Sep 29th, 2008 · Here's a reminder for the next time you travel for business: don't forget your taxi receipt. A musician with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra got out of a cab, in Manhattan, and forgot her viola. The 18th century instrument was worth about $40,000. Taxi regulators used her receipt and GPS technology to figure out which cab she had been in. The instrument was returned safely.
Sep 12th, 2008 · Author Maurice Sendak celebrates his 80th year on Sept. 15 with a benefit in Manhattan. In addition to penning the children's classics, Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen, Sendak has written, designed and produced several operas and ballets.
Aug 30th, 2008 · Jacqueline Care talks about her new novel, It's a Crime. The novelist found inspiration in affluent New Jersey suburbs, just outside of Manhattan, and in the white-collar crimes of corporate CEOs.
Aug 29th, 2008 · It might get a little easier to move on up to the East Side. New York City recently released records that show condos and co-ops in prime Manhattan neighborhoods are selling for less than their purchase prices.
Aug 29th, 2008 · A mother of four posted a candid advertisement for a live-in nanny in Manhattan. Rebecca Land Soodak wrote, "My kids are a pain," adding, "I can be a tad difficult to work for. I'm loud, pushy and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure." The ad spread on the Internet and attracted a successful applicant, who tells the New York Times she accepted the job without even meeting all the kids.
Jul 7th, 2008 · Martinis, misogyny and men behaving badly: AMC's drama series remembers an era's excesses in stunning style. The setting: a Manhattan ad agency, circa 1960. The first season has just been released on DVD.
Jun 20th, 2008 · A publisher of bathroom readers — compilations of stories, poems, essays and funny quotes — came to Madison Square Park's public toilet in Manhattan, to give out free quarters and to promote the books for Bathroom Reading Month.
Jun 18th, 2008 · Big-box store Ikea has gone into a sleepy industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., changing not only the landscape but the transportation options it offers. Now you can get your Sklar bookshelves and sail back to Manhattan.