My TomTom has been having sporadic GPS issues of late that seem to be getting worse. The battery isn’t lasting as long as it used…
Gym Shopping: Redux
It wasn’t exactly my plan for the afternoon but when I found the 2012 chapter of gym shopping last night, I had a feeling that…
Review: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
This book took me way too long to move up Mt. TBR and then once I was reading it, way too long to finish. Not…
Confessions of a Designated Fat Taxi Driver?
aka a two-in-one review because I started and finished two books in the last three days Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver by Eugene…
Review: The Hotel: A Week in the Life of the Plaza
An at one point travel and tourism blog with a look at a hospitality book. What is this world coming to? In truth, this book…
9/11 Remembered
The new museum must help those unborn or unaware on 9/11/01 to understand an awful time. That means telling stories. ” ~ Rick Hampson (with…
Crossing Delancey
with photos. on a day where crossing 1st Ave. due to the marathon was the bigger odyssey. Luckily, the m15 was (sort of) running and…
#GreatManhattanLoop meets CitiBike and Egg Rolls
come again?Last year when I went to Egg Rolls & Egg Creams I had thoughts of completing some of the Lower East Side section of…
Jewish Upper West Side and Riverside Drive
so how, exactly, does a walking tour of the Jewish Upper West side turn into an 8.9 mile walk that includes a long overdue visit…
Review: Downtown: My Manhattan
I cannot count the number of times I’ve started and stopped reading Pete Hamill’s Downtown: My Manhattan. Not because I didn’t enjoy reading it, but…