@rubyredhead--I've said it before: English is not my first language! And I appreciate people pointing out the typos and grammatical errors I make--I do try to proofread, but I admit sometimes I am ru...

@kane--thanks for pointing that out....

Maine Lobster Carbonara? Be still my clogged heart!...

Why is he talking about sloppy seconds? According to gossip, the Justin Timberlake song "What Goes Around" (about a cheating lover) is inspired by Cuthbert cheating on Timberlake's best friend with A...

@ab bklyn--that is amazing and inspiring. @mxungu--I'm not sure, but I suspect the letters are from kids who want gifts (the letters being to Santa and all). Maybe you can go to the post office to...

Thanks, theevilone. ...

I try to pick out the kids who ask for practical items like coats, towels, shoes, blankets, diapers for little siblings, etc. --and get those items (or as much as I can) plus add a toy. Those are the ...

Riverside Park! Trees, water, and a beautiful sunset....

I will say this: She is looking cut....

Re: Daily Show, I like the idea of Plaxico as the wheelchair bound detective, wearing a Sherlock Holmes style coat....

Yesterday was beyond miserable. Vive le soleil!...

On the radio, someone said that Burress et al. may have been calling around to hospitals to see if one would not report it. ...

Thanks, west side Michael--I was at an office building a block from Columbus Circle! It was really amazing to see the balloons come down Central Park West. felixthecat, good to know!...

Thanks, r1b2--changed!...

Ack, thanks for pointing that out--I uploaded the wrong picture. ...

@Snoopy--I should have been clearer--Suffolk County is where the Ecuadorian immigrant was killed in an apparent hate crime, and the hiring was a move to help soothe racial tensions between the large ...

I like how, in spite of being a model, he dresses likes a regular 19-year-old from Queens--baggy jeans, baggy shirt, slippers. Totally not Janice Dickinson Model Agency stuff....

@13--Check out the links from 2005 at the bottom -- this isn't the first time nor the last we'll post about reported terror threats....

Yeah, I'm all over it--that's why there's a SuperCute Hello Kitty balloon. And FWIW, this year is the Smurfs' 50th anniversary. ...

@PTG in nyc-- I added the part about the dead friend. There's always a struggle about how much detail to put in without bogging a reader down. ...