Tag: weekend column

The sun is still low, and the cast shadows would sweep like the hands of a clock.

We are invested in Flaco’s adventure, seeing ourselves in the story and imagining the corner of our cage opening up, and...off we go.

It’s called Verdi Square, but it’s not square.

This is a place with a long memory, a big heart, and a touch of steel. Those are good things to have in a community.

The big snowstorm is still out there. We are going to get walloped. Don’t say I didn’t tell you.

Studio 79 is a classy space with jewelry and women’s fashion, but it’s a showroom salon, not a warehouse. 

Many WSR readers were supportive of my quest for a new studio, and I want to thank all of you for your encouragement.

Before the pandemic, one of the restaurants in my regular rotation was Cassis, near 70th on Columbus.

Some people bring their memories and their dreams with them to the rink.

"You might think eating a jelly pastry while doing a live oil painting in a cramped Manhattan shoe repair shop is pushing the edges but remember, I’m a pro."

The nightclub, at Jazz At Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Center, is named after Dizzy Gillespie, but it could have referenced Nina, Chet, Billy, or Miles.

Fischer’s is a step back into another era; not to a Disney caricature, but to a time of long-term relationships. 

It's different at night, and more so when you are twenty stories above the streets, the traffic, and people.

Pappardella, at 75th & Columbus, is one of my favorite places to eat, anywhere.

As evening slides into night, the shapes rise from the street, growing in volume, slow and ponderous within their restraints.

There is a lot you don’t need when you have a tree.

There is a sudden dink of the hit pitch, excited voices, and quick movements on the field. 

Frederick Roth drew a direct line from the form he created to a place of enchantment in each of us.

I didn’t want to do a painting of the cathedral; I wanted to paint its presence.

In 2015, I decided to move to New York from Hamburg, Germany to study acting.