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: #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