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05/21/2012 - 09:56 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
99 miles from NYC, the old man missing his mate fished the ocean thinking about his past and caught a 12 pound striped bass....
05/14/2012 - 09:11 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Here's a great old Yorkville story written by my friend, Denny Ferado with photos. It primarily takes place on 87th Street in fro...
Read More: City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, Dennis Ferado, NYC Storytelling, Yorkville
05/11/2012 - 15:19 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Here are photos of last night's Losers Lounge tribute to Davey Jones & The Monkees @ Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker Street....
05/09/2012 - 16:36 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Thank you, Randee Mia Berman, Meredith Meyer, Stephanie Parello, Elizabeth Rowe. and Nick Zaharakos for a terr...
05/08/2012 - 11:58 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
The Scream, Lestat, Gumby, Mister Peanut and the French Cat in the Hat are ready for tonight's Stoops to Nuts show at Co...
05/07/2012 - 09:45 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Now that the sale’s over, The Scream is taking a break and told Lestat he’d join him on Tuesday night at “Stoops to Nuts.”...
Read More: Anne Rice, Central Park, City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, Cornelia Street Cafe, Edward Munch, Elizabeth Rowe, Gumby, Lestat de Lioncourt, Meredith Meyer, Mia Berman, Mister Peanut, NYC, NYC Storytelling, squirrels, Stephanie Parello, The French Cat in the Hat, The Scream, Thomas Pryor, Yorkville Stoops to Nuts
05/03/2012 - 10:16 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
I’ve invited the vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt, to our "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" storytelling show this comi...
05/01/2012 - 15:17 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
The Losers Lounge tribute to Carole King was terrific. Ms. King's career, voice and body of work are breathtaking and respe...
04/12/2012 - 13:39 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
If the person driving a car I'm in makes a right onto First Avenue off Houston Street and arrives at 86th...
04/11/2012 - 21:15 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Storytelling lit up Cornelia Street Cafe last night. "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" tellers and musicians...
04/10/2012 - 10:17 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Light plays tricks. Depending on the type of illumination and shade in play everything is subject to magic. I took a walk at sunse...
04/08/2012 - 11:48 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
"It's bigger than Nan's turkey!" Rory said.
"Leave me alone, it's too early."
"Tommy, I swear it's huge, get up."...
Read More: City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, Easter Bunny, Yorkville
04/06/2012 - 11:14 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Walking along the East River in Yorkville at sunset I thought of Nick Drake's River Man, and how the whole stretch from 59th to...
04/05/2012 - 13:09 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I’m excited to announce: next Friday, April 13th; The Del-Satins are performing at St. Stephen of Hungary on 82nd Street. S...
04/04/2012 - 14:14 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I am grateful and proud that Ask a New Yorker named me April’sNew Yorker of the Month.
Mid-March, I took a...
04/01/2012 - 07:25 |
Posted In:
Touchstone palaces of my youth: old Yankee Stadium, the original movie houses up 86th Street and in distant...
03/30/2012 - 10:32 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
On my 12th birthday in March 1966, Dad gave me a basketball. This was an odd present for two reasons: (1) Dad gifts to me r...
03/23/2012 - 20:25 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Got into a sparkling new cab this morning. The seats, dashboard and windows shined. Riding my finger along the metal detail...
![Rory said "I'm Going to No Name Word Up Tonight." - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/dad.rory_.83st.york_.57.jpg "Rory said "I'm Going to No Name Word Up Tonight." - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC")
03/20/2012 - 14:53 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
My middle name is Rory, my brother's name was Rory. Mom loved Dad, sometimes. If you read the story below, you'll get it.
If...
03/19/2012 - 10:47 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
March 19th is the Feast of St. Joseph ~ a Yorkville holiday worth getting riled up over.
In second grade, I was c...
03/18/2012 - 12:01 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
The essence of St. Paddy’s to me has always been to celebrate our ancestors. Not just the Irish but anyone from elsewhere i...
03/17/2012 - 10:05 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
St. Paddy’s morning I had a strange dream. It was a spring day in the early 1900s in Yorkville. I knew this when I sa...
