Year: 2011

Thanksgiving officially happens on Thursday, but it's really a three-day affair -- or six days if you eat turkey leftovers for as long as I do. Here's a day-by-day guide to celebrating on the Upper West Side: Wednesday: Watching Macy's Thanksgiving balloons getting blown up is a spectator sport. The ...

November 23, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 51 Degrees.

The Gap store on the corner of 86th Street and Broadway won't be renewing its lease, according to the realtors now advertising the 12,300-square-foot space for rent. That means it could close anytime between now and February, when the lease runs out. Gap has one other location in the neighborhood, ...

November 22, 2011 Weather: Afternoon showers, High of 49 Degrees.

Dozens of Upper West Siders trying to attend a meeting with city, state and national politicians at the JCC on Monday were turned away at the door because the meeting room was already too packed. People started lining up for the 6 p.m. meeting at 5 p.m.

Thanksgiving is special on the Upper West Side, if only because the first scene of Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters is set in an Upper West Side apartment on Thanksgiving (depicted above). Oh, and there's also your family, turkey and the parade that starts on 77th Street and winds ...

Beefy the Upper West Side bulldog is either a testament to the marvelous talents of dogs, or the deep psychosis of dog owners. Local blogger Rebecca Baust videotaped Beefy skateboarding in Central Park around 96th Street and sent us the video (below). In addition, Beefy's owner Patrick Clemens created a ...

November 21, 2011 Weather: Morning Showers, High of 52 Degrees.

This weekend has been a relatively violent one on the Upper West Side, with at least two serious incidents. On Friday just before midnight, three young men were shot in front of the building at 175 West 90th Street off of Amsterdam Avenue (pictured above). Details of the shooting, reported ...

By Joan Wile I've lived mostly on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for 58 years. I wouldn't live anywhere else, although I tried to twice. But, I came running back as soon as I could. It's been great for all my phases of life, starting with when I came ...

First of all, Kid Rock is playing the Beacon this Saturday, so put that on the calendar. Okay, now that that's out of the way... Halloween may have come and gone, but there's always time for costumes. This weekend, the New-York

For those of you with a sweet tooth, a wave of new cake and cupcake shops on the Upper West Side -- including a new spot that specializes in flourless chocolate cakes -- will make you giggle in that sugar-crazed kind of way. The Upper West Side was already brimming ...

November 18, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

Dear Upper West Side Realtors & Brokers, Enough with the shenanigans! I’m so on to you. You’ve breached listings with lies and your act is rusty. The business of deceit and the bait-n-switch is a tired racket. But fear not! I’ve come to help you with your honesty-woes. See, I’m ...

November 17, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.

A new J Crew Men's store just opened on the second floor of the Time Warner Center, and the place exudes masculinity. The brown, olive and grey color motif, the massive metal construction implements arrayed throughout the window display, the posters with thick block letters, the confident mannequin standing in ...

By Malcolm Carter Add me to the legion of Manhattanites who complain about cyclists who race the wrong way on streets, barrel along sidewalks and ignore traffic lights. My complaint is about the men — only men, I think — making deliveries on bicycles and their employers.  I should say ...

November 16, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 57 Degrees.

By Harriet Flehinger I’m 8 months away from Medicare.   Funny that I never again thought I would look forward to being older but I CAN’T WAIT. My Upper West Side neighborhood is “book-ended” by St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital on the North and South.   Much as I hope to stay out of ...

By Laura Weiss You decide one night to make the trek to a local movie theater. You want to ditch Netflix for a change. You want to take in a film on the big screen with a humongous tub of buttery, salty popcorn at your side. But watch out junk ...