Please vote in the November 4, 2008 Presidential election! For the same reason you drink Smart Water, in case it works. NYC Voting Hours: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 6am – 9pm Where to Vote: To find out where you are supposed to vote visit the NYC Board of Elections Pollsite Locator Are You Registered? To [...]

from Ariel Schulman

Today, for the first time, I went to the Carl Shurz Park Association’s annual Halloween Howl – a dog-halloween-costume contest. I only caught the last category which was joint costumes for dogs and their owners. Obviously this was my favorite entry although it did not win a prize- Two Hewitt students.

This is “The Musher” – one of Papaya King’s (86th and Third Ave.) new specials – a hot dog with fresh grilled mushrooms and onions – pictured here with ketchup. It’s really good. I’ve had several since this first one.

Photo via Listphile If you don’t like reading too much, here’s the short version: I met Chevy Chase last night and he said the cow incident happened at Haverford College To make a short story long, last night I went to the after-party for the premier of the new Robert De Niro/Al Pacino movie, “A [...]

NOTE: This story has been updated – see here. As a Dalton highschooler I heard the Chevy Chase story numerous times- from my older brother and other upperclassmen and alumni. It seems to be one of the favored Dalton factoids in party conversation along with the school’s reference in the Woody Allen film “Manhattan. The [...]

A Very U.E.S. Night (for me was Tuesday, August 5, 2008) I broke my third power cord for my apple laptop. I managed to post a note on facebook asking if anyone had an extra before draining the reserve battery power playing boggle on facebook (known as Scramble.) Frustrated, I cut in half two old [...]

I have added my small collection of vintage postcards of The Upper East Side to the “Pictures of the Upper East Side” section. Click on the “Postcards” link in the sidebar to see the fronts and backs of more postcards.

We first posted this photo on April 11, 2008- the day after a stroll with my friend Samara where she pointed out this missing “U” in the signage on Gucci’s store at Madison and 69th Street. I passed it about a week ago and it was still missing. I walked by last night intending to [...]

It used to kind of be a big deal when you spotted a raccoon in Manhattan and someone would call Animal Control or the police.  Now  we’ve gotten used to them and  one raccoon regularly visits  our building’s back alley.  Some people in our building  believe  a raccoon is responsible for the plant that keeps [...]