Posts Tagged: New York City

Irene Cara We Will Remember Your Name

  My heart still races and my endorphins rise whenever I hear this song….what a feeling! Who didn’t want to live forever? If you were young, creative, ambitious, and living in New York City the center of the universe when

Irene Cara We Will Remember Your Name

  My heart still races and my endorphins rise whenever I hear this song….what a feeling! Who didn’t want to live forever? If you were young, creative, ambitious, and living in New York City the center of the universe when

An F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas

When I think of Christmas I think about F.A.O. Schwarz, a store synonymous with this season for me. My love for toys that remain to this day, was nurtured here. If it was holiday time, visits to this New York

An F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas

When I think of Christmas I think about F.A.O. Schwarz, a store synonymous with this season for me. My love for toys that remain to this day, was nurtured here. If it was holiday time, visits to this New York

Sally Edelstein NYC Subway 2020

A Return to New York City   

I recently wandered the streets of Manhattan. Though a seemingly unremarkable activity for someone who has done just that for over 50 years, in the time of the coronavirus it took on new significance. A week ago I took a

Sally Edelstein NYC Subway 2020

A Return to New York City   

I recently wandered the streets of Manhattan. Though a seemingly unremarkable activity for someone who has done just that for over 50 years, in the time of the coronavirus it took on new significance. A week ago I took a

vintage comic NYPD Police 1968

NYPD Black and Blue

How do we move forward when we’re stuck in reverse? We are now living in the future we looked forward to in 1968, a time when racial tensions blew up into riots expressing long simmering injustices,  a time of deep

vintage comic NYPD Police 1968

NYPD Black and Blue

How do we move forward when we’re stuck in reverse? We are now living in the future we looked forward to in 1968, a time when racial tensions blew up into riots expressing long simmering injustices,  a time of deep

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

world trade center

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

world trade center

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

boy 1960s ad soda

The Big Gulp

Sugar Shock Sweet news for citizens of New York City! The sugar Calvary has been called  in to save New Yorkers with a sweet tooth. A last-minute reprieve from a judge has rescued  the Big Gulp from going down the

boy 1960s ad soda

The Big Gulp

Sugar Shock Sweet news for citizens of New York City! The sugar Calvary has been called  in to save New Yorkers with a sweet tooth. A last-minute reprieve from a judge has rescued  the Big Gulp from going down the

vintage illustration doctor, baby mother 1948

Breasts for Success?

The age-old arguments of breast milk over formula is a long one, but in NYC the battle of boob v bottle has been won hands down by the breast. With the same zealous determination with which Mayor Michael Bloomberg  has

vintage illustration doctor, baby mother 1948

Breasts for Success?

The age-old arguments of breast milk over formula is a long one, but in NYC the battle of boob v bottle has been won hands down by the breast. With the same zealous determination with which Mayor Michael Bloomberg  has

Model of World Trade Center 71

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

Model of World Trade Center 71

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or