The Wizards of Ozone Park
A Little Shoppe of Flowers provides a window into Kerouac’s life in Queens.
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Midnight at Marrakesh
From the late 1970s through the ’90s the party almost never reached Montauk. It didn’t get much further east than Westhampton. Such was the draw of Club Marrakesh.
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Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Pepper Too?
When I saw Hall and Oates in Central Park in 1980, I was wearing only black bikini briefs and an orange hard hat. Nothing else. Really. It’s a long story…
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Lost in the Garden: Kauai
Kauai is called the Garden Island. Sure, all the tour books will tell you that this is because of its lush tropical landscape, but maybe that’s not the real reason.
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Nobody Does Christmas Like Big Uncle Joe
Everyone has that one special relative or family friend they could count on as a kid to make Christmas special.
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Rhinebeck Beckons
Shore Leave: A Weekend in Rhinebeck I promised my wife, Larysa, I wouldn’t act silly on this trip. But when my old friend Charlie-Boy…
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[Back In The Day] Disco Vs. Rock
There is no journalistic record of the culture war that occurred in New York City High Schools in the late ’70’s. And period pieces…
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[Interview] The First Pizzeria in NYC, and the U.S., Lombardi’s
Whalebone’s Pizza exploration concludes back where it all began…at Lombardi’s, on Spring Street in NYC, the first pizzeria in the United States and the…
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Christmas Stories: The Last House in the Old Neighborhood
Sometimes you need something to make you stop and remember what Christmas is really all about. A few years ago, I did. You see,…
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The Origins of Modern Day Spartan and East End Resident, Joe De Sena
My friend Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan Race, the obstacle race, endurance event, motivation, training and nutrition juggernaut featured…
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