The Times invites us to spend 36 hours in New York City, and suggests that 1 p.m. is the perfect time to visit Brooklyn. Hmmm, well OK. If you’re wandering around Brooklyn of an afternoon, there are certainly worse places to shop than the boutiques they profile, including my favorite, the Chocolate Room. Once known…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
New Yorkers Who Care
Gotta love those New Yorkers. Recently, a retired social studies teacher in Cortland, New York, decided to give $5.2 million to the State University of New York in Cortland. The money will help to pay for scholarships for children of recent immigrants. As expected, the donor is the son of Italian immigrants who says that…
The Inspiring Brooklyn Public Library
So as a reader, and as a New Yorker with a special interest in Brooklyn, I will assume that you have been to the awe-inspiring main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Coney Island on My Mind
As I am a Brighton Beach native, I spent more time in Coney Island perhaps than most.
Brown Rice Capitalist – A Digression About Whole Foods
Brian Lehrer did an interesting interview with Nick Paumgarten, the author of last week’s New Yorker profile of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market, refers to the company as his child — not just his creation but the thing on earth whose difficulties or downfall…
Whole Foods To Clear the Hole in Gowanus
Hopes fading for Brooklyn’s very own Whole Foods on the banks of the Gowanus Canal Prospects are dimming for a Whole Foods on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. Now, even company officials concede they have no clue if they’ll ever build a store along the polluted waterway. On again, off again, on again, off…
Brooklyn Wins a Literary Prize
Colm Toibin Takes Costa Book Awards Fiction Prize – NYTimes.com Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain’s lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga ”Brooklyn.” The judges praised Toibin’s ”poised, quiet and incrementally shattering” story about a young Irishwoman in the 1950s caught between a new life in…
Long Islanders Strike It Rich
A Long Island couple hit the jackpot – literally – and claimed their $162 million Mega Millions jackpot on January 4th. Trying to avoid the usual press that accompanies such a win, they drove up to the state lottery office in Fishkill to claim their amazing prize. This prize, which will come to about $100…
Fire at Macy’s!
Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square got a little more excitement than they were counting on yesterday. A fire started under an escalator near the Broadway end of the building between the second and third floors. At first, they only evacuated the third and fourth floors, but soon decided to empty the entire store. It took…
It’s a Small World After All
Struggling from their slumping profits at both their theme parks and their film studio, Walt Disney Co. is setting their sights on an interactive store in New York’s Time Square. Those who love Disney will enjoy this new location; parents will have fun bringing the kids to an interactive Disney Princess castle and a new…
