Archive for March, 2006

GET BLEAK HOUSE by Jean Snow

Friday, March 31st, 2006

I’ve just finished viewing the excellent recent PBS production of Charles Dickens BLEAK HOUSE. Here is a plot filled with more drama, mystery, secrets, deceit, greed, and tragedy then any of the ususal television dramas without stooping to vulgarity and vacuousnes. The engaging characters and convoluted plot will satisfy both hunger for entertainment [...]

Teddy Roosevelt

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Past president viewed immigration in a serious light. Read and see what you think.

FINAL DAYS IN THE BIG APPLE by Jean Snow

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Friday, finally, a quiet stroll through Central Park. Spring is just about to break into the open here. Among the barren branches a few trees have tiny yellow green leaves. Patches of crocuses, daffodils and snow drops bravely peak out above autumn’s molding brown leaves. The dogwood blossoms are poised to burst [...]

SEW WHERE THE HECK IS SOHO by Jean Snow

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Wednesday we learned what Soho means. As we walked along Houston street on the lower eastside of Manhattan towards Katz Deli, our son explained to us that Soho is the area south of Houston Street (pronounced house-ton, Texans restrain yourselves.)
At Katz Deli we had the most amazing Pastrami and Reuben sandwiches. We [...]

OH BABY! by Jean Snow

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

I’m on vacation but I suppose I should comment on something other than my vacation now and then. Like this story about what a baby conservative is like compared to a baby liberal. What I’m getting from this is: It doesn’t matter what you say (about the results of a study) [...]

WALL STREET, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AND THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET by Jean Snow

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

First thing on Tuesday we set out to find the theater ticketing office on the southwest corner of 199 Water Street. We stood in line for about half an hour to get discount theater tickets. I took a gamble on a play I knew nothing about other than critics gave it rave reviews. Just [...]

ENLIGHTENMENT by Jean Snow

Monday, March 20th, 2006

How could I have forgotten to mention our Sunday afternoon visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? We started with the Egyptian exhibit. I was transported back in time to 1984 when we toured Cairo, Luxor, Karnak, Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. The Egyptian treasures at the MET are impressive. The [...]

GETTING TO THE CITY AND CHURCH IN HARLEM by Jean Snow

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

We arrived at Newark Liberty Airport Saturday evening. I had a detailed outline of how we would get from the airport to our children’s apartment WITHOUT spending a fortune on a taxi. We lugged our luggage onto an airport express bus and rode to the city in the fading sunlight through heavy traffic.
We [...]

JETTING TO THE BIG APPLE by Jean Snow

Friday, March 17th, 2006

This small town Alaskan is headed to New York City for spring break. The sunlight is growing here in the far north but it has still been crispy cold (some mornings below zero at my house.) We are looking forward to a little more spring than is apparent here. Maybe even a [...]

LAWMAKERS IN MASS. ABANDON EMBATTLED CATHOLIC CHARITIES by Jean Snow

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

The bizarre twisting of the law to exclude and discriminate against the work of religious organizations as they go about trying to do good is dumbfounding. The efforts of a downtrodden minority to secure their rights continues to take a distinctly destructive and ugly turn.
The following is a quote from an editorial [...]