On the Upper West Side, across from Zabar’s, a bookstore has stood for more than three decades in one incarnation or another. Today it’s Westsider Books and it has pretty much everything you could want in a bookstore. Long and narrow, with high ceilings, Westsider is packed to the rafters with used books. The shelves are stacked 15 levels tall. Ask for a title you can’t find and the knowledgeable shopkeeper will mount a tall rolling ladder to retrieve it. view from the second level Not only are the books packed high, they’re also packed deep–two levels deep. If the   read more

Week of November 30, 2009: East Side Social Club.   read more

There are times in our lives that we wanted to go back in time and undo things that should never have been; or times when we are too caught up in the world of not being us just so we can survive what is expected of us or achieve what we crave achieving…and suddenly break down with the suffocation.THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE!And that’s what this song is inspiring us to be…being ourselves. You need not marry someone you don’t really want to just for a business the family is into, nor do you need to be a bitch to be with a group of ladies you want to belong to. You don’t have to try and be an alcoholic   read more

Angelina Jolie Biography- Angelina Jolie Sexy Photo Gallery. Angelina Jolie: The other half of the most celebrated couple in Hollywood, Angelina Jolie is undeniably one of the sexiest and most wanted ladies in the world. Her lips are her trademark, as well as her new image of being the ambassador of hope and compassion for underdeveloped countries. She, along with her husband Brad Pitt, is an active advocate of anti-poverty.           Hot Hollywood ACTRESS Angelina Jolie Photos- Hot ACTRESS Angelina Jolie Sexy photos. Angelina Jolie Sexy Photo   read more

Some would love the luxury of it, but some would hate the snails pace.These cars are indeed costly after being put back together and restored. Imagine using high end Mercedes Benz in the early 1900’s that may have been the same as the President’s of a certain decade in that century. Well, in fact the restored ones looks mighty better than when it was in it’s brand new state, technology being way more advance now than then. You get a shiner one probably, and smelling more of “luxury”!BUT they are made for luxury alone, so do not expect to have high speed. Unless you want the engine changed, then   read more

Another Mommy Moments day.. and we are talking about FOODS!!! My kids are not picky eaters. Look at the photo below, yup, they're eating taro leaves in coconut milk or LAING for us. The say it looks like poopoo but they like it. They eat veggies, they eat meat, they eat anything. They never liked dry foods though. Let them choose between sauted vegetable and hotdog and they would gladly choose veggies. Their favorite dish is anything that Mommy prepared.. LOL.. seriously, they like sinigangs, kare kare and the likes, tinola, which basically the foods I prepared.. LOLOne may ask why the kids are   read more

President Barack Obama wears a Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph, which is the same make and model wristwatch offered here by Presidential Watches. The Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph worn by President Obama was given to him as a 46th birthday present in August 2007 and he has been photographed wearing his watch on multiple historic occasions since. President Obama has since been photographed wearing his Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph in multiple television interviews, magazine photographs and media appearances. The Jorg Gray 6500 Chronograph offered exclusively here by Presidential   read more

have previously written here of my experience as a New York City taxi driver when I was a university student. Nothing beats cab driving for a crash course in New York City and learning about its geography, boroughs and people. There are many taxi cab stories I have exchanged with others - in the course of driving nights, inevitably a driver will run across some outrageous situations. This has been the subject of the film documentary Night on Earth and the TV series Taxicab Confessions. was introduced to driving by a college friend, an interloper into our university lives who was a native New   read more

Artist Jeanne-Claude, of Jeanne-Claude and Christo, has died. [NYT] Colum McCann’s novel of ’70s NYC wins National Book Award. [NYT] Alex’s “Then & Now” revisits Soho. [FP] On the Bowery with Metropolis, the Cooper Square Hotel “appears to be a cartoon illustrating the evils of overdevelopment.R 21; [EVG] Drinking at the Nancy Whiskey bar. [] Someone doesn’t like the proliferation of Mr. Brainwash wheatpastes in Meatpacking: HuffPo catches up on the McDonald’s mod redesign in Chelsea. Says a Mickey D’s spokeswoman, “People are using   read more

Krista Ranillo finally speaks up though not directly to be able to clarify some issues. In last night’s report in 24 Oras, GMA-7 reporter Nelson Canlas was able to talk to Krista Ranillo through Facebook chat. The actress is still in the US with her family and is set to go back to the country by the weekend.Krista revealed that she is aware of the negative issues about her rumored relationship with Manny Pacquiao. She is set to have her own press conference with her manager, Arnold Vegafria in order to clear everything.The Ranillo family is just talking and planning on how to defend Krista in this   read more