Spring Fling for Animal Lovers

The Animal Care and Control is having a spring fling, silent auction and raffle on Tuesday, evening May 12th 6-9 pm. It will take place at the Ciao Bella Restaurant 1640 Second Ave 85th street second floor. The tickets at $50.00 and $55 at the door.

If you can please support this wonderful organization.
www.nycacc.org

Awesome Annie Duke Celebrity Apprentice

I'm a big fan of the show. I run my own business and I play along from home and I'm getting an enhanced M.B.A. compliments from Mr. Donald Trump. I wonder if he realized how invaluable this show is for small business people.

But what I saw Annie Duke do over the past few episodes has blown me away. This woman can pick up the phone and have someone fly to New York from Vegas with fifty grand in cash for her at the drop of a hat.

Do you realize how hard it is to ask people for money? Try this exercise. Phone up a local friend and ask them for five hundred dollars cash and get them to deliver it to your home in a couple of hours. Then we can talk.

The respect and love and loyalty and commitment and trust that her friends have for her is over the top awesome and I've never heard of anything like it. This is something worth striving for in all our relationships in our own lives.

NOTE TO ANNIE... I sell original high end oil paintings and if you ever want to switch gears it would be an honour to work with you.

Kay Hall

Yorkville Creperie OPENS!

At last a creperie opens on the Upper East side on York between 83rd and 84th. Bring the strollers and stop in for a free coffee this week. If you miss DTUT, this is the perfect replacement.

The price of the crepes range from $5.00 to $9.00 from the very sweet to the Fluff-a-Nutter , with peanut butter, fluff, nutella, banana and graham to the savory Roma crepe with chicken mozzarella and tomato bruscetta . They've also got a fantastic morning crepe with bacon eggand Swiss and.. for those of you who don't want a crepe they've got a selection of mouthwatering panini.

Don't forget about the wide selection of of coffee wines and fresh baked good. So come one come all!

I snapped a picture of Harris Healy the owner of the Logos bookstore across the street. He loved his crepe and you will too.

New York...Never a Dull Moment

At about 9:45 last night I headed home from my night class. While walking down 84th street I heard middle eastern music. Here was a crowd gathered in front of Eli Hair Design.

The hairdressing place was having a party!

So... I stopped in and took a couple of photographs Belly dancer and all.

That's what I love about walking around New York. You never know what you're going to walk into.

If they throw a party like this they must do kick-ass hair!

Pic of Mugger on U.E.S.

We've finally got a picture of the guy who is coming up from behind women on the U.E.S. and hitting them in the head with a brick. Once again I remind the ladies to take the iPODS out of their ears when they are walking in the street... and GET OFF the phone. Please keep alert and safe.

Oprah gets it WRONG

Ive been watching the Oprah show lately and overall Oprah is the bomb. On the subject of sex and our kids however I think she has got it wrong. Gail and I stand on the same side on this one.
It's really NOT necessary to tell our young daughters about vibrators and pleasure at ten years old. Girls are different than boys in that they DO NOT have a penis.

She's suggesting that the more information the better but I don't think this is necessarily true. Our bodies will tell us when it's time to start asking questions. Our body always have. Little boys will get erections that what the male body does. It is really necessary to arm these little boys about the intimacies of little girls anatomies so that then can get started on their exploration right away?

What happened to the mystery? Why is mystery and self discovery such a problem? Our generation turned out OK and most of our moms didn't even talk about sex. Do we really have to throw ourselves in doing the exact opposite of what our mother's did? Is this about sex ed or proving a generation wrong?

And ..I don't buy the argument that because we are uncomfortable with our bodies we're uncomfotable taking about it. We're giving kids a gun and the bullets and we're letting them laod and shoot.

Best Mexican UES

On the corner of 86th and Lexington avenue you will find by far the best Taco's EVER. It's not a restaurant but mobile truck called Paty's Tacos. Never in my life have I tasted food so fresh and clean and I can't wait to try the rest of the menu. You can order to go and eat it standing up on the street at a stand attached to the truck ...or you can take it to go.

Their menu says they will deliver for a minimum of $12.00. The number is 347-216-9358. Do yourself a favour... before you hop on the bus or on the subway grab a taco.

Gross Subway Sightings.

Need I say more

A New York Experience

Don't waste your time going to the Macy's flower show. It's like going to a Target department store. The advertising gets you all jazzed and the store lets you down. The flowers that were supposed to be rare and spectacular were hoisted way above our heads impossible to photograph. Forget this no show.

On the bright side however on 34th street between 6th and 7th on the north side of the street there is a great surreal place to eat. This Chinese restaurant gives you five items for rive bucks. The buffet table had got so many different choices that your mind will get boggled. And the freshness and cleanliness stands out.Don't let the Styrofoam plate fool you they really pack it on. And if you don't finish your meal just take your plate downstairs where a wonderful woman will wrap it up to go- no extra charge.

