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NYC Eats: While We Were Young

As if the name of this New York City restaurant doesn’t already appeal to this English major elder millennial. That’s me, by the way. While We Were Young’s restaurant name is based off a Walt Whitman poem: ONCE I PASS’D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY. ONCE I pass’d through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows,...

To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of those novels that almost feels like a bible. I’ve carried a copy of the book from my high school English class to my dorm room in college and then, later, from apartment to apartment across state lines. It’s now sitting on my desk as I write this review of...

New York City’s Chelsea Market

The seasons are quickly changing now that 4 p.m. with daylight savings time looks pitch black. It’s cold and windy in New York City, but that doesn’t mean you have to hibernate. Here’s a unique, hidden gem in New York City that makes winter feel… well, less miserable. Leave the house and take a walk through the historic...

SHOW: “I Was Most Alive With You”

A must-see off-Broadway masterpiece, before it leaves New York City. I want to see God. I don’t want any more signs. I want to see His face. — Russell Harvard, “Knox” I didn’t know what to expect. “I was most alive with you,” an off-Broadway show, captivated me with its use of two languages: English and American Sign Language....

NYC Gotham Comedy Club

For the past year, each visit to New York City includes a stop at Gotham Comedy Club. I have met some wonderful comedians — recently during my birthday weekend visit, David Koechner performing as a headliner. And was he a pleasure to meet.