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Cemetery of Congregation Shearith Israel - The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, in use 1805-1829. West 11th Street just east of 6th Avenue (Greenwich Village). 1:50 PM. Photo: JH.
Friday, November 6, 2009
The stuff New York is made of
November 6, 2009. Yesterday was sunny but getting colder in New York. Almost overcoat time.
At the noon hour Barbara de Portago hosted a luncheon at La Grenouille to honor the 2009 Versailles Foundation benefit patrons, in the restaurant’s private dining room on the second floor. There was a crackling fire in the fireplace and four tables set for ten.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Living, breathing landmarks
November 5, 2009. Off and on sun yesterday in New York with temperatures going down into 50s. I reminded myself that it was already November when I considered that I didn’t need a heavy coat.
I went...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A thousand and one nights
November 4, 2009. A sunny, mild autumn day was Election Day in New York. Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the ten richest men in America, was re-elected to a third term as Mayor of our fair metropolis.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A busy night on the town
November 3, 2009. Not a sunny day, yesterday in New York. But not a rainy one either. Cool but not cold.
I went down to Michael’s to have lunch with four very interesting people to talk about the upcoming...
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Apropos of nothing but not nuttin’
November 2, 2009. It was a rainy and damp weekend in New York. Unseasonably warm (and rainy) Saturday. As the world knows it was Halloween. It actually started on Thursday all over town in parties private and charity-wise....
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Friday, October 30, 2009
The world of popular culture
October 30, 2009. Yesterday was a beautiful autumn day in New York. The traffic in midtown was unusually light. There was actually open road in some spots along East 57th Street. I was going down to Michael’s to lunch...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Raining off and on
October 29, 2009. Raining off and on all day yesterday.
Down at the Waldorf the Breast Cancer Research Foundation was holding its annual Symposium and Luncheon. BCRF holds two major fundraisers a year...
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Past Stories
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Long after dark
October 28, 2009. Yesterday was grey and rainy. Long after dark. The pavement and the parked-overnight-cars of the sidestreets...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
More than a good cause
October 27, 2009. A mild sunny day in New York.
I live in between two girls private schools – Brearley and...
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Monday, October 26, 2009
In the neighborhood
October 26, 2009. An autumn weekend in New York. Rainy Friday night and Saturday and a sunny Sunday.
In my...
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Sunny and mild
October 23, 2009. Yesterday was a nice day in New York. Sunny and mild like L.A. on a perfect autumn day. On the route...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
A breezy New York day
October 22, 2009. A mild and fair day in New York.
We got an email last night from a reader:
Pls, know I...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Individuals in the community
October 21, 2009. Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny autumn day in New York.
New York is like this. I...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
A whirlwind day and night
October 20, 2009. A beautiful, sunny autumn day in New York. Down at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel ballroom on the 36th floor...
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Monday, October 19, 2009
A flurry of weekend activity
October 19, 2009. A grey and rainy-ish weekend. Precipitation forecast, clouds threatening, little rain. But chilly and...
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