The Doctor Is In: Guidelines and Suggestions for a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving 2020 will surely be like no other in U.S. history. We are drifting increasingly into unprecedented terr … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Gobi Is An Ivy League Alumnus With a ‘Fullbark Fellowship’
Apparently the researchers told my parents afterward that I had impressive powers of concentr … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Rosie Helps Edit a Dissertation, Loves Holiday Window Displays
There's nothing quite like the gentle sounds of a 75 pound dog zooming and ker-plonking around a 750 square foot apartment … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Mousse Has An Independent Streak, Loves Interval Training
As it happens, "independent" translates to strong-willed rather than actually, you know, happy doing things on my … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Ella Provides Backup Vocals, Encourages Neighbors to Vote
When it's time for bed, I'll trot into the bedroom, paw at the bed, and bark at my parents to let them know that it's time for someone to tuck m … Read the rest of this entry >>
California Girl Is Upper West Side Dreamin’
Monday, Monday...a bit of a gloomy one at that. But lest you forget what lies beneath the clouds, here’s a comment received by WSR … Read the rest of this entry >>
Weekend Column: Missing the Marathon
With the air now cool and crisp and the leaves changing colors, the Upper West Side usually has the New York City Maratho … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: Modest Proposals
Ideas spring forth like spring blossoms in the West Side Rag comments. Some have the potential to fully flower, others look more like w … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Maggie Reports On Life In Exile, Holiday Mischief
I've spent my entire life as a city dog, but these days I'm living in exile. In the country, no less! Call me Napoleon because it is positively frightening out … Read the rest of this entry >>
Monday Bulletin: A 100th Birthday Reunion, ‘Dr. Doom’ Lightens Up, Ribbon of Love Meets Resistance
An Upper West Side man celebrated his 100th birthday by seeing his family for the first time since the coronavirus close … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: Food for Thought
There are 2 UWS’s. The “Original” one with a mix of races and cultures, and economic diversity, and the “New” one where the UWS … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Laina is a Horror Movie Aficianado and a Bideawee Devotee
You'd never guess, based on my sweet face, but I'm a big fan of horror mo … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: Buzzkills
”A cynic is a man who when he smells flowers looks around for a coffin,” wrote a WSR commenter this week. We know … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Layla (AKA ‘Love Pirate’) Shares Her Favorite Things for Fall
There's a common misconception that French Bulldogs can be standoffish or low energy, but I'm the proof that that's un … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: One Liners
This week, we're publishing very short comments, in celebration of bre … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Strudel Loves Barney Greengrass
If I'm wearing the cone of shame, I'll use it to my advantage as a shovel for street tr … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: Moderating the Madness
A WSR commenter asked, “Who screens these comments? What criteria do you have given some of the incendiary nonsense that … Read the rest of this entry >>
Pupper West Side: Fiona Loves Biscuits, Bicycling, and Sir Patrick Stewart
I love riding in my backpack and feeling the breeze in my whiskers as we glide a … Read the rest of this entry >>
Column: The Street-Sweeper Cometh, or An Ode to Alternate Side Parking
On Friday July 24th at 9:00 am, thirty-two residents on my Upper West Side block exited their buildings to participate in a peculiar rite of New York l … Read the rest of this entry >>
Comments of the Week: On Conflict, Food and Returning from Vermont
Thank you for sharing your journey back. I’m so glad what made you love NYC is alive and … Read the rest of this entry >>
