The year the Olympics didn’t come to Houston
One of my first assignments in the spring of 2000 upon returning to writing after seven years as an assistant sports editor was to cover the Houston 2012 Olympics bid. It was hardly the worst assignment I’ve had, if for no other reason that I was able to take a couple of trips to the […]
Queens: LI City rises to top for bakers
Decades after the hulking Silvercup Bakery was transformed into a major film and television studio and the famed Fink Bakery was vacated due to bankruptcy, Long Island City is back in business as New York City’s breadbasket, a place where the air is heavy with yeasty aromas. This summer, Amy’s Bread, the outfit that elevated […]
In New York City, farms take root on roofs
Back in the 1960s, Lisa Douglas, the Manhattan socialite played by Eva Gabor in the television sitcom “Green Acres,” had to give up her ” penthouse view” to indulge her husband’s desire for “farm livin’ .” Today, she could have had both. New York City (the stores!) is suddenly a farming kind of town (the […]