A review of the best things to enjoy in New York City.
I admit it, I am a fan of the original film with Dustin Hoffman and a screenplay by the great Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (imdg). So it was with a certain amount of anxiety that I went to the musical. Knowing, however, that the music was by David Yazbek, whose fantastic score for “The…
Don’t miss the Monday night monthly readings of George Bernard Shaw’s plays by great actors on their night off.
(carnegiehall) In our desperate (and belated) efforts to get seats to hear Evgeny Kissin play at Carnegie Hall, we wound up with one good seat (parquet) and two less good seats (balcony) at a premium price from Stubhub. Don’t do this if you don’t have to. But we had to; you understand. (latimes) We arrived…
Spent a great New York two weeks running ourselves ragged, but managed to go First Class at a discount as is our mission. First: standing at the Met Opera–yes, it can be done. With not a ticket to be had in the house, we stood for 2 1/2 hours behind a velvet bar in…
After hearing that the New York Daily News had to cut back half its staff (the wrap) and at the urging of Rachel Maddow to support your hometown paper, I decided I wanted to and I’ve been very pleasantly surprised. This really is a New York City newspaper with great photos from early days (Times…
The guns fell silent and World War I ended. Today is Veterans Day and I thought about the horrors those young men and women endured and why we remember them every year. Most of us will never serve, although a goodly number make it their choice and we honor and admire them. But we can…
I was fortunate to work at the City College of New York for 10 years and enjoyed every day of my job. Designed by George B. Post, the campus still sparkles today. I grew to know many of its talented students, its accomplished alumni, and its gifted faculty. One of those faculty members was Dr.…
