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The Ride—Only in New York—Trite But True

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

If I had a dollar for every time I heard the phrase, “Only in New York!” during the inaugural take-off of “The Ride,” I’d be

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Diane Keaton Talks About Jack, Woody, and Motherhood

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

The 92nd Street Y never fails to attract some of the biggest names in the celebrity world, and recently lived up to that reputation with

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Out of Africa—My Adventure with Lions,
Tigers, and a Teenage Daughter

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

It was getting into the eighth hour and I was starting to get a bit fidgety. I’ve done seven-hour flights, even eight, but I was

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Ann Marie Houghtailing’s Life as a Renegade Princess

Sunday, March 4th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

New York City is the center for live theatre, whether it be on a Broadway stage, an Off Broadway stage, or in a loft on

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Celebrating Christmas at West Point with John Tesh

Monday, December 12th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

One of the most famous names of our decades, thanks to ten years as host of the popular Entertainment Tonight magazine program, and a successful

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Revisiting the Roxbury Motel, Roxbury, NY

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

I’d been to this contemporary and cozy and fun motel once before, about three years ago, right after it opened. I was wowed by its

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Tracking the Ghosts in the Boscobel Manor

Sunday, October 30th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

The EMF detector used for measuring electromagnetic fields has a series of lights, from white to hot red, only about the size of a gumdrop.

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Sir Elton Plays Bethel Woods

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

The hottest ticket in the Hudson Valley was last night’s Elton John concert at Bethel Woods Centre for the Arts. This reporter, still weary from

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