Monthly Archives: March 2012

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The Angriest Woman in All of New York

My day yesterday was all messed up. I had an evening event in the city, so I got permish to work from home so I could hang with the kiddies a bit before heading into Gotham for the night. The … Continue reading

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The Fire Down Below

I was hoofing it down Park Ave South this morning, in between 30th and 31st. A glow from down below caught my eye–a fire in the 4-5-6 train cigarette butt wasteland 15 feet below. I called 911 from a pay … Continue reading

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Club Car Rolls Into Mamaroneck

The restaurant inside the Mamaroneck train station is open, reports our Loop-y friend Polly Kreisman down in Larchmont. She reports: The Club Car  restaurant and lounge was the vision of Brian MacMenamin, formerly of MacMenamin’s Grill, the Larchmont Oyster House, … Continue reading

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Chappaqua’s Most Famous Commuter Passes On

No, not the Clintons. We are sad to report the death of Bert Sugar–sports TV personality, author, longtime Chappaqua resident and Grand Central denizen–at 75. Sugar was best known for his boxing writing and punditry, and was inducted into the … Continue reading

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Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room

For this week’s column, we check in with the owner, and Captain, Scott Vaccaro. Captain Lawrence six packs will be in stores as soon as this Sunday, which means you won’t have to drag those giant growlers on board when … Continue reading

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Conn Men

If you tune into Mad Men to see and hear references to Westchester, not to see one of the best produced dramas on TV, or to see three of the best looking actors on television, you may be disappointed in … Continue reading

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Trainjotting Dabbles in Dead-Tree Media

A book is coming soon(ish). It will look like this. When the time is right, I hope you will buy it, enjoy it, share it with friends. More details to follow. ACCIDENTAL TOURIST: \ACKS-sidd-dental TORR-IST\ noun: Falling asleep on the commute and … Continue reading

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Jim Russell Wants Your Signature

Just what was Jim Russell, perennial political hopeful and champion of racial separation, doing soliciting commuters with a clipboard in hand at Hawthorne station this morning? Russell wore a beige trench coat and seemed to be seeking signers of some sort … Continue reading

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I was strolling down Park Avenue South from Grand Central, admiring the brilliant symbol of spring in the road’s center meridian: the pink and white (cherry?) blossoms that seemed to bud the very second spring officially arrived. I approached the corner … Continue reading

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