NOW ON TOUR: Bugs
Bedbugs. I just wince, when I think of them. In fact a dizzy-broker-aggravation sets-in when I hear, “Bedbugs, lots and lots of flesh-eating bugs.” It’s the same unsettling feeling I have every time...
View ArticleRemembrance of Things Past in Spring
Yesterday, in Greenwich Village was beautiful. Truly, it was! Spring has arrived in NYC: The “Aristocrat” trees are blossoming white-buds and the sidewalk cafes are packed. I even whipped out my...
View ArticleSubway Art & The NYPD
Today, I had my first encounter with a member of the NYPD at the 42nd Street Subway Station. But before I get into it, I should probably back-track. A few months ago, a New York City-born friend and...
View ArticlePhilosophy & Real Estate (Andy Warhol-style)
Like most college students, I thought I was deep, highly intellectual, and oh-so-wise beyond my eighteen years. Accordingly, in the early 1990s, every weekend, I sat around with the other deep-thinkers...
View ArticleAn Ode (Andy Rooney-style)
For the BEST blog in Hoboken, click HERE For Hoboken’s History, click HEREFiled under: Beyond NYC, Real Estate, REALITY in NYC Real Estate Tagged: Andy Rooney, Blogs, Hoboken, Home, Life, Lifestyle,...
View ArticleHappy Coincidences (in a Life of NASTY BITS)
Well, I keep hearing personal stories about this damn Recession, causing bits of depression for the people I love and for others, whom I just happen to stumble upon by chance. Let’s face it: Life is...
View ArticleDuty and Desire: Torn by Two Cities.
Gotham sure does have a seductive-way about her, permitting those who live near her to ignore what’s really going on in the American heart-land: bright lights, glitzy-soirees, talks of...
View ArticleHigh-rise Confession from a Manhattan Real Estate Broker
Views. Manhattan is all about the view, especially when you’re looking to purchase an apartment. The view can make a so-so apartment appear to be SPECTACULAR. It bumps-up the price, dramatically....
View ArticleA Dinner Party
Living in the New York City area it was always a challenge, for me, to have people over for dinner, drinks or just for some good ole’ repartee. My apartments were too small. I’m pretty sure this is a...
View ArticleOn Dating a Realtor
I’ve been doing this real estate gig for about 15 years. Needless to say, I’ve met and still meet a lot of people—agents, buyers, sellers, renters and serial open house moonlighters. Some of these...
View ArticleACTION JACKSON
A little over twenty years ago I visited the little town of Cody, Wyoming: A cowboy settlement known as the Rodeo Capital of The World and named after that great showman William Fredrick Cody, aka,...
View ArticleTree of Many Lives
Well, this year I decided to do things a bit differently: Instead of the usual Christmas tree adorned with ornaments, I decided to use books that others have given us throughout our lives, going back...
View ArticleMASTER CLASS: The First Date
A little over a week ago I met a male friend of mine for a bottle wine. We hadn’t seen each other in almost a year. We had a lot of catching-up to do, to say the least. After our … Continue reading →
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