Month: October 2006

  • My wish comes true: Bee Line to take Metrocard!

    One of my most sincere wishes has been that the Westchester Bee Line would take the Metrocard. Well, starting April 1, 2007, that wish will come true. There’s a meeting on Wednesday November 8 in White Plains to learn more. The rumor on a couple of bustalk forums is that once this is in place,…

  • Yonkers on All Hallow’s Eve

    Tomorrow is Halloween, time for Tricks and/or Treats. This is the first time that either Stephanie and I have had a house that might be trick or treated. And truth be told, we are a little nervous about the possibility of mischief running rampant at our house– we were expecting to go to a couple…

  • Yonkers School System- On the Rise?

    The skinny on the Yonkers school system is that it is not very good. Yonkers, the fourth largest city in the state of New York, had trouble with their school system in the 70’s and 80’s due to battles about subsidized housing, (the full story is in the book Show Me A Hero by Lisa…

  • The Ethics of Shelter

    I had a weird and interesting ethical dilemma today. (At least, it was a weird and interesting dilemma for me– perhaps for someone else, not so much.) The weather was strange today. As aficionados of Winnie the Pooh might call it, it was A Very Blustery Day Torrential rain, gusts of wind, and tiny bouts…

  • The split queen box

    That’s what we now have on our third floor. It’s not some arcane chess or poker move – it’s what one needs if one has a tiny, narrow stairway and yet wants a queen bed up said stairway. Like us. When we first moved into the house we moved my queen bed, with my beautiful…

  • I have a blog with a blogger who doesn’t blog…

    I’ve been looking at the last 15 or 20 posts, and almost all of them are from me. I’m therefore publically calling Stephanie out– post already!! I’m sure that while our loyal readers are endlessly fascinated by my stunning missives, that every once in a while they would like to hear from you. Aren’t I…

  • The Mouse Comes to Yonkers (and I don’t mean Mickey)

    Recent AP Story about how Yonkers will become a new breeding ground for mice soon, and the mayor is amazingly, really happy about it. A consortium of NYC medical hospitals and facilities are going to offsite their lab mouse breeding facilities, and move it to Yonkers. They expect to have in the area of 400,000…

  • Roadtrip to Portsmouth NH Nov 3-5.

    My original one man show Buffoon Anonymous, will be performed as part of the Pontine Movement Theatre‘s season November 3-5 in Portsmouth NH. If you’d like to come make a road-trip (or you live in the area) please come by! The theatre is small (47 seats) so make your reservations early! Here’s some info about…

  • Let the City Solve All Your Problems…

    Well, not ALL of your problems– hey, they aren’t miracle workers! :o) On Thursday, October 26, from 7-9 pm, at our local elementary school (The Cedar Place School, 20 Cedar Place and South Broadway), there is going to be a town meeting with the Mayor and his commissioners. I plan on attending, and discussing the…

  • The Mayor’s Secret Hotline, and OPD

    So last week sometime, I went out to grab some dinner (Stephanie was going to have one of her meetings for the fershlugginer synagogue (I’m starting to forget what she looks like– she goes to work, she goes to synagogue meetings, she goes to sleep) In fact, we’re going out on a date tonight just…

  • It’s my birthday, and I’ll cry if I want to….

    That’s right, it’s my birthday. And lo and behold, I’m feeling a little melancholy. (Great image to the left, right?) It’s right around this time every year that I get all weepy about my life, and how when Jesus, Napoleon, and Alexander the Great were my age, they were dead, and what have I accomplished?…

  • Old Spices

    Not specifically about Yonkers, but it’s a lot about moving and combining households (or not moving, and the lack thereof.) Stephanie found this great advert in the local newspaper, which explains how you would know if your spices were 15 years older or more. I’m sad to report that more than a few of the…