go to the moon and suck in recycled air? Do that when I could stand in Midtown at rush hour, and breathe in the fumes of a New York City traffic jam?
Circle Line Cruise
The Phobia
"Haunted wind chimes? First, it was the ripples on the water, then the stirring of leaves. What gives, Frank?" Frank looked uneasy. Being this far away from his apartment in the city was having an ill effect on him. Looking over at Sadie, he smiled. "It's nothing, Babe. I'm just not used to being out …
Taxi!
Our social identity can be more complex than we think.
Small
I had been away for a long time.
Borders
Little community, or big community, we always find ways to differentiate ourselves. Division is easy for humans. It's the ability to find common ground that's the real trick.Â
Super
My family was not well to do. So the 1950s found us living in Washington Heights with my father, a small-time entrepreneur of a thousand ventures, working as a building superintendent - a "super" in New York City parlance.
Transposition
I've frequently been accused of being less than jovial, but not quite irascible. One friend from Brooklyn has advised me that it derives from being a New Yorker. Mindful that this is a trait he seems to share with me, he distracts the conversation before it descends into an unfair comparison of Manhattenite versus Brooklynite.
Horizon
City dwellers can have the world at their feet on the roof.
A New York State Of Mind
head whipped around to look at me in amazement. What was it? My "New York"
Nocturn
Tourist busses were a frequent sight on the streets of Greenwich Village.
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