by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 8, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Two inches of rain overnight caused the entire New York City subway system to flood and shut down this morning. Not Spielberg-style, with tunnels of water carting subway cars into the Hudson or East Rivers, but rather via an excess of water that the system’s...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 6, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Australian readers, count your blessings where you find them: you do not have to endure TV advertisements for prescription medications, or for individual law firms. Lately I’ve been struck by one particularly urgent commercial, featuring two alleged victims....
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 2, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I have written elsewhere on this blog about my fondness for the NYC subway. I stand corrected: while commuting daily to midtown during the morning rush hour for my class at New York University throughout July, I was forced to admit my fondness for travelling around...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 28, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
On a humid and slightly overcast Thursday night a group of four Australians enjoyed playing tourists during a twilight cocktail cruise around the tip of Manhattan. The last time I was on the water here was on my honeymoon, in 2003. John and I took the Staten Island...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 25, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Tonight post-NYU I met up with Lara and another friend of hers who lives in Italy. The occasion was dinner at Artisanal, a feted French brasserie on 32nd Street at 2 Park Avenue best known for its cheese selection. During Restaurant Week (an annual feature of the NY...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 23, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Last night I headed to Dizzy’s at Columbus Circle to hear the fabulous octogenarian drummer Roy Haynes and his “Fountain of Youth” quartet. My pal John Moore came with me. John was a Roy “virgin”, but I had seen him perform a few times...