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... Voices 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,... Voices 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... Home 05 Nov 2020 | 01:22
The author (right) with her daughter. Photo courtesy of Lorraine Duffy Merkl Boomer Mom vs. the Modern Office Even with 40 years as a New York City professional, I cannot help my 23-year-old daughter Meg, who’s recently gone back to... Voices 30 Oct 2020 | 09:54
Alicia Silverstone (right) as Cher Horowitz in “Clueless,” with Stacey Dash as Dionne Davenport. ( Photo: Paramount Pictures) ‘Clueless’ About Fashion Twenty-five years ago this month (July 19th to be exact), director Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless,” a modern take on Jane Austen’s... Voices 08 Jul 2020 | 01:43
Chef Chris Fischer and comedian Amy Schumer. ( Photo courtesy of the Food Network) Here’s to Men With Kitchen Skills “Don’t do it, Amy,” was all I could think as I began watching “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” on the Food Network, where the... Voices 11 Jun 2020 | 02:13
Anna Kendrick in "Love Life." ( Photo: HBO Max) Rom-Com Nostalgia To live and date in New York City. This never-gets-old topic is explored by the new streaming service HBO Max with the Anna... Voices 28 May 2020 | 09:19
Poster of Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. ( Photo: Emily Smith, via flickr) Reliving 'Desperately Seeking Susan' “Good goin’, stranger.” If those words ring a bell, it means that in 1985 you saw Susan Seidelman's “Desperately Seeking Susan,”... News 27 Mar 2020 | 03:06
'Gossip Girl' with Selfies Nothing says high school like a "Gossip Girl" reboot. On the heels of New York City parents relying to independent secondary... Voices 12 Mar 2020 | 12:02
On the New York Roller Coaster “One day I was a grungy East Village NYU grad, and the next, a neo-geisha glam girl.” Like each of the four main characters... News 20 Feb 2020 | 04:35
Newbies of New York 277 people move out of New York’s metro area every day, according to Bloomberg News. "Katy Keene," a new series on The CW,... Voices 13 Feb 2020 | 02:18
The author with her husband, Neil. ( Photo courtesy of Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Giving Up Flowers for V-Day I no longer measure love in rose petals. My husband Neil and I have been together almost forty years. In that time, our Valentine’s... Voices 06 Feb 2020 | 10:21
Rom, but Not So Com Anymore "Working Girl" doesn’t work as a lighthearted rom-com anymore. In 1988, the Oscar and Golden Globe winner was an inspiration... Voices 23 Jan 2020 | 11:58
“Parents are still anxious, of course, but the process is definitely less stressful,” says Gina Malin, Executive Director of the Parents League of New York. ( Photo courtesy of Gina Malin) Getting Into Private So, you’re thinking about applying to Manhattan independent schools, known for academic excellence, college prep and small... Education Guide 17 Jan 2020 | 03:00
