second Hand Can be First Rate “What, are we poor?” my new-ish husband Neil yelled with a look of distress as he referenced a rolling desk chair I’d found... Voices 14 Sep 2022 | 02:02
“Partner Track” associates one-up and backstab along with their aspiring and impeccably dressed colleagues. Photo: Netflix A 2022 Office Series with a 1980s Work Ethic I feel young again. Not because my hair is once again growing in brown or my skin has reverted to dewy, but because I discovered... News 31 Aug 2022 | 03:36
From “Uncoupled”: Marcia Gay Harden’s apartment that Neil Patrick Harris is trying to get the listing for. She’s unloading it because her husband ran off with his Pilates instructor who is 27. Photo: Netflix ‘Uncoupled’ and the Unreal World of New York Real Estate Instead of “Uncoupled,” Netflix ought to call its new romantic comedy series “Unattainable” — at least where Manhattan apartments... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 04:04
From “The Gilded Age.” Photo: Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO Manhattan vs. The Great Outdoors: No Contest I want my horses pulling pretty carriages around Central Park, my tea served by a lady’s maid, and my bespoke dresses in... Voices 25 Feb 2022 | 11:55
Julia Turner as Anna Delvey in “Inventing Anna.” Photo: David Giesbrecht/Netflix ‘Inventing Anna’: Enough Blame to Go Around I’m Team “Anna.” I refer not to Anna Delvey aka Sorokin, the faux heiress who got over on NYC’s upper crust and financial... Voices 12 Feb 2022 | 09:50
Empty storefronts on Madison Avenue. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Adjusting to 2022 NYC Sometimes I don’t know what to do with myself, something that someone from New York City is not supposed to feel. This is... Voices 01 Feb 2022 | 01:05
From “And Just Like That ...” Photo courtesy of HBO Max ‘AJLT’ and the Aspiration Factor “And Just Like That ...” I became the only person in NYC not quite as excited about the “Sex And The City” reboot as (according... News 02 Dec 2021 | 03:29
Photo via Amazon.com From Alaska to the Apple For a smart, savvy, streetwise native, I can be quite oblivious about what it really takes to move to NYC from another state... Voices 03 Aug 2021 | 11:21
Photo via Amazon.com When Friends are the Real ‘Devil’ June 30 marks the 15-year anniversary of the movie for which many such as myself can recite dialogue along with the characters.... Voices 09 Jun 2021 | 11:18
Photo courtesy of Bravo. The Return of RHONY “You’re a ho, you’re a ho, you’re a ho.” Who else could the comments be referencing but “The Real Housewives of New York”... Voices 31 Mar 2021 | 09:43
Photo via Amazon.com On Grudge-Holding and Forgiveness In an effort to begin 2021 anew, I want “Let it go” to be my theme song, because for me, grudge-holding is an Olympic event... News 18 Jan 2021 | 11:22
Times Square, April 2020. Photo: Hrag Vartanian, via Flickr Figures of City Speech Thanks to COVID-19, there are some New York-centric references that just no longer apply. Some can be shelved temporarily,... News 15 Dec 2020 | 04:03
Photo: BravoTV ‘Odd Mom Out’: A Pandemic View Let’s binge-watch like it’s 2015. “Odd Mom Out,” aka the UES-skewering Jill Weber (Jill Kargman) is back, this time on the... Voices 25 Nov 2020 | 02:03
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in “The Undoing.” Photo: HBO “The Undoing”: Another Reason For People To Hate NYC Political differences may be tearing the country apart but nothing brings Americans together like getting a hate bag on for... News 05 Nov 2020 | 01:22
