This year we're celebrating A HOLIDAY. That's what it's called. Just A HOLIDAY. Done deal!
Bill deBlasio is worried about re-election, and more than 87,000 people applied for 104 subsidized apartments?...
Can what he really should be worrying about, get any clearer than that???
Can what he really should be worrying about, get any clearer than that???
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It's good to know that all buildings will have to show addresses soon.
Here's another suggestion: corner street signs should show the number of the first building on the block--as is done in San Francisco.
Here's another suggestion: corner street signs should show the number of the first building on the block--as is done in San Francisco.
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Yankees because that's where my best friend's dad took us to doubleheaders as children. Yellow cab since Uber changed their policy to be too intrusive, but mostly MTA. La Guardia because the taxi ride is cheapest from the UWS.
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What, no mention of Manhattan's only native president, Theodore Roosevelt??? For shame!
For an off-beat presidential sightseeing trip, head to 123 Lexington Avenue, at 28th Street (currently Kalustyan's spice store). That's where Chester A. Arthur lived and where he was hurriedly sworn-in as president after the death of James Garfield in 1881. If you make the pilgrimage but have forgotten what Arthur looked like, walk to nearby Madison Square park and check out his statue.
FYI, there have been only two presidential swearing-ins in NYC: George Washington's at the site of Federal Hall and Arthur's at 123 Lex.
For an off-beat presidential sightseeing trip, head to 123 Lexington Avenue, at 28th Street (currently Kalustyan's spice store). That's where Chester A. Arthur lived and where he was hurriedly sworn-in as president after the death of James Garfield in 1881. If you make the pilgrimage but have forgotten what Arthur looked like, walk to nearby Madison Square park and check out his statue.
FYI, there have been only two presidential swearing-ins in NYC: George Washington's at the site of Federal Hall and Arthur's at 123 Lex.
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Senators impeach Devils
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Home run, Mike A!!!
Kennedy or LaGuardia?
Are you kidding...I'd rather drive to my destination. But seriously, at least JFK has the airtrain.
Are you kidding...I'd rather drive to my destination. But seriously, at least JFK has the airtrain.
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We used to celebrate Lincoln's Birthday AND Washington's Birthday separately. No school on BOTH days.
My birthday is the same as Lincoln's, so I always had my birthday party on my birthday. It was a big deal in my social circles at PS 87.
My birthday is the same as Lincoln's, so I always had my birthday party on my birthday. It was a big deal in my social circles at PS 87.
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Happy belated birthday, Joanne! You and I and Lincoln and Darwin--and no doubt thousands of others--share the twelfth, But of those named, only you and I got the day off from school back in the day. zmini-vacations. Another girl had her birthday on the 22nd, and we always play-argued about who was the greater president.
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Re Presidents' Day:
As the child of a wonderful father who spent all of World War II on a destroyer escort in the Pacific, I have flown my American flag on holidays and also on family anniversaries; my father's birthday, for example, and in commemoration of the day he died. Sometimes I just have it out to show my appreciation for our country. Yes, I am that old.
Since the November election, I have not flown it. I am too heartsick.
For all you Trump fans out there: While we've had presidents who have not served our country during wartime, and with whom I've disagreed politically, we have never had a president who so willfully and proudly has flouted our laws and customs and now sullies the honor of the office with outright lies, one after the other, easily seen for what they are. My late parents, one an Independent, and the other a Republican, would have been disgusted at this president's demeanor and amorality.
I had some real reservations about some of President Obama's policies, but at least I wasn't embarrassed to fly my American flag while he was in office. I'd hate for anyone to think that my flag is an endorsement of this crooked, treasonous imposter of a president.
As the child of a wonderful father who spent all of World War II on a destroyer escort in the Pacific, I have flown my American flag on holidays and also on family anniversaries; my father's birthday, for example, and in commemoration of the day he died. Sometimes I just have it out to show my appreciation for our country. Yes, I am that old.
Since the November election, I have not flown it. I am too heartsick.
For all you Trump fans out there: While we've had presidents who have not served our country during wartime, and with whom I've disagreed politically, we have never had a president who so willfully and proudly has flouted our laws and customs and now sullies the honor of the office with outright lies, one after the other, easily seen for what they are. My late parents, one an Independent, and the other a Republican, would have been disgusted at this president's demeanor and amorality.
I had some real reservations about some of President Obama's policies, but at least I wasn't embarrassed to fly my American flag while he was in office. I'd hate for anyone to think that my flag is an endorsement of this crooked, treasonous imposter of a president.
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The official name of the holiday is Washington's Birthday not Presidents Day.
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You're right about New York, per Wikipedia. I didn't know that. Thanks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Birthday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Birthday
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The photo says it all. I don't even want to teach my kids about our history anymore. It's become an embarrassment.
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Teaching them our history is more important than ever! They can be smarter than the president (they probably already are).
Newark.
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Tune of Kids (What's the Matter with Kids Today?)
Kids
Don't know what to do with the kids this week
Kids
Gotta look for something fun and unique.
Kids
If they'd read the article, there's so much to do
Could some touring be alluring to them
And teach them in the process
Kids
If they're left to doing just what they please
Kids
Ours would sit and study at their PC's
Why were they given homework
Who wants to be a geek
When there's so much kids can do this week!
Kids
Don't know what to do with the kids this week
Kids
Gotta look for something fun and unique.
Kids
If they'd read the article, there's so much to do
Could some touring be alluring to them
And teach them in the process
Kids
If they're left to doing just what they please
Kids
Ours would sit and study at their PC's
Why were they given homework
Who wants to be a geek
When there's so much kids can do this week!
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Love it; thanks, Freddie!!!
Happy long weekend & will miss your cheery lyrics until Tuesday!
Happy long weekend & will miss your cheery lyrics until Tuesday!
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Thanks Jeanne Marie. There really is something about how New York Today so beautifully balances life's highs and lows and gradations between. I don't know that there's any daily column in journalism that so consistently scores at doing that. Really something to want to burst into song about.