Hi Megan here again. Last week I introduced myself as the Ask a New Yorker bride in waiting and now here’s more backstory on my big day to be. Now that we’ve properly met (the Internet counts, right?), it’s only appropriate to share my engagement story with you! After dating for just shy of a year and half (8… Read more »
Douglas Rushkoff has been an authority on the intersection of technology and culture since before the word “google” was anything more than baby talk. He predicted the coming centrality of the Internet (CYBERIA, 1992 – a book initially canceled by a publisher who feared the net would be over by the time it came out);… Read more »
New York Congressman Peter King says North Korea is not run by a government but instead by a mafia -style family. “As far as I see, this is not even government. It’s more like an organized crime family running a territory. They are brutal, he is brutal, his father was brutal, his grandfather was brutal. I… Read more »
There’s no place like New York but rumor has it that Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is considering taking up the duty of diplomatic service and heading off to become US Ambassador to Japan. While Tokyo is a long way from her Park Avenue apartment, the Japanese are said to be over the moon about the current chatter in Washington. While… Read more »
Amid mounting tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world North Korean leader Kim Un has agreed to fly to Washington to meet with President Obama. He will also do a stop over in New York to visit Macy’s. The secret meeting was brokered by former President Bill Clinton, and also made possible by a Florida… Read more »
Pope Francis has held his first Easter Vigil as Pontiff and the Shroud of Turin believed to be the actual burial cloth of Christ has been shown on television. Referring to the Shroud Pope Francis asked the following:“How is it that the faithful, like you, pause before this icon of a man scourged and crucified?… Read more »
Music producer and engineer Phil Ramone, and winner of 14 Grammys, died this morning in a New York hospital. There is immediate details of a cause of death but he was admitted to the hospital for an aortic aneurysm. Ramone’s collaboration credits are a Who’s Who of the music industry: Burt Bacharach, Bono, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Quincy… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker puts Fairway Market as the reader’s choice and the favorite food shopping experience in New York. Apparently California imports just aren’t cutting it for the long haul as New Yorker’s say Fairway is the one food market they can rely on for fresh and affordable produce. Why? Well it seems while Whole… Read more »
Jazz and music promoter/NYC restauranteur Michael Dorf adds heat to the Thomas Chapin film’s Kickstarter campaign with a $10,000 pledge. A generous offer from a man who has made his mark in New York. Help make this really important film come to light and start a pledge however big or small now! Michael Dorf, founder… Read more »
North Korea says it is entering a “state of war” with South Korea and threatens to attack America. Fighting words for sure but can those firearms reach New York? Or a nearby City for that matter? Furthermore, why should we care? Well we should. North Korea has revealed plans to strike targets in Hawaii and the… Read more »
