Category Archives: Beauty

Unrequited Love

Posted on October 20, 2020 by

I’m in the Park with my friend Jack, who’s harboring a broken heart, I thought he’d be over by now, but alas, he still carries a torch, for Lisette. She’s a beauty all right, a real head turner without a … Continue reading →

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Defending Jackie

Posted on October 18, 2020 by

I walk by 1040 Fifth, Jackie Kennedy’s longtime address (1964-1994), most mornings. Sometimes I gaze up to the 15th floor, other times, like today, stop to pay a brief homage. A girl was standing nearby, so I assumed she too … Continue reading →

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Best Story of the Week…October 15th

Posted on October 15, 2020 by

Here I am, en route to the Apple Store’s Genius Bar, annoyed I need help, finding myself walking behind an older couple. I don’t know how old, just that their backs are well-heeled, his in a classic blue blazer over … Continue reading →

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What I Don’t Get

Posted on October 11, 2020 by

Pink hair, for instance. A girl I know dyes her hair the color of canned ham, camera ready, as if it had its make-up done. Alright, so she’s no Grace Kelly, but why make matters worse, shooting your hair in … Continue reading →

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An Angel With a Chip On Her Shoulder

Posted on September 7, 2020 by

I was in the local thrift store, sniffing around, when I came upon an angel figurine about a foot tall. She was beautiful and marked down to $2.50. I had to look twice to make sure I read it right. … Continue reading →

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A Moment of Grace

Posted on September 1, 2020 by

I’ve been thinking a lot about things, I never thought of before. Just now, for instance, I was standing beneath an awning drinking coffee, freshly bummed from my pal who owns a grocery store. It was rainy, and barely 7 … Continue reading →

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Princess Diana Francis Spencer of Wales (1961-1997)

Posted on August 31, 2020 by

August 31st, 1997  92nd Street Y…New York City I was coming from a yoga class with my Israeli boyfriend, entering the member’s lounge, finding everyone huddled around the TV.                               A SPECIAL REPORT Britain’s Princess Diana has died at the … Continue reading →

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Notes From The Carlyle

Posted on August 28, 2020 by

This happened way before I stopped drinking. I’m sitting at Bemelmans Bar waiting for a date, and not just any date mind you, but a blind one. No, it’s not Andrea Bocelli, but it is someone I’ve never met before. … Continue reading →

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Best Story of the Week…Raccoons on Parade

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

Between Covid life, and the heat, people are getting up earlier. Nature, however, never alters her rhythms, no matter what. It’s daybreak, the prettiest time of the morning, as I make my way north. There are bikers to my right, … Continue reading →

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Colorful Women

Posted on July 19, 2020 by

Lately on my morning run, I see two women of a certain age, strolling, with beautiful scarves wrapped around their heads, Caribbean style. You see them like lights a half a mile away, their colors brushing the Park’s landscape like … Continue reading →

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