Posts Tagged ‘New York Gal’

Remember Me?

Written by admin on June 17, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I do not have Alzheimer’s; however, it is getting harder and harder for me to keep straight all the people I know. This is not some brag to make myself sound popular, but more of a testament to what I’ve discovered is something from which many a city dweller tends to suffer: relationship ADHD. New
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Mommies Join the ‘Bad Girl’ Club

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Bad girls have always enjoyed a certain cachet. They’re wild and fun, dress provocatively and act with damn-the-consequences abandon. And now it seems mommies have gotten into the act. Currently, it is cool to be a “bad mother.” Fifteen years ago when my first child was born, the Manhattan mommy bar was set at perfection.
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Tantrums Will Get You Everywhere

Written by admin on May 21, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Donald Trump’s The Celebrity Apprentice, shot right here in Manhattan, raises money for charity, which is a good thing. The bad thing is watching the means to the end, which is akin to watching the sausage being made. What started out as a pretty entertaining contest show eventually made me cringe from the participants’ behavior,
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WELCOME TO THE LAND ABOVE 96TH

Written by admin on April 9, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Harlem is happening. (This is not news to many, but sometimes I bloom late.) I was returning to Manhattan on Metro-North and, for the first time, got off at 125th Street planning to then take the subway one stop to 86th. Even though I’d been hearing for years about the gentrification and newfound popularity of
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QUITTERS NEVER WIN

Written by admin on January 29, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Caroline’s a quitter, and I’m quite incensed. Not because I thought she was the best choice, but because out of nowhere she threw her hat in the ring and was henceforth treated like a butterfly emerging from her chrysalis. Caroline, who never made a show of herself, was going public. People took her seriously enough
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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

I did not lose any money because of Bernard Madoff. Good for me. I, however, have become fascinated by those who did. Some of the people were wealthy, others famous, some had advanced degrees in finance, while some were just plain, good, hardworking folks. If it could happen to them…
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LIFE TIPS FROM MTV’S ‘IT GIRL’

Written by admin on December 31, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Here’s my New Year’s resolution: watch successful New Yorkers and do what they do. I truly believe that if I follow this new path, the usual things that I resolve to do (lose weight, get more freelance work, lose weight, improve personal relationships, lose weight, etc.) will all fall into place. I have decided to
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‘TIS THE SEASON FOR AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT

Written by admin on December 18, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I’m actually enjoying Christmas in New York this year. Unusually calm for the holiday season, I find myself stopping and smelling the pine trees being sold on the street, as well as trying to observe all the decorations around the neighborhood. I don’t know how or why I’m feeling so good as we end ‘08
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NY NATIVES: OVERLOOKED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Written by admin on December 4, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“There are roughly three New Yorks. [The one] of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable… of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night…[then] there is the New York
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A MANHATTANITE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I recently ventured to a foreign land where many Manhattanites dare not go: Brooklyn. There can be something daunting about going to another borough. I’m OK with The Bronx since that’s where I’m from and comfortable with Queens because we have family there. My brother-in-law is married to a Staten Island girl, so for her
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