03/14/2012 - 18:21 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Last night's City Stories: Stoops to Nuts show at Cornelia Street Cafe was a keeper. Thank you,Claudia Chopek,...
03/13/2012 - 13:13 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Last night Under St. Mark's Theatre I witnessed the best doubleheader I've seen since 1972 in the Old Yankee Stadium w...
03/12/2012 - 12:34 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
March was nuts in my house. Mom began getting her Irish up right after Valentine’s Day. My father couldn’t stand it. ...
03/11/2012 - 12:50 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Dad died ten years ago today. Ten years is a long time for some things, and a short time for others.
It was a hundred years ago,...
03/07/2012 - 13:04 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
My storytelling curiosity may have started at Belvedere Castle in Central Park in the late 1950s. First D...
03/06/2012 - 11:33 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I remember the Friday after Thanksgiving when I was in kindergarten in 1959. My mother left Rory off at my grandparents on 85th...
03/05/2012 - 00:54 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Two weeks ago, I put up photographs of Harlem. What I left out was my outstanding klutz event in front of The National Black...
03/01/2012 - 21:24 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I'm supporting two friends who are terrific artists. Steve Northeast’s splendid well reviewed new album, “Another Day,” ...
Read More: 10028, Another Day, City, City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, John Totero, Steve Northeast, Yorkville
02/29/2012 - 14:20 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
My friend, Matt, asked me to photographed 403 East 83rd Street. Unfortunately, that building was demolished years ago to...
02/28/2012 - 21:45 |
Posted In: Bay Ridge
Its February 29th tomorrow, the day that extends winter for 24 more hours. I’m one of those weird doe’s that love all...
02/24/2012 - 20:07 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
If you close a bar tonight, or get up early tomorrow to milk the cows, I’m on TV telling a Mickey Mantle story at 5am on Ch...
02/24/2012 - 13:45 |
Posted In: Harlem
Though my family’s been on York Avenue since 1896, my mother’s roots started in East Harlem. She was born on 118th...
!["Here's My Story, Sad But True" ~ Dion & the Del-Satins - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/dion-runaround_sue-frontal.jpg ""Here's My Story, Sad But True" ~ Dion & the Del-Satins - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC")
02/23/2012 - 10:22 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
As a boy, I spent countless days and nights in bars and tavern. Typical afternoon, Dad & I would play catch throwing a ball...
02/20/2012 - 20:11 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Saying good night to the sun in Central Park.
Say good night, Ringo.
Say goodbye, Mary.
02/19/2012 - 13:58 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
It's cool out but I've had it. My neck and back feel like they’ve been whacked by Lizzy Borden's sturdy axe. I need fresh air. I...
02/18/2012 - 12:58 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Central Park at Dusk ~ Lovers Walk ~ Sing it Elvis!
I won't walk with my head bowed
Beyond caution where lovers...
02/17/2012 - 14:12 |
Posted In: Harlem
I attended a fun...
02/16/2012 - 23:23 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
We had a wonderful Valentine storytelling show at Cornelia Street Cafe Tuesday night. Thank you, Steve Northeast,...
02/14/2012 - 15:22 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Its official, Alison says City Stories: Stoops to Nuts show is 10 times better than all the other choices for t...
02/13/2012 - 14:08 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Ruthie promised to attend tomorrow's night's "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" storytelling show and promised to touch her nos...
02/11/2012 - 10:44 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
In 1964 when I was 10 years old, I needed no Farmers Almanac to tell me the season or what temperature to expect. My year revolved...
02/09/2012 - 18:08 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Last Thursday I saw the Losers Lounge Tribute to Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers at Joe's Pub. It was a grea...
02/08/2012 - 19:55 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
I’ve been wrapped up in football since the first Giant Dallas game in early December. I’m taking a breather today and writing ab...
02/07/2012 - 12:48 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I love the Giants. I don't remember when it started but it must have begun in our 517 East 83rd Streetliving room...
