Posts Tagged ‘new york city’

Macys Fireworks

Friday, July 4th, 2008

I lived in the New York City Area and I always enjoy the 4th of July holiday when I was there. The event is held every 4th of July at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. 4th of July Fireworks! Yes, the fireworks are really the main event of every 4th of July celebration. We [...]

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Madonna G. Constantine

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The noose was discovered this morning and was reported to the New York City Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force, members of which are currently investigating the incident. “This is an assault on African Americans and therefore it is an assault on every one of us. I know I speak on behalf of every member [...]

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Emile Norman: By His Own Design - Mon, 10:00 PM ET, PBS

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The film shows Norman’s work glittering in Bergdorf Goodman’s windows, on chorus girls’ headdresses in the Fred Astaire movie “Blue Skies,” and winning rave reviews at New York City gallery shows. It wasn’t until Norman met Brooks Clement that he was able to live openly. In 1946, Norman and Clement moved from Los Angeles to [...]

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1st Day Of Thinking Maps

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Particularly, a good GPS and some kind of New York zip code map so you can find your way around. New York City is huge, and tourists and visitors can easily get lost in the maze of intersecting streets, crowds of people and bumper to bumper traffic. You can either map them out on your [...]

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Movie Quotes From Deep Impact: Quotes From The Movie Deep Impact

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Thats not deep enough. Yeah, Fish, I know thats not deep enough! Heroes die - but they are remembered. The comets are still headed for Earth and theres nothing we can do to stop them. New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, all will be destroyed. The impact of the larger comet will be nothing less [...]

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Scribbles And Scrambles ~ Serendipity

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Search All Movie Photo for movie stills. Serendipity is a 2001 romantic movie, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. Serendipity DVD movie video $10.49 in stock at CD Universe, New York City, just before Christmas, The last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale’s. Information on the romantic comedy movie, Serendipity, starring John Cusack and [...]

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Famed NY Tavern To Pay $2.2 Million For Discrimination

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Tavern on the Green employees filed the lawsuit on the grounds of discrimination. It will be interesting to see how business is for Tavern on the Green in the aftermath of the lawsuit and settlement ordeal. Tavern on the Green is a fine dining restaurant located in the heart of New York City at Central [...]

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Awards Watch: Drama Desk 2008

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Irish and Irish-American theatre in New York City and its suburbs - the world. News, reviews and hearsay. Not a particularly Irish subject, scandal being of a more universal nature, I am following quite closely the nominating debacle at the Drama Desk Awards, familiar with some involved. In a nicely ironic twist, only accredited media [...]

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Our Daily Meds

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Way back when Liz Smith mentioned me and my favorite zen quote “Live each moment as if your hair is on fire.” Which means live in the moment like it is your last aka live life passionately! I am really proud to say I have run 2 New York City Marathons!!! Also to have done [...]

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Vito J. Fossella’s Love Child With Laura Fay

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Fossella could face a mandatory jail sentence if convicted had already threatened to bring to an end his decade-long career in the House, where Mr. Fossella is the only Republican representing New York City. Fossella called Ms. Fay for help after his arrest and told officers that he was on his way to Grimm Street, [...]

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Will IT Happen Tomorrow Night At The Jammys?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

A music and Phish blog where we discuss Phish along with our other favorite bands and musicians including industry news, random tales, pictures, videos, and reviews of our adventures to different concerts and festivals. Oh, not to mention this is a place for us to share some cool music with you. Thanks for wasting your [...]

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The Genovese Syndrome: When Nobody Helps

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Avoiding the Kitty Genovese syndrome in business. Forty-four years ago, the murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, Queens, brutal and viciously insane as it was, did not, at first, receive much media attention. Kitty Genovese’s mother was worried about safety. The stabbing of Kitty Genovese lasted 50 minutes was witnessed by 38 people. ALBANY, [...]

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Cavu Delivers ‘Take Out’

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Their new project is a drama entitled “Los Abrazos Rotos” (Broken Embraces), which begins filming next month in Spain. The film, which premiered at the 2004 Slamdance Film Festival, details a day-in-the-life of an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman in New York City. Rights to the anthology, “New York, I Love You,” which [...]

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CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ’S PROFILE

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Many of you dont now know me, but Im wife to New York Yankees 3rd baseman, Alex Rodriguez. Upon Alex’s being signed on with the prestigious New York Yankees, we both moved to New York City. We live in a beautiful Upper East Side condo near Alexs favorite NY spot, Central Park. Before meeting Alex, [...]

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Amtrak Plans Celebration Of ‘National Train Day’

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Al Roker, of NBC’s “Today” show, is serving as the official spokesman and will host the Washington events. Elsewhere, the Harlem Globetrotters will perform in New York City’s Penn Station. Amtrak also is sponsoring events in Chicago and Los Angeles, and other groups are organizing smaller-scale festivities around the country. The national passenger railroad is [...]

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LeBron “Sidney Poitier” James

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Born prematurely on the high seas en route to Miami, Poitier grew up in The Bahamas. His youth was filled with delinquency, and his parents eventually sent him to live with his brother in Florida in 1941. Poitier served a short stint in the United States Army before moving to New York to pursue an [...]

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Williams, Brian D.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

His current music picks includes “Oxford Comma” and even Brian has fallen for Vampire Weekend. (But what did you think of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Bri Guy??) Yet he does have a lot to say on the subject of New York City trains. In a blog post titled Insult to Injury, he goes off [...]

