East side officials: Don’t cut the M15 Bus Letter Elected officials on the Upper East Side have teamed up to protest planned service changes to the M15 bus, named last year... Columns 13 Mar 2015 | 12:36
Tea in the Spirit of Coco Chanel After three days of NYFW — the shows, the lines, the outfits, the even longer lines — I had no desire left to dress myself... Home 12 Sep 2019 | 03:51
Cyclists on CPW on a recent Sunday. ( Photo: Janet A. Davis) New York is not a Doll House New York City is a residential, business and an industrial city. It stays vibrant and ahead of other great cities around... Columns 04 Sep 2019 | 03:23
12-Step Help for Sexaholics Yes, dear readers, there is such a group as Sexaholics Anonymous, a 12-step group which needs to be part of the vast coverage... Columns 26 Aug 2019 | 04:32
The author (right) in Israel. Photo courtesy of Tania Cade Sisterhood, from Manhattan to Israel I recently had the great fortune to visit Israel for the first time. Thanks to the international organization Momentum and... Columns 21 Aug 2019 | 02:11
Searching for sweets It took a bus - For all the fault to be found with the MTA, it's nice to see that each ride or each stop can create a village.... Columns 19 Aug 2019 | 11:18
View of the East River along the walk. Photo: Jon Friedman The loneliness of the long distance walker THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE WALKER By Jon Friedman How has your summer been going? Hasn't it been hot and uncomfortable... Columns 15 Aug 2019 | 01:06
Protest Traffic Violence as Well as Gun Violence! By Bette Dewing Before starting this column, a glance at NY 1 news and once again it’s about Traffic Violence – two speeding... Columns 12 Aug 2019 | 02:32
David Fricke, John Fogerty and Andy Zax (l to r) at 92Y. ( Photo: Rod Morata / Michael Priest Photography) John Fogerty's Woodstock Memories By Jon Friedman John Fogerty, the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and a successful solo musician,... Columns 11 Aug 2019 | 03:41
Strivers, Retirees and Chicken Wings Senior sentiments - After reading this column's observance of the proliferation of senior residences in Manhattan, where... Columns 05 Aug 2019 | 02:39
Big Pink, 2013 ( Photo: bobistraveling, via flickr) Woodstock Sojourn: A Day of Peace, Love and Music "No!" The waitress at the Woodstock Pizza Theater could not have been more emphatic as she shot down my statement that it... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 12:41
Book Culture owner Chris Doeblin ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Neighborhoods need bookstores My community bookstore makes me smarter. And sometimes my community bookseller does too. After reading in this newspaper that... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 12:19
20/20 vision on traffic and music What a swell concert that was! Yup, it was music when “swell” was a prime word of praise. Remember “What a Swell Party This... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 11:14
UES Senior Housing Boom Senior power — Manhattan may be a mecca for the millennial class but they are getting competition from their elders.... Columns 24 Jul 2019 | 03:00
The author with her daughter in February 2018. Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Berry A MOTHER’S PLEA It’s been almost a year since we lost our daughter, Madison Jane Lyden. She was smart, adventurous and beautiful.... Columns 22 Jul 2019 | 03:19
