The Measuring Stick

They’re not wearing bell bottoms any more.  They’re out. Who is they? You know, the people that decide fashion for us.  Like this summer I hear ankle length capri pants are in. For me? Oh no not you, silly thing.  And they’re cuffing the bottoms too....

Heroin Helen

Not her real name but certainly a woman who deserved a clever calling card.  I met her when we bought a co-op far uptown on the West Side of Manhattan.  It was an area the realtors were calling Hudson Heights, but it was really just Washington Heights.  Regardless of...

Ebony and Ivory

I’m a firm believer that it pays to acknowledge your weaknesses and remain humble and self deprecating.  What I actually think of myself you’ll never know.  You’ll find no evidence.  But as a kid growing up in the burbs (and not just any old burb,...

Where you at Osama?

Renovations.  We’ve lived through thousands of them.  In fact, it’s boring when our apartment or house isn’t being invaded by electricians or plumbers or (my favorite) skim coaters.  What’s a skim coater you ask?  Well they take uneven or...