Below is a piece I wrote on July 15th. Unfortunately it is playing out as predicted. The S&P may or may not have used bad math to downgrade the U.S. credit rating but their stated reasoning (unstable US domestic politics prohibiting the ability of the US gov to secure the long term financial security of… Read more »
When you are a writer and you live in New York, you sometimes take odd jobs in order to earn a living. I pay my bills by walking in the footsteps of a fellow (albeit fictional) New York writer, Miss Carrie Bradshaw. I am a Sex and the City tour guide. My workday starts on the… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What do you think of this sculpture behind us? Tamara: I love it. It’s beautiful. It’s huge and really monumental. Ask a New Yorker. That it is. Do you have a creative edge? Tamara: Well I’m an art therapist. I make lots of art. I just graduated actually from NYU two… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: If the stairs don’t kill you, the rat will. Georgette: Ten flights up. Do you feel closer to God now? I know the rat, I freaked out. Ask a New Yorker: Congratulations are in order. Georgette: Thank you very much. I’m seven months along. Ask a New Yorker: Pregnant women are… Read more »
Introductory Blog… As I sit here in front of my computer screen, I ponder what to write and where to begin? There is so much of myself to share. First off my name is Tamara Mesty Morgan. I am a three feet two, 48lb, 26 year old woman from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I have had over… Read more »
White Flowers From the Butterfly Bush. A handful of late summer blooms. Hoped for. Here. Now.
The stories are tragic, but they are in the truest use of the word – senseless. Folks doing silly things for a picture and then paying for it with their lives. Just this past weekend, a man hiking in the Catskills slipped and fell while standing on a ledge taking photos of a waterfall. Last… Read more »
It was a weird déjà vu sensation watching the unfolding horrors of the massacre in Norway. This is a country known for peace – the Nobel Peace Prize to be even more specific. But to me, there is another touch of tragedy that coincides with my earliest memories of this beautiful and peaceful country. It… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: We are here today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with… Joep: Joep de Koning from New York, but originally from the Netherlands. I’ve lived in New York City for 44 years. Ask a New Yorker: You’re practically a native. Did you go out to Maxwell Plumb, Studio 54 and Plato’s… Read more »
I know not everyone is the road warrior traveler I am and for that, most of you can thank you lucky stars. I will freely admit that my tolerance of infrequent flyers is fully dependent on how tight my connection is and how long the security line has grown. It doesn’t take much to spot… Read more »