As if this wasn't enough at the front of the store they've got amazing French pastries and an entire wall devoted to the variation on the Chinese Pork Bun.

It becomes a surreal experience when you head upstairs. I suggest you take out and eat across the street but if you must...the experience starts upstairs. For starters, it's a little hot and something strange gets piped through the sound system. You begin to realize your listening to some kind of monotone cult-like voice speak to you about this plant that they found in the rain forest which is a miraculous cure for all health issues. As you eat the drone of the voice and the heat lulls you into a hypnotic state. If you're susceptible to suggestion bring earplugs and a fan, other wise don't miss this New York experience.

OK Wifi Enough!

I saw an article in the New York Post yesterday introducing a new pilot program into our schools. Instead of gym, instead of getting some fresh air, instead of getting their heads off a computer screen, instead of interacting physically in sports... someone has come up with the bright idea of putting a Wifi system in the schools. This way our kids can exercise in front of a screen.

Come on what are we thinking? How many hours do our kids spend in front of a screen a day? Let's count the number of screens the average kid sees a day. First it's phone screen to IM, then the screens at school, then they get home and watch the T.V. screen and do more homework in front of a screen. The last anyone need right now is an excuses to spend more time in front of a screen.

Has anyone examined the long term effect of this? Are we so naive that we don't see any consequences? Why don't we just glue a screen to every one's head and have that be the end of it?

Shitty Chairs? Unforgivable

I went to Penn Station in NYC to take a train ride to Long Island. I hadn't been there in years having no friends living in that direction. Wow the changes I saw!

First there were no seats at the train station at all. Everything had been removed. No place to hang your hat, no place to loiter... or like people used to do camp out there.

There was however one small waiting room that I found but low and behold the seats were disgusting. No one has thought to repair these seats and they are embarrassing and unwelcoming- not New York style at all.

The train ride however was really sweet! I think I'll get on just for the hell of it and discover some new places.

Why does everyone hate Clint Black?

Anyone who's been watching the Apprentice lately (the only reality show I wish I were on), must have come to the same conclusion. Everyone hates Clint Black. Denis Rodman almost clocked him, and Joan Rivers publicly stated that she will go home and burn all her Clint Black albums.

What's up. What are they seeing that I am not.

His P.R. firm must be loosing their minds!!!

Any thoughts?

Rubber Boots in NYC?

I've often wondered about this phenomena. How long do those rubber boots have to stay in the closet before you get to wear them. It can't be too cold, or your feet will freeze. On the other hand, if it's too hot your legs will get sweaty and uncomfortable

So... forget about the winter or the summer.. It's got to be a spring day. It's got to rain a lot and there has to be the possibility of puddles. This does not happen often in NYC.

Apparently today was the day. While journeying downtown I noticed a plethora of rubber boots finally released from their place in the back of the closet.

Best Indian on the UES

That's right on 1st avenue between 88th and 89th you can't go wrong at the fabulous restaurant. (They don't pay me for this).

I just got home from lunch there and it was no surprise that they get a food rating of 21. Everything was fresh and tasty with varied flavours. (You know how Indian food can taste the same). Not here!

The buffet runs 7 days a week from 12 noon till 3:00 p.m. They also have a great take out business lunch from eight bucks.

I really recommend this place.

Declare War, on your Credit Cards

I received a lovely letter in the mail yesterday from my credit card company. They explained how awful the current economic situation is and how stressful it is and then in the same font told me they were raising my APR.

Then I see that loudmouth Suzie Orman on Oprah telling people NOT to pay off their credit cards. is this a flip flop or what? Apparently, in her world if we pay off our credit cards the companies will close the accounts. Oh... big deal!

I say good riddance. Don't listen to SUZIE, she'll keep you in debt and beholden to these companies for generation. I say get out while you can! And NOW is a good time to get out!

We got into this mess my racking up loads of credit. Tell your kids NOT to get credit cards, don't be held hostage to a credit rating. If you can't afford it don't buy it.

It's up to us to put the credit card companies OUT OF BUSINESS. Time for them to leave the stage.

Pay it off, cut if up NEVER return. They'll have NO ammunition. What will they threaten us with? In fact it's a good time to stop paying them altogether.

Banana Republic- April Fools?

I don't know how they had the guts to put this badly sewn disaster in a window and only charge 98 dollars for it. It looks I sewed it myself-blindfolded!

Shame on you Sharon Osbourne

I understand ambition, I understand wanting to be in the limelight but this woman has got to stop exploiting her family- no wonder her kids are on drugs.


On their variety of crap show yesterday she paraded her husband and kids around like pigs in a blanket, serving up her or'd'oeuvres on how to be a shameless show mother.

Enough is enough!

And on the hush hush, apparently Sharon has another daughter who refuses to participate in this very sad spectacle of nonsense. At least, someone in this family has some sense.


And as for Ozzy, it was just disrespectful to his body of work to parade him around like that.

Stop Sharon ....stop.


And yes... I still think you're terrific..