NATIVISM

"Everyone sees NYC. No one sees it like NYNATIVES.COM" Nativism: Art & Science

If we are the accumulation of all the sites we have seen, all the foods we have tasted, clothes we have worn, products we have tried, a New York Native is quite a specimen of accumulated experiences. The very best of everything comes to NYC and we get to experience it first from the very moment we are born!

Nativism is a way of seeing; a rarefied lens we all share. If experiences over one's lifetime actually change the chemistry of our brains, a New York Native is a biological oddity: a yellow diamond.

Why do you care? Because all of those experiences, all of those brain synapses firing away since day one of our lives, make us the savviest shoppers, eaters, theater-goers, site-seers, thinkers and urban archeologists.

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NY Native Quickies

Jazz Foundation of America's Great Night in Harlem 2012

Fri, May 18th:

Can I just say: WOW!

It was my first time to the legendary Apollo Theater, it was the night the world said goodbye to the extraordinary Donna Summer and I had the privilege of a Press Pass to this incredible event benefiting the...

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Truck Nuts in the Tri-State!

Tue, May 8th:

I always thought that part of the "social contract" for folks in the tri-state area was that we paid more for everything from taxes to groceries but in exchange we got to avoid some of the socio-cultural...

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Bet You Wish You had a Terrace!

Mon, May 7th:

Ok- that is a mean title to this little musing about how lucky I am to have a fabulous outdoor space in NYC. It wasn't always so. I once lived in Gotham senza terazzo... but no longer. After a brief schooling stint upstate we realized that...

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AMAZING Baked Donuts ... for real

Fri, Apr 20th:

I love food and I try to keep it healthy as much as possible. Well, ok I don't keep it healthy all the time. As I sit here writing this piece, I have a Reese's Piece's and Hersey bar sitting on my book shelf... And I had a brownie after I...

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Tax Refund or Tax Audit - Wait it Out at the Loews Regency!

Mon, Apr 16th:

What do we have, if we do not have humor?

Levity is certainly my "go-to" in times of panic and disaster. At this time of year while most of us are sitting on pins and needles awaiting our fate from the tax gods, the oh-so-witty...

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Street Art LIVE in NYC

Fri, Apr 13th:

Two cool things on the way to my house. I just have to share.

First, as usual, I always love passing (and making eye contact with) the performance artist - ...

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Gracious Home Never Says NO!

Fri, Mar 30th:

During the course of my life I have been shopping, browsing and being pushed in a stroller though Gracious Home. Anything and everything you could ever want for your home is in the endless aisles of...

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