!["January 25, 1987" Published in Mr. Bellers ~ Go Giants! - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/1.25.87.rose_bowlc.jpg ""January 25, 1987" Published in Mr. Bellers ~ Go Giants! - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC")
02/05/2012 - 10:49 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Today, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood published "January 25, 1987," a story about my adventure getting to the New...
!["It's a Lovely Ride" ~ Go Giants! - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/st.stephens_1974_pal_pineapple_bowl_football_champions.jpg ""It's a Lovely Ride" ~ Go Giants! - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC")
02/04/2012 - 12:49 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Winning Sunday will warm my winter by ten degrees; it has been an amazing and dramatic New York Giant football season. This is the...
02/03/2012 - 18:24 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
My neck and back are killing me. But my Giants are playing football in February, so outside my health, all is good with the...
02/02/2012 - 10:35 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Leaning on a lamppost, a major male activity since the invention of street illumination will be back in full swing on the east sid...
01/31/2012 - 09:29 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I've put up the second batch of snow photos I took in Central Park and Yorkville last week. Below is a public link to the album so...
01/30/2012 - 18:44 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Here is a wonderful Yorkville story told by my friend, Denny Ferado.
Back In 1953
Dennis John Ferado
There is...
01/29/2012 - 12:17 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Folks like to limit Yorkville's boundaries as a neighborhood. I'm not a fan of that.
Yorkville to me was as fa...
01/28/2012 - 12:15 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I was organizing my photos and noticed a picture that reminded of a scene I've been seeing my whole life. A location we picked to...
01/27/2012 - 13:00 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
When I was a little boy, my Ryan grandfather and I sat on his long York Avenue stoop and read The New York Daily...
01/26/2012 - 11:50 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
The New York Times Publishes Two ~ Next Storytelling Show is Valentine's Day
Hi Folks, today my Yorkville...
01/25/2012 - 12:26 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
25 years ago today, the New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos 39-20. I was there, in the worst seat in the Rose Bowl on Jan 25...
01/24/2012 - 14:46 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
“What are you doing?” Nan asked.
“Nothing,” I answered and kept rummaging through my grandmother’s...
01/23/2012 - 13:03 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
I have no words, so I asked yogurt eating Alison in her Giant cap to say a few, “ Last night the Giants won their...
01/22/2012 - 11:16 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Early this morning walking through Central Park, I asked the Bethesda Fountain Angel to fly out to San Francisco today...
01/21/2012 - 13:09 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
It is snowing this morning, and that will drive me outside to take pictures later and give me time to think about tomorrow's Giant...
01/20/2012 - 15:57 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Growing up on 83rd Street I had two ball players’ pictures on display that I cut out of magazines, Frank Gifford an...
01/19/2012 - 13:03 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
You’d think I have an ownership stake in the New York Giants based on the joy and affection I derive from and convey for the team....
01/18/2012 - 10:58 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Having your team in the playoffs this deep into January is like being in a happy Twilight Zone episode. Say the one where t...
01/15/2012 - 10:34 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
In the 1960s Dad saw many Giant home games. If he couldn’t swindle a ticket, he’d drive to Connecticut with several fr...
01/11/2012 - 11:08 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Due to the fiery level of talent at the “City Stories: Stoops to Nuts” show last night, the artists were delivered to the Cor...
01/10/2012 - 10:46 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
Stoops to Nuts Storytelling Show @ 6pm Tonight @ Cornelia St. Cafe
Walk, run, fly to the West Village tonight to the...
01/09/2012 - 10:42 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
50 years ago in 1962 the New York Giants played the Green Bay Packers at Yankee Stadium for the NFL Championship. Five gents from...
01/08/2012 - 10:28 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
A ruling on a continuance for the 2011 New York Giants football season is expected this afternoon. The Giants looking for an edge...
01/07/2012 - 11:17 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Best live "Old Yankee Stadium, we were there," sports days ever with Dad.
New York Giants beat the Washington Redskins 35-...
01/06/2012 - 14:08 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Three reasons I love January: Giants, Stoops to Nuts @ Cornelia Street Cafe & Snow!
