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The Ride – Not Your Typical Bus Trip

Sunday, May 19th, 2013
by on Playing Around

“How are you? Where are you folks from? The Dominican Republic? Such a lovely family…” welcomes Julie. “That looks gooood, Did you bring me a

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Annie – Once Again, Timely

Saturday, November 17th, 2012
by on Playing Around

There’s no denying the overture’s first few bars of “Tomorrow” is like hearing from an old friend. Whether or not you saw one of this

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The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention’s
Gala Opening Night

Friday, October 19th, 2012
by on Playing Around

Here we are again! Rumors of the death of cabaret being greatly exaggerated, The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 23rd New York Cabaret Convention opened to a

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Eva and Hadrasaurus

Jersey Jen: Take a Big Step Back in Time
At Field Station: Dinosaurs

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
by on Playing Around

“I can’t wait to get to the dinosaur park!!” My four year-old daughter Eva is bursting with anticipation as we pull off the New Jersey

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Dana

Woman Around Town: Dana Perino—
Networking by the “Minute”

Monday, June 11th, 2012
by on Woman Around Town

It’s six p.m. on a spring evening in New York and Dana Perino, political commentator and co-host of the FOX News Program, The Five, enters

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The Ride—Only in New York—Trite But True

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by 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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I Spy—Photography and the Theater of the Street
At Washington’s National Gallery of Art

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
by on Playing Around

Before cell phones and security cameras invaded our privacy, photographers were capturing images of people who, going about their everyday lives, were unaware that their

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Dining like a Tsarina at Firebird Russian Restaurant

Friday, April 20th, 2012
by on Dining Around

Stepping into the elegant Firebird in Midtown is like walking back in time to the Russian Empire. The restaurant is ornately decorated with actual historical

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