Tag Archives: NYC
None of my business
Met with the tax accountant in his office in the New Yorker Hotel (not as seedy as it sounds) and after dinner rode the 1 train home. A couple gets on at 42nd and sits nearby. He looks to be of northern European stock, with a neatly trimmed goatee, and she more slavic, with a […]
Congestion pricing in Manhattan
Bloomberg is floating the idea of congestion pricing for cars driving below 60th during rush hour. A Quinnipiac poll suggests that the only people who actually favor the plan (naturally) are those living in Manhattan. The outer boroughs are not amused. New York certainly wouldn’t be the first to do this: London, San Diego, and […]
My life on the set
Well, not quite. Had to go to school today for sexual harassment training–erm, sexual harassment prevention training. But they had the entire around my building roped off to film for The Tourist, a new movie about a “mysterious sex club” starring Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, and Maggie Q. I’m hoping our building is […]
Freedom to assemble, sort of