wickershee

I used to commute to work across 34th street from 9th Ave to Lexington. On the best of days, the bus would get me to work about five to seven minutes faster than walking. On the worst of days? I could...

Thanks for the list - any Christmas morning breakfast/brunch options of which you're aware?...

If he really truly wanted to be left alone, what exactly is he doing on Larry King Live? That, to me, says scores about his priorities. There's denial, and then there's pathological denial. Seems a...

Wait - he had to be to told that hiring his son would be illegal? And he's the Senate Majority Leader? I have been threatening to move to his district in the Bronx just to have the pleasure of votin...

i love the fact that the teller windows are still in place, and i'm pretty sure that that beautiful Brooklyn mosaic was on the first floor? i banked there in 1996-97, when it was Republic Bank before...

Paul Schindler is way too vague: who exactly is the "we" who gave money to the Republican State Senate campaign? The Gay City News? I sure as hell hope not. The gay community at large? Ditto....

According to the Times article: Landlords say the decision could also affect hundreds of other apartment house owners who, like Tishman Speyer, obtained tax breaks under the city’s J-51 tax program f...

as someone who graduated from college in the [covers mouth & speaks inaudibly] earlyish 90s - the last time the economy and job markets were almost this bad - i can relate. so what did my friends and...

While we're at it, can we please ban texting while walking down Midtown sidewalks? Now that would be useful....

I'm pretty sure it was a woman who died, from a heart attack: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/con-ed-sues-over-steam-pipe-blast/#more-2980...

You know, it's not like a Starbucks has never closed in NYC before. There used to be one on 9th Avenue at around 30th Street - I would walk by it on my way to school, and then one day it was gone. N...

did i mention that i wear my sunglasses at night?...

30 times? i'm sort of ashamed to admit it, but i've voted for Corey Hart way more than that over the last couple days. i thought i would eventually be cut off, but it hasn't happened yet....

If anyone's interested there's a smaller, somewhat scale-model version of these waterfalls at the Eliasson exhibit at PS1. It doesn't look all that impressive from the sides, but when you get a strai...

"The American President that Americans have been waiting for"??? I nearly spit out my tea at that one. And the v.o. sounds to me like someone doing an unintentionally bad impression of William Shatn...