Let’s go Giants! Beat ...
01/05/2012 - 15:56 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
For a bunch of reasons, my brother Rory was committed to the NYU Psychiatric hospital several times. When I visited Rory at NYU I...
01/01/2012 - 11:08 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
In the picture below someone close to me still wears my 1968 Giants hat.
In 1981, my Dad and I watched Joe “The No...
12/31/2011 - 12:19 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Monty the Lexington Avenue Bulldog and I wish everyone a Happy, Healthy & Peaceful New Year!
2012 will see lots of new stories...
12/29/2011 - 12:08 |
Posted In: Midtown & Hells Kitchen
Last night, walking through Rockefeller Center a memory struck me like a brick. In 1970 the best bang for the buck in New Y...
12/28/2011 - 12:51 |
Posted In: Bay Ridge
I visited Red Hook the day after Christmas and took pictures.
Here are a few and a link to many more.
Red Hook is an authenti...
12/27/2011 - 11:31 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Last night I had a delicious dinner in Mumtaz a new Indian restaurant at 1582 York Avenue. The restaurant is directly under t...
12/25/2011 - 10:21 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
When I was 2 years old I asked Santa for a red wagon. I got it.
This year I asked Santa to shut Rex Ryan's fat mouth. Once...
Read More: Brandon Jacobs, City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, New York Giants, NFL, Rex Ryan, Thomas Pryor
12/24/2011 - 09:56 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Three Bronx cheers for the NFL schedule maker who's guaranteed a lousy Christmas for half of New York City. The guy must be relate...
12/23/2011 - 10:06 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
My Uncle Jack and Aunt Anna were having marital problems in the early 1940s. Their fighting hit a new high in their East Harlem n...
12/16/2011 - 09:33 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Sunrise, cat in the sink, Renaissance on the turntable.
Can You Undertstand?
12/14/2011 - 11:12 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
A wonderful Stoops to Nuts storytelling show at Cornelia Street Cafe last night!
Thank you, Barbara Ali...
12/12/2011 - 12:17 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
Our next "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" show is tomorrow, Tues, Dec 13th @ 6pm at the Cornelia Street Cafe.
Please come...
12/10/2011 - 11:06 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
Had business on Worth Street, biked south along East River, rested in Foley Square, visited Oliver Stre...
Read More: Al Smith, City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, East River, Foley Square, Thomas Pryor
12/07/2011 - 15:10 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
The next “City Stories: Stoops to Nuts” storytelling show made “Time Out” Magazine this week.
...
12/05/2011 - 16:31 |
Posted In: East Village & LES
How To Die In Paris ~ Book Launch Tonight ~ Free Wine!
Tonight, Monday, Dec 5th @ 7pm – Naturi Thomas ~ Free Read...
![Sandy Becker Haunts "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/hambone-ps-748837.jpg "Sandy Becker Haunts "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" - Upper East Side - Arts & Culture - NYC")
11/30/2011 - 15:21 |
Posted In: Upper East Side
When I was eight years old nothing made me happier than hearing Bert Kaempfert’s That Happy Feeling coming...
Read More: Chuck McCann, City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, Hambone, Sandy Becker
![Sandy Becker Haunts "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" - West Village & Greenwich Village - Arts & Culture - NYC](http://newyork.nearsay.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_image_thumbnail/story-images/hambone-ps-748837_0.jpg "Sandy Becker Haunts "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts" - West Village & Greenwich Village - Arts & Culture - NYC")
11/30/2011 - 13:47 |
Posted In: West Village & Greenwich Village
When I was eight years old nothing made me happier than hearing Bert Kaempfert’s That Happy Feeling coming...
11/29/2011 - 12:38 |
Posted In: Upper West Side
When I'm sad, a sunset can put new sneakers on my soul. Instantly, I run faster and jump higher. Add 70 degrees to th...
11/28/2011 - 12:27 |
Posted In:
Saturday, I attended a memorial in honor of Gary DeSena who passed away at 25 in 2000. Gary was our friend and teammate on the St....
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