New York and surrounding states are under orders to stay at home unless performing essential tasks, such as grocery shopping or seeking medical attention, and while things are crowded in our apartment, we are happy to comply. America is late to these measures, but most people in New York City are adhering to them. Normally… Read more »
This is a drastic time we’re in right now, and things may get worse before they get better. Living in New York City means a densely populated area where disease and panic can spread quickly, but it also means being near more hospitals, doctors, and in our case, family and friends. Drastic measures aren’t a… Read more »
Traveling to Washington, D.C. for work means taking the Amtrak Accela train from Penn Station. Penn Station was once a gleaming monument to New York’s greatness, but decades ago it was leveled, reduced to a subterranean maze of misery by the powers of commerce without conscience and New York’s Philistine tradition of tearing down some… Read more »
There was shopping to do and we had to get the kids out of the house. If you have a car in New York City you are one of a privileged few. You can blaze a trail of adventure and wanderlust across the land. Or, you can simply drive someplace where it is a little… Read more »
The lives of New York City residents are filled with transit fatigue and the endless negotiation of a failing subway system. Our city subways are in such a sorry state that real lives get interrupted and sidetracked. People miss their college graduations, arrive late for job interviews, or don’t get to say a final good-bye… Read more »
The New York Times announced that it would endorse a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States, the first time in its 169-year history that the newspaper would do such a thing. The Times’ editorial board interviewed nine candidates in extensive interviews at its New York headquarters in December and… Read more »
“Can we see the robot?” one of our daughters asked. “Sure,” my wife answered. We were finishing up lunch and I had mentioned I wanted to briefly visit the Stop & Shop to look for something. I had no idea this outlet near our home employed one of those grocery store robots I had seen… Read more »
January 4, 2010 is the day I mark has having had my last drink of alcohol. It might have been a day or two earlier than but four is a lucky number for me and I decided to set that as the date. This past Jan. 4 marks a decade since I’ve had a drink…. Read more »
“Land that I Love” – New Year, 2020 Here and there is a terrifying tear, the woven cloth is being torn in twain and mutual contempt and disdain are all we have agreed upon this year. At every point there is distressing tugs and no one knows where it began, the unraveling started everywhere and… Read more »
A high school friend of mine worked as a successful lawyer for roughly the past two decades. He won a great ROTC scholarship in high school and once in the Army, managed to get into a program that paid his way through law school. After serving in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps he… Read more »
