FAIRY TALE BALL MEETS NY MOM

Written by admin on November 7, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Just call me Cinderella. Every year my husband and I attend the ball held to benefit The Legal Aid Society. I’m sure many a New York glamour gal would probably play the blasé card: “Oh, it’s not so glamorous…rubber chicken…only made an appearance then left…” But not me. The event was held across from Chelsea
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THE FRACTURED SELVES OF BILL AYERS

Written by admin on October 30, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Bill Ayers is a has-been terrorist, a man with a fractured sense of self who’s associated with hundreds of do-gooders, such as Sen. Barack Obama. For my book, Family Circle, the Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left, I spent 10 years interviewing ex-terrorists and poring over FBI reports, as well as Ayers press releases
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START A TREND OF THE MOST NEEDED KIND

Written by admin on October 30, 2008. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“Dewing Things Better” is the name of this column, in case you don’t remember or notice (the font is pretty small, dear editor). Anyway, we all need reminding, “even more than being informed,” advised wise man Dr. Samuel Johnson. Both are essential, “but to be more informed, read more than one newspaper,” I was told
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THE ECONOMIES OF MARRIAGE

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“Well, now the divorces start.” I overheard that little gem as I passed a woman on the street, right after Lehman Brothers collapsed and people with their belongings in cardboard boxes became a familiar sight. What she said to her friend made me feel sad. But the tone she used was what actually offended me.
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NIKETOWN, NYC

Written by admin on October 16, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“Rumors of your hot Niketown run all over Amsterdam,” says the young Dutchman rushing past the giant orange swoosh in the megastore’s futuristic lobby on 57th Street, just east of Tiffany’s. Despite its fame in Amsterdam, my favorite retail playground is unknown to my neighbors over the age of 35; but, dear reader, you’re in
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A CAFÉ CLOSING ON 79TH

Written by admin on October 16, 2008. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“Wow, what luck,” I thought. “My assemblyman, Micah Kellner, witnessed my nearly being flattened by two early-teen sidewalk cyclists.” They came silently from behind as I stepped to the left to greet the assemblyman, who was looking for a cab on 81st and York. Now I’ve learned not to change lanes on the sidewalks or
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STREET FAIR FATIGUE

Written by admin on October 9, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Street fairs have lost their street cred. New Yorkers, and that includes Mayor Bloomberg, have finally jumped on the bandwagon that I hopped on almost a decade ago when from two blocks away, I spied the tents, the balloons and the banner informing me that I could switch my long distance carrier right there on
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HERE COME THE RUSSIANS

Written by admin on October 9, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Why are literary meanderings called columns? They don’t support anything and, unlike the military, they don’t march. Now when the esteemed boss man Tom Allon discussed with me some years ago contents of these meanderings, he emphasized the local and community nature of the various publications in which they would appear. I heartily agreed, as
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HOW NOT TO HANDLE A BUILDING FIRE

Written by admin on September 25, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I can’t fall asleep unless sirens are blaring, passersby are talking way too loud and horns are honking. So it goes for us lifelong New Yorkers. Recently, however, I was drifting off to the whir of the fire engines many blocks away, and as usual, it drew closer and louder; however, instead of the distress
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MCCAIN IS NOT QUITE ABEL

Written by admin on September 25, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I have been thinking about the possibility of Johnny McCain becoming president, and him being assassinated by the loony right-wing rapturers. He would (a) go straight to Heaven to say “I am sorry” to all the little Vietnamese children he dropped bombs on; and (b) his departure would facilitate the elevation of Sarah Palin to
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