tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-81247571616962316 2013-05-18T19:39:08-04:00 About exploring New York City as a visitor or a resident. TypePad NycThenAndNowhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationPlease subscribe to NYC Now and Then. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef01910246ab86970c 2013-05-18T19:39:08-04:00 2013-05-18T19:38:34-04:00

My birthday the Blog Post or Tour Guide's night off.

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef01910206cd3e970c 2013-05-11T14:49:31-04:00 2013-05-11T14:46:52-04:00

Doug Blonsky visits Birkenhead Park, Olmsted's design inspiration for Central Park.

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef019101e5c631970c 2013-05-08T12:18:59-04:00 2013-05-08T12:20:06-04:00

Daniel Cainer recent video and NYC performance info.

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017eeaa8d192970d 2013-05-01T22:30:27-04:00 2013-05-01T22:26:22-04:00

While the administration of Tribeca needs to rethink their ticket buying system for next year, the six films and two shorts programs I saw were well worth the time spent. Herblock - Oh how I wish our local paper carried his editorial cartoons when I was growing up. This portrait of a voice for the common man in the last century is a MUST see. I hope it ends up in theaters and on PBS ! I know I need to read more about him. I Got Somethin' to Tell You - see above. While we had many comedy records...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017d42c049c5970c 2013-04-17T15:34:37-04:00 2013-04-17T15:33:20-04:00

MOMA's Weimar festival continues until the first weekend in May. The Tribeca Open Artist Studio tour is the first weekend in May. It is a great opportunity to see how artists live. For those of you who want to walk "all around Manhattan" the 2013 Great Saunter on May 4th provides you with that opportunity. More of my back story to this walk can be found here. Sunday May 5th brings The Five Boro Bike tour from Bike New York. I volunteered on this for years and I even rode a 10 person bike in it once. (NOTE - the...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017eea1008b8970d 2013-04-07T17:40:24-04:00 2013-04-07T17:39:28-04:00

In March, I had more tour work and much less time to post. I hope work will get in the way of some of the movies I'd like to see this month but these festivals represent a small set of the great movies you can see in April that are not being advertised on your commercial TV screens. The Tribeca Film Festival starts April 17 but single tickets will be available to American Express Card holders starting Tuesday April 9th. (If you can't make it to NYC some of the films will be streamed during and after the festival. I...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017ee94934c7970d 2013-03-13T22:23:16-04:00 2013-03-13T22:19:32-04:00

in a Grand Central space. Where was I when I spotted the happy couple? This post is dedicated to the folks who come to the Trip Advisor New York City forum looking for interesting places to get married in New York and.... to my Texas dance tour by subway group who wanted/needed down time at their hotel after a wet soggy day taking a statue harbor cruise and visiting the 911 memorial and before going to dinner at Bubba Gump's and going to see Wicked. I got to see Quartet at the Paris (a lovely one screen movie theater) while...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017c37652304970b 2013-03-08T17:00:40-05:00 2013-03-08T17:00:40-05:00

March 25, 2013 will be the 102nd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. One of the ways people are remembered is via the Chalk Project. The name of each person lost in the Triangle Fire, their age and their address is written in front of their building (or where their building formerly was). Last year I watched my friend Charlene Weisler chalk remembrances of two people who lived in the East village. Then, I searched for some of the sites up in East Harlem. What was once a tenement in East Harlem is now a community garden. The woman in...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017ee8f01f3d970d 2013-03-04T17:25:51-05:00 2013-03-04T17:25:51-05:00

So many exhibits and so little time. I just want to mention 3 that will be very popular this spring. Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity just opened. Before you enter, there is a quote from Manet that I will paraphrase. He said that when painting women (my addition...with their clothes on) they should be dressed in the most up-to-date fashion. Seriously, when the Met takes costumes out of the closet and displays them with relevant art, the results are always, fun, educational and exciting. I said to a guard that this exhibit will draw great crowds when word gets out. She...

Sue Katz tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdd0d53ef017ee8d97f49970d 2013-03-01T21:47:30-05:00 2013-03-01T21:45:01-05:00

all the places on the route and many more are available to be seen year round. First the end of my visits. I did show up for the Seneca Village tour in the pouring rain and there were 2 Central Park volunteer docents waiting for me and quite willing to do the tour. We waited for others but when no one showed and I told them I could do the tour at another time. Shortly after they left, fellow tour guide Kevin showed up but we will each do the tour another day. On Tuesday, I encouraged tour guide Gordon...

Sue Katz