Fun Festivals – The International Witches Fair
Is Halloween your favorite holiday of the year? Did you or your mom spend days making a truly scary costume? Do you want another such day? Each and every year? Then go to the Witchcraft […]
Tag: new york
Posole Rojo and O Sole Mio
Mexican Soup POSOLE ROJO INGREDIENTS – PORK 3 pounds pork shoulder or leg 60 ounces canned-garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) 2 bay leaves 7 garlic cloves (4 more later) 3 quarts water INGREDIENTS – RED SAUCE […]
The Devil in New York
According to an article in The Gothamist, a group of people plan to perform an exorcism of the AT&T Building in Tribeca, in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City. They believe that the NSA […]
The City Needs a Nap
New York, New York… Sounds so nice they named it twice. Not really, when you’re there you have to repeat it, because it’s noisy, overcrowded, and no one can hear you. Mid-town Manhattan streets […]
Dear Hermine
We are flattered that you want to visit our city. However, we would be grateful to you if you would behave like a good tourist. When your cousin Sandy came around here several years ago, […]
You Know It Is Summer in New York City When …
Griping about the weather is one of the great New York City pastimes. It’s right up there with jaywalking, making fun of tourists and trying to walk faster than anyone else who is using the […]
Beans and Rice and How Carroty Omissions Caused The American Revolution
Cuban Entree MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (beans and rice) INGREDIENTS 12 ounces dry black beans 2½ cups long white rice 5 cups chicken stock 1 green bell pepper 3 garlic cloves 1 medium onion 2½ tablespoons […]
How to Cross the Street in New York City After a Blizzard
When a big nor’easter dumps a couple of feet of snow on us, the New York City Department of Sanitation does a fast and excellent job of ploughing snow from our streets. I guess everybody […]
I’ve Got Our Nation’s Back?
As I was scrolling through my email inbox deleting—for lack of a better word—crap, I came across an invitation from a “prestigious” online university inviting me to become part of our nation’s security team. According […]
Not to Do List – For the End of the World
My quite helpful not-to-do lists are generally meant to describe normal days, like when the Earth be around. But dedicated people keep telling us that our World is going to end and they can’t always […]