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The last time I looked, the restaurant business was a “service” business. I’m not so sure, anymore. Allow me to illustrate. I was in midtown, last Saturday and it was early. You get the picture, 8:30, Saturday morning, midtown. Not exactly the busiest...
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Many years ago I realized that I would never be able to offer my children what some parents can. For example, I’ll never be able to teach my children how to change an auto transmission or be much help with the chemistry homework. However, one thing I...
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The Internet is bulging with travel sites, some useful others ridiculous scams. Many of you have already stumbled onto a search site that "works for you." Great. Return to it again and again. However, as you know, the Internet is like a huge...
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In New York City, when heading to “the park”, an appropriate question begs to be asked. Which park? According to NYC & Co., New York City’s official tourism website, New York City is the “greenest” city in the United States. Out of a total 197,696...
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Well, dear reader, it actually happened. I ate dinner at Rao’s, the Rao’s, the almost mythical Italian restaurant in Manhattan on 114th Street and Pleasant Avenue. I had first heard of Rao’s in the late seventies or maybe it was the early eighties. Anyway...
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A rule of thumb in home remodeling is that a project will take twice as long and cost double than was planned. This can be true with travel too, if you hit the road without a basic plan. Let’s avoid the word “budget” because it’s too much like the word...
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Writing is such a divorcement from life. Such was the sentiment of Jay Presson Allen, according to her obituary in the “The New York Times” last May. The writer lives a solitary life. Even our miraculous computers offer only a limited connection to others...
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I have occasion to travel by subway several times a week. In that I work at home, I am not subjected to a daily commute, so perhaps my somewhat limited exposure does not give me license to wax poetic about this particular mode of transportation. But,...
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