Twenty years on and the horror is still fresh. The confusion, the shock and the disbelief. The numb days, the solemn weeks, then endless months of pain after soot and ash rained down from breathtaking blue skies. Twenty years on and we will never forget the true NYC heroes of the FDNY, NYPD, the… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: Love Notes to NYC #6 – Resilience, Reinvention & Remembrance
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New Yorker to the core: Love Notes to NYC #5 NYC in TV & Movies
When the pandemic hit New York City hard some New Yorkers couldn't hack it. With the eternally sky high cost of living, so many sickened by the coronavirus, the shut down of so much of what makes the city the city: shops, schools, corporate offices, hotels, bars, restaurants and cultural attractions–some didn't see the point… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: Love Notes to NYC #5 NYC in TV & Movies
New Yorker to the core: Love Notes to NYC #4: how we tawk
Ever wonder why you're obsessed with Seinfeld or you have a thing for The Nanny or Honeymooners reruns? I'll tell you why. It's hearing the New York-ese. I love all words and people. A native Italian accent is bellissimo to my ears, a drawling cowboy puts me right at home on the range and… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: Love Notes to NYC #4: how we tawk
New Yorker to the core: love notes to NYC: #3: parks and green spaces
It's hard to think of a time when parks were more essential to life as a New Yorker than right now. In these days of mandatory indoor time even my introspective soul is climbing the walls. Walking some of the larger parks of New York City like Central Park or Hudson River Park has always… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: love notes to NYC: #3: parks and green spaces
New Yorker to the core: love notes to New York City: #2: ode to the corner deli
When we were looking for an apartment downtown and our real estate agent and friend Chris showed us the place we eventually rented, one of his first points of comparison was nowhere in the official apartment description. He told us our place had excellent proximity to the corner deli. He's a New Yorker and he… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: love notes to New York City: #2: ode to the corner deli
New Yorker to the core: a love note to New York City: #1: outdoor art on the lower Hudson Riverwalk
I'm one of those I'll always love New York, New Yorkers, not blind to its flamboyant flaws but too deeply in love with the Big Beautiful Apple to care. Yes, I've been privileged to travel some, but when the pandemic ravaged my city, the treasures still standing here took tighter hold of my heart. Broadway,… Continue reading New Yorker to the core: a love note to New York City: #1: outdoor art on the lower Hudson Riverwalk
It’s release day for my sweet WWII era novella, Always, Almond Fudge!
Pick it up at any of these ebook stores When the world is in turmoil, the simplest pleasures are the sweetest Come visit me for some fun release day Q & A at the virtual homes of two author friends: Peggy Jaeger AND Sadira Stone Peggy Jaeger has a her own sweet One Scoop or… Continue reading It’s release day for my sweet WWII era novella, Always, Almond Fudge!
Know when to Hold ’em
Destiny. Intention. Chance. Vision. Aaahhh. Weighty words for the beginning of 2020. The new year does things to me. I think too much and too hard about the year gone by and goals for the new one. Do you believe in fate? Years ago I would have said no. I am a goal maker. I… Continue reading Know when to Hold ’em
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Summer fun & romance in NYC
TGIF! From Oysters to the Cloisters Weekends are for romantic NYC adventures There will be cake & books Ah the great outdoors in NYC...wait, what? Today on Night Owl Romance https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/NYC-Must-Dos-For-A-Romance-Book-Lover-by-Charlotte-O-Shay From oysters to the Cloisters, from history to hotdogs, I share my short, by no means exhaustive list of summer adventures in New York… Continue reading Summer fun & romance in NYC