Archive for the ‘Life in NYC’ Category

Isn’t Everything Wonderful?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The Metropolitan Transit Authority is the most efficient and well-run public transit system in the world! You know who I just love? Tourists who visit New York City! They're so sweet and innocent and polite. And they sure do know how to get around town on those fancy double-decker buses! This free ...

Rude Awakening

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Things That Are Pleasing to See First Thing in The Morning: A beautiful sunrise The smiling face of your significant other Breakfast in bed A hot cup of coffee Things That Are NOT Pleasing to See First Thing in The Morning: Naked Ed Koch in your gym locker room

Welcome to the One-Dollar Bagel

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

So, the economy is tanking (can't wait for that $600 check!), consumer prices are through the roof (thanks, Ethanol!), and the dollar is barely worth the paper it's printed on (the paper is from Crane, and Crane paper is pretty expensive). It's already expensive to live in New York City, and ...

My Own Personal Hell

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The foul-smelling bearded man proselytizing in a booming voice directly in my ear on a jam-packed L Train at 8:30 in the morning said that hell is a "lake of fire where those who are not born-again will pay for their sins." Unfortunately, he is mistaken. Hell is actually a foul-smelling bearded man proselytizing in a booming ...

That Old-Timey Trader Joe’s Feeling

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Do you wax nostalgic for a time when going to Manhattan's only Trader Joe's was an experience so exciting that you couldn't contain yourself while standing outside the store just waiting to get in? I sure don't, since shopping at Trader Joe's these days is about as enjoyable as a dentist appointment. But for ...

Spring is Springing

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend, and that can only mean one thing: spring is on the way. What's another sure sign that spring is on the way?  (Seen last night at the corner of 51st and 7th) Just when you think you've gotten the Mister Softee song out of your head from ...

Friday, February 29th, 2008

PHONE CALLS ARE BEST MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - Instead, one side of this conversation was conducted by a woman at the corner of 12th Street and 1st Avenue in the East Village: "Yeah, I don't really know how it happened, either. Aside from Mexico, I, uh, haven't really done, uh, anything ...

That’s a Terrible Name for a Store

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

A photo from 7th Avenue and 54th Street: You know, there could be a variety of reasons why you're going out of business, but my best guess is that you've made horrible business decisions all along - like covering up the actual name of your business with a giant "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" ...

Mott Haven is the New Chelsea

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Crocodile Lounge on 14th Street used to be tolerable... no, enjoyable... before it was discovered by every freaking NYU student on the face of the earth (how do you know a bar is over? When you get carded at the door at 6:30pm on a Tuesday night). The result is ...

Nice Melons!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

I often read through the Sunday Real Estate section of the New York Times so I can dream about the great apartment I'll never own. Or, the way the real estate market is right now, any apartment I'll never own. I came across this ad last Sunday for a luxury condo ...