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Susan and I chose Red Hook as our monthly NYC neighborhood adventure. (Jill can't join us as she's participating in a 17-mile walk a...

I am meeting a couple of friends in the West Village for an early dinner, and a play after. Nearby is a place called Benji's Buns. The o...

I think of my mom many times a day. She died in January at age 96 after a long, good life. So I cannot say these thoughts make me sad. Quite...

I am picking up Robin from a doctor's office, after her endoscopy. She finishes and we are ready to leave, but we sit for a few minutes ...

It's a gorgeous spring day.  I have not one thing planned. It only costs $3 round trip via subway. And because I have never been. I deci...

"Once a month, let's pick a neighborhood of the city (there are more than 350) that we are not familiar with, and explore it."...

I'm running out to do an errand. Except I can't find my wallet. I look everywhere it could possibly be and come up empty. Then I rem...