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Birthday Blues!

Ah, one year closer to death.

On the Town, Not Forever Ago

A rambling jaunt through lower Manhattan is full of delights and a taxidermied monkey.

Patricia Highsmith’s Vanishing Panels

The secret history of the novelist’s career in comics.

Spent It with Lou (Reed)

What’s better than seeing famous artists in New York City doing mundane crap?

In Search of Happy Hour

One woman’s quest to find the elusive place to grab a drink in New York City.

Dumb Luck

A new transplant to New York City encounters omens, good and bad.

Sunday in Times Square with Elmo

The pipe dream versus reality of a pilgrimage to Broadway.

Return to New York City

Revisiting old haunts leads to revelations about “real life.”

Picturing the Cove Inn

Choosing Horses