by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With, The Subway Chronicles
When I first moved to NYC, everything that happened on the subway was fascinating and exciting. I found an endless source of delicious “material” for my stories. What more could a writer ask for? After logging hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours commuting...
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
In the heart of Chinatown in Manhattan, amidst the shouts of street vendors and the briny scent of fish, there is a plain awning advertising, in both Chinese and English, medicinal herbs, bodywork and acupuncture. At first glance this probably is not a business you...
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball…It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. ~James Earl Jones as Terrence Mann in Field of Dreams Even though Derek Jeter and the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium are just a...
by Jackie | Animal Instinct, Around NYC, Friday Five
1. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Sometimes you just find yourself in the right place at the right time. Take last weekend. David Sedaris was in Brooklyn to kick off his 20-city US book tour for Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls. (Yes, that’s the...
by Jackie | Around NYC, Friday Five, The Subway Chronicles
1. Shake your groove thing. This week I was invited to a performance of the legendary Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the Apollo Theater. I don’t know much (okay, anything) about professional dance. In fact, when I was a kid, my mom signed me up for tap dance...
by Jackie | Around NYC, Friday Five, Living Deliberately
1. Can I get a witness? Last Thursday, I had the honor and privilege of being a witness at very special nuptials. Many of you know Kathy from Reinventing the Event Horizon and her partner Sara. Kathy had emailed to let me know that prior to their big move to Cuenca,...
