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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

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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