While it's easy to meet people in New York, it's not always easy to meet people you'd want to date. During periods of my being single, in order to meet new potentials, friends have encouraged me to enter the online dating world. Some suggested JDate.

For those...

The debate about whether or not the penny should continue to be produced and used in this country has been an ongoing one, but never did I realize that I held such a passionate opinion until I witnessed a new friend toss one into a garbage pail.

It being summer, I've attended quite a few parades. The last two were the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and the NYC Gay Pride Parade. One would think that most people attending these two parades in particular would be pretty laid back, but not necessarily so. No matter what the occasion...

If I am not mistaken, it is 2009 and we in the United States elected -- and have sworn into office -- a black president.

But while I am walking down Broadway and 110th in Upper Manhattan, I hear a man's voice shout, "Tingy wei wei! Me want to drink...

I recently caught up with Suzanne Guillette, whose first book, Much to Your Chagrin: A Memoir of Embarrassment, came out on March 10th.

"Much to Your Chagrin follows one woman's discovery of what it's like to finally feel comfortable in your own skin (even while accidentally exposing yourself to your...

I recently found myself wedged in a subway car between three nut-eaters. Three men of varying socioeconomic status and ethnic backgrounds (everyone loves nuts) were furiously munching on their snacks of choice: a lukewarm waxed paper bag of caramelized nuts from one of NYC's ubiquitous Nuts 4 Nuts vending carts,...