In which our writer—some guy who doesn’t want to give his name—fails miserably with Brooks women
You might not know it to look at me, but I was a young man once. It was a long time ago, yes, during a period called the early ‘80s when an addled-brain Republican was in the White House running [...]

A graduate remembers when Brooks College was the height of fashion
For nearly 40 years, Brooks College provided creative outlets for thousands of aspiring Coco Chanels, Gloria Vanderbilts—and possibly a few Vera Wangs. As it prepares to close its doors, we sit down with a 1975 graduate who explains how she wouldn’t be the person she [...]

Brooks College: 1971-2008

PHOTO by JEFF GOULD
There are boxes everywhere: boxes placed upon boxes and boxes standing alone, some of them sealed and others not so. Where there are no boxes, there are piles of loose paper—piles, not stacks, because stacks would imply order, and order would imply a reason for it, like maybe a future, [...]

The Queen Elizabeth 2 sailed into New York for her last visit, before shipping out to Dubai where she’ll become a floating hotel (a flo-tel?).
And way down in the story–around where the New York Times remembers other notable floating hotels–our own Queen Mary pops up.
“The farewell to New York, to be marked by fireworks salutes [...]

Tues | Jun 26 With just a tick over 11,000 votes, Assemblywoman Laura Richardson wins the right to be the Democratic candidate in the upcoming runoff for the 37th Congressional District seat. In an election that saw just 11 percent voter turnout, Richardson wins in a field of 13 Democrats and four Republicans, along with [...]