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Mayoral Control – A Love Story
by JB McGeever 09/01/2011Neighborhood: All Over, Greenwich Village, Uncategorized
It had always been an in-joke between us. I was the one who hailed the cab. “Let them see that big yellow head of yours,” Tiffany would say. We broke tradition only once, separating at a corner during a light summer rain in Greenwich Village. The ugly truth left me stunned and incensed. The cab, [...]
Here Lies Jed
by Katie McDonough 05/22/2011Neighborhood: Featured, Prospect Park
We suspected it was illegal, but we had no choice. At the vet’s office in Park Slope, they told us cat cremation cost $125, and neither my boyfriend nor I had the money. Besides, cremation seemed too formal, too clinical, for Jed. He was always escaping out the window, taking self-guided tours of the neighborhood [...]
The Longevity of Women
by peter nolan smith 04/17/2011Neighborhood: Featured, Uncategorized, Upper West Side
My Uncle Carmine had a theory that the reason for the longevity of women was due to the fact that their sex makes men wait for them and every minute and hour of a man’s waiting is stored within the genetic code of a woman’s body. In America that advantage of life over death is [...]
Yes To Carrots
by Chloe Caldwell 03/06/2011Neighborhood: East Village
I wanted Yes To Carrots lotion. I’d seen it in a magazine – something like Self, or InStyle. I liked how the packaging looked, and I am not normally a sucker for packaging. The bright orange capital letters and font were pleasing on my eyes. And I love carrots. I love lotion. I love saying [...]
A Flicker of Sadness in the Blue & Gold
by Tom Tierney 12/31/2006Neighborhood: East Village
Mossy stayed with me for a week in New York and never saw any of the sights. He left the apartment every day and found a breakfast for himself someplace and walked around the east village a little and eventually found his way to the Blue and Gold and started drinking. I’d meet him there [...]
Thanksgiving With The Blonde in The Brown Jacket
by Timothy Braun 10/31/2006Neighborhood: Harlem
If you find yourself awakened by an eccentric, foul-tempered neighbor called el Jefe in the hallway of an apartment building known for its vermin while fully installed with a vodka hangover and reeking of pizza-flavored snack treats, be as pleasant as possible. Especially if you are seeking assistance in the forcible entry of your own [...]
Hugging Away the Dishwasher
by Mélanie Griot 09/22/2005Neighborhood: West Village
I came to Washington Park because I did not know where to go. Riding in a cab with my friend John, on his way to study at the NYU library, provided me with a sure and fast way out of his apartment. This morning, a fight had been close to breaking out between the two [...]
