AskaNewYorker: I have an idea what you, do but what do you really do? Monsignor Cassato: Well, I’m the pastor here at Saint Anthanasius parish here in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, a very unique neighborhood here in the City of New York. And I’m also one of seven police chaplains for the City of New York. So… Read more »
This month we have the pleasure of meeting Leon, who has come to New York from Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina. AskaNewYorker: Hi Leon, how, why are you here in this room at this very moment? Leon: I sense somehow I’m now in the seventh layer of hell. AskaNewYorker: What’s the first layer of hell? Leon:… Read more »
I met Laura at The Harvard Club, after previously meeting her at the “We Love New York Day” event. AskaNewYorker: This is a gorgeous room. Why are we meeting at The Harvard Club ? Laura: Well, my father is a Harvard graduate; hence my mother and I are members. Ask a New Yorker: What did… Read more »
Before moving from Williamsburg, I needed to interview one of my favorite neighbors. “People enjoy a ball. A baseball, a football, a golf ball, a tennis ball. I hope to have people enjoy my mozzarella ball”, says Georgie, whose wisdom and thoughtful observations made my day. Ask a NewYorker: How long have you lived in… Read more »
AskaNewYorker: So who are you? Michael: I’m Mike Faulkner. I’m president of Transversified Marketing Group. AskaNewYorker: That’s a lot of diversity. Michael: It is. It’s a corporation that is a subsidiary of Diversified Development Group Inc. AskaNewYorker: Further diversity…what’s Diversified Development Group about? Michael: It’s a company that helps firms in their corporate development. AskaNewYorker:… Read more »
Meet Arianne Cohen, author of the book Help, It’s Broken! A Fix-It Bible for the Repair-Impaired. AskaNewYorker: I am just trying to remember how we connected. Arianne: I think I emailed you. I looked at AskaNewYorker.com when I was first moving to New York. I saw the website way back when and I knew I… Read more »
We met up with Aaron one night during an art experiment with his roommate Edina, and visited him one Saturday morning to catch up. Ask a New Yorker: Good morning Aaron. What did you do last night? Aaron: Went to the art shows, the Williamsburg art thing that they all do. We had plans to… Read more »
I met up with Pat Addiss, a Broadway producer, at the National Arts Club at Gramercy Park, where she invited me for lunch and a nice chat. AskaNewYorker: Hi Pat. What’s going on here today? Pat: Well, I’m rehearsing a reading that we’re doing tomorrow. I was up in the rehearsal room. Somehow or another… Read more »
As I was waiting for my brother from Hawaii to show up at Felix’s, a wonderful French bistro on Grand and West Broadway, I walked over to the SoHo Grand hotel to use the restroom (one of my favorites) and I met Thomas Cooleen, who was sitting out front waiting for an associate of his…. Read more »
On a hot day, late in summer, I was walking over to Gramercy Park to speak to Ray Tempus. I met him there a few days before, selling his book called A Forty Point Guide to Peeing in New York. I’m planning to take him out to lunch. As I approached, Ray was holding a… Read more »
