She’s Leaving Town, Bye Bye: Yoko Ono is the latest New Yorker to exit for greener environs. Photo: Ed McGehee Wikimedia Commons Can NY Rebound? Yoko Leaving the Dakota, Latest City Dweller to Exit for the Leafy Burbs Another one bites the dust. Yoko Ono is leaving NYC—The Dakota, in particular after 50 years–for her 600 acre farm in upstate... News 03 Mar 2023 | 09:53
The famous fake orgasm by Meg Ryan as she dined with Billy Crystal on pastraimi sandwiches was filmed in Katz’s Deli on the Lower East Side, which is happily still in business. Photo: Fandango Movie Clips Rom Coms Make Comeback But Many NYC Classics Would Need Major Changes to Fly Today Rom-coms are back. Thanks to the success of the new Netflix rom-com “Your Place or Mine” starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton... News 24 Feb 2023 | 05:54
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
Tik Tok creator Lex NIcoleta coined the CG term. Photo: @lexnicoleta/Instagram Coastal Grandmothers of Manhattan I was a pretty girl back in ’75, when hair was brown and skin was dewy. I had long straight locks, a clear complexion, and... Voices 24 May 2022 | 03:36
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... 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
