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Where to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on the UES

Written by Sean Creamer on March 14, 2012. Posted in Best of Manhattan, Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, Eat & Drink, Lifestyle, Our Town, West Side Spirit

There are plenty of Upper East Side watering holes where you can hoist a pint in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. We’ve gathered together some of the best neighborhood specials and checked out some on the other side of the park for Saturday’s celebration. Mad River Bar & Grille 1442 3rd Ave. (betw. 81st &
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East Side Author Envisions Rise of Female President

Written by Sean Creamer on March 14, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit, Books, Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town

Miles David and his wife Florence in their Upper East Side apartment.

Miles David is by no means an ordinary writer. A resident of the Upper East Side, David has recently completed Saving the President, a novel about Margaret Massey, a fictional U.S. president who takes the reins of the country during a period that oddly parallels the current Obama administration. Massey faces some issues that are
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Lappin Bill Slams Brakes on Bikes

Written by admin on March 8, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News Our Town, Our Town

Electric bikes have become a ubiquitous presence on the Upper East Side over the past few years. It’s common to see delivery drivers charging down streets, bags flailing in the wind, as they head toward their destinations at speeds of 20 miles per hour or higher. These drivers, under the crunch of the delivery
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East Sider Heals Through Art

Written by admin on March 8, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Our Town

Eliette Markhbein, an artist who lives on the Upper East Side, suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2004 that changed her life. A speeding car rear-ended her vehicle, leaving her with frontal lobe damage and spinal injuries. During her rehabilitation at Mt. Sinai, Markhbein turned to painting to deal with her intense pain. Not
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UES Council Members Eye Higher Offices

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on February 22, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News Our Town, Our Town

The Upper East Side appears to be a perfect incubator for ambitious young politicians seeking to move up the ranks of New York City politics. Both City Council members Jessica Lappin, representing Roosevelt Island and the eastern portion of the neighborhood, and Dan Garodnick, who represents the western portion bordering Central Park and south to
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Recapping the CW’s Ringer: Episode 7

Written by Esther Semo on November 2, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film, Blog, TV

After a week off, Ringer is back with an increasingly complex band. The police are still looking for Gemma and since they found Bridget’s fingerprint on some evidence they ask to question Siobhan (who is actually Bridget). Soon after Gemma’s disappearance, Bridget told both her “husband” and Gemma’s husband, Henry, that she has a twin
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Recapping The CW’s Ringer: Episode 5

Written by Esther Semo on October 12, 2011. Posted in Blog, TV

This week’s episode picks up the day after episode four ended. Siobhan, her husband Andrew and her ex-lover/ best friend’s husband Henry are on their way back to the city from the Hamptons. We learn that Gemma, Siobhan’s best friend, left early after finding out that Siobhan and Henry were having an affair. While Bridget
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Cuomo’s Colonial Island

Written by admin on September 15, 2011. Posted in Our Town

By Megan Finnegan Locals up in arms over appointment of nonresident to operating board “I’ve lived here all my life and I no longer consider myself a New Yorker,” said Matthew Katz as he strolled along the East River on a recent sunny day. “I consider myself a Roosevelt Islander.&#
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Prepared Food Paradise

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in Eat & Drink

By Nancy J. Brandwein In Sex and the City 2, Carrie tells Big that he won’t find her in the kitchen, only ordering delivery. Well, if I had the fantasy life that is Sex and the City, I’d probably order in every day from Agata & Valentina, the Upper East Side version of Zabar’s, albeit
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