Posts Tagged ‘Susan Braudy’s Diary’

MY HERO, MAYOR MIKE

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

Six weeks ago, I wrote herein of my years of sharing cabs—-saving myself and strangers time, money and even emotional distress. Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed official rules for splitting rides. Coincidence? In my view, our mayor’s the best in history, despite the zeitgeist (a finger to the wind shows growing resentment toward Wall
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THE LOVE THAT DARES TO SPEAK HIS NAME

Written by admin on January 22, 2009. Posted in Opinion and Column

I love Adam Sandler, and I’m proud of it. Can I possibly be the only person with highbrow credentials who thinks he’s adorable and touching and possesses the widest range of any actor save Dustin Hoffman? I’m sick of movie critics and culture vultures picking on Adam. “Man-child persona” wrote a menacing New York Times
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MY GORGEOUS, BLOND HEALER

Written by admin on January 7, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

My name is Susan and I’m a hypochondriac. Perhaps that explains why I know more about preventive medicine than some of Manhattan’s best doctors—whom I see. Thus, gentle reader, for the New Year I’m giving you the name of a gifted healer: Heather Case, sole proprietor of Case Specialty Physical Therapy and a young woman
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MUGGING, THRIFT AND URBAN ALTRUISM

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

Here’s a riddle: how did I get mugged, overhear a TV executive get fired by cell phone and get called the best person in all Manhattan by a Holocaust survivor? Answer: by making split-second decisions to share taxis. The following is a partial memoir of an unrepentant cab sharer—who saves nearly a hundred dollars a
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A NIGHT OUT IN TINSELTOWN

Written by admin on December 12, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I am on a mission. A ballsy mission. I’ve written a funny script with great roles for Jerry Stiller’s acting family, and I plan to tell him so. I’m limping to 42nd Street for the gala honoring movie star, director, writer and producer Ben Stiller. My toes are getting shredded by my evening pumps. I
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CAN I GET ANYTHING I WANT AT MICHAEL'S RESTAURANT?

Written by admin on November 26, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“‘Happy birthday to you’ keeps buzzing through my brain,” says my friend Rick Angres, who is visiting with his wife Kate from sunny Santa Monica. He wears a lush turtleneck under his jacket to protect him against harsh winds. He and I are walking to Michael’s restaurant for his birthday lunch
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THE PRINCE OF 47TH STREET

Written by admin on November 13, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

His eyes go cold. “You’re a junkie,” mutters Stephen Herdemian. I jerk my elbows off his glass counter filled with objects of my desire. My idea of a great vacation would be to try on Steve’s thousands and thousands of one-of-a-kind pieces of antique jewelry. And ask him all about provenance and price. Steve (whom
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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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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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SHE’S ALL EARS

Written by admin on September 22, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

The editor of this newspaper asked me to introduce myself, since I’ll be contributing a sort of diary. So try to forgive me for blatantly tooting my horn. Some highlights: I’ve written for publications such as the New York Times and Newsweek. The most recent of my five books, Family Circle, about generations of a
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