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Bridgette Wilson

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

1 minute ago Theyre known for their jet-setting ways, and Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe are enjoying all there is to offer in Australia. The Reality TV vixens are
celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/kim-and-khloe-kardashi … Lourdes Leon, the 11-year-old daughter of Madonna, shows off her fierce fashion sense with a pair of shiny lace-up high-tops as she leaves the [...]

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Edmonton Opera Season To Open With Flying Dutchman

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

A music teacher at a public school in New York City put a video of his chorus class on YouTube singing the Tori Amos song Flying Dutchman. Wouldnt it be great for the kids if Tori herself showed up to sing the song with them? Round 2 Mom-to-be Tori Spelling and a guy friend visited [...]

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April 24 Severe Weather Update

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The logging of activities and memories related to my life during said period. Last weekend I took the Chinatown bus from downtown DC to New York City for an Iowa reunion weekend. We had absolutely gorgeous weather for the weekend. Friday night we rallied as Mary got in around 1am to still try to make [...]

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Spring Wedding Myths Busted - 7Online.com

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Concentrating on the Borough of Queens in New York City…and the neighborhoods of Community Board 10 - Ozone Park, Howard Beach and South Ozone Park… I have posted it here in an effort to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social justice and other issues.
Sources:

davidmquintana.blogspot.com
abctopics.com
www.thinkfor.us
www.wedding-zone.net
www.tubeinator.com
www.longislandexchange.com

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BDS Outbreak: Anti-war Nut Attacks Wheelchair-bound Girl

Friday, April 25th, 2008

He bravely and without regard for his own safety yelled obscenities at Laura and Jenna Bush and then beat up a teenager in a wheelchair. Twenty-two year old German Talis was arrested after an altercation following a talk First Lady Laura Bush and Jenna Bush gave about a childrens book, Real All About It. Talis [...]

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Helicopter Moms Vs. Free-Range Kids

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

New York City, for instance, is safer than it’s ever been; it’s ranked 136th in crime among all American cities. Just before the new millenium rolled in I was reading about what would be the new buzz words for 2000. Your labels for this post are right on and I agree with the concept to [...]

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Cor Blimey! ‘appy St George’s Day Me Ol’ Mucker

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Georges Day Tea Dance for the over fifties. New York City Expat Brit Meetup Group has arranged a St Georges day get together from 21.00 at Solas, 232 East 9th Street. Georges Day Lunch will be held at Frankies Bar and Grill in aid of The National Autistic Society (sorry folks, all tickets already taken!). [...]

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Jennifer Servo, Cereality, School Fights, Ufc 83 Results,

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Jennifers case was recently featured on 48 Hours Mystery in the hope that new leads might result from the same. I am hopeful that the segment will help, Sherry Abel, Jennifers mother, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. Jennifer Olson Servo was born on Sept. She was a typical small-town girl with big dreams. She always [...]

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Lillian Asplund Leaves Titanic Memories As Its Last Living Survivor

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

A shoebox full of letters and other items relating to the family of Lillian Asplund, was found after her death and will be auctioned off later this month. Lillian Asplund was the last American survivor of the Titanic when she died in 2006. There is presently only one living Titanic survivor, Millvina Dean of Southampton, [...]

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Lynne Koplitz

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

18 on the History Channel’s “History of the Joke” she got 12 letters from guys she’s never met. “I got an unexpected amount of odd fan mail from men who watched the show,” Koplitz said during a phone interview from her New York City apartment. “Marriage proposals and really odd invitations to dinner from a [...]

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James Carroll And Constantine’s Sword

Friday, April 18th, 2008

It’s screening in New York City a week from tomorrow. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you have a chance to see it from April 25-May 1 at the Laemmle Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills. Why did the Cross become a rallying symbol for persecution? How does one man who loves the Church [...]

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Comment On Props Of The Week By Delphyne

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Get yourself a guilt-free pick-me-up. Retro Princesses and dapper gentlemen take note! Girl Props is a longtime staple of fashionistas and mafiosos in search of uber-cheap accessories in New York City. One step into their zebra-print lair in Soho sends most people I know into a giddy, bouncy place. Everything is shiny or sparkly, and [...]

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TIS Mourns The Loss Of Lusitania Survivor

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Anderson earned a living as a draughtsman at a factory in nearby New Haven. Anderson found that she was pregnant with her second child and decided to visit her family in Darlington, England. She booked passage on the Lusitania for her and Barbara for its May 1, 1915 voyage. Her husband was unable to join [...]

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David Cassidy Susan Dey

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

She said we’d have more ROOM to remember stuff if we could erase the detritus, such as old songs from childhood, capitals of countries that no longer exist, and other meaningless gibberish. My God, I now know how true that is. I can’t remember the names of any of these new bands and tend to [...]

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Live Pix: Brother Ali + Toki Wright + Abstract Rude + BK-One

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Brother Ali is best known for his storytelling prowess and has found himself on stage with artists such as Ghostface Killah, Living Legends, Atmosphere, Murs, Mos Def and Rakim. The tour includes tracks from his most recent album, The Undisputed Truth, which was exclusively produced by Ant of Atmosphere. Ali performed in front of a [...]

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2008 NFL Schedule

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

It started with the Senior Bowl, followed by exclusive Combine coverage and weve continued evaluating the pool of talent and team needs on a daily basis, said Eric Weinberger, executive producer, NFL Network. Peppered throughout Sundays coverage, there will be interviews with general managers and head coaches as well as debates between media personalities from [...]

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Kevin Powell: Son2Mother

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Kevin Powell is widely
considered one of Americas
most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. It is from his current base in New York City that
Powell has published seven books, including his current title, Someday Well
All Be Free. This new book is a collection of provocative essays on
freedom, democracy, justice, and race in [...]

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