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Re: Here's What Happens When NYPD Commissioner Bratton Catches You Smoking Reefer

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:42:32 -0000

"8:30 on Wall Street?!" Duh, Commish. Back in the 70's you could (and I often did) get a contact high just walking by the grounds of Trinity Church, or the back loading dock areas of most of the major financial companies.

Re: This Map Shows What Books Best Represent Your Neighborhood

SarahHeartburn — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:39:19 -0000

I only read a long excerpt from it in The New Yorker, but I really liked it.

Re: This Map Shows What Books Best Represent Your Neighborhood

SarahHeartburn — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:25:51 -0000

How about Jonathan Lethem's "Dissident Gardens", set partially in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens?

Re: vintage everyday: 50 Amazing Color Photographs of New York City in the 1970s

SarahHeartburn — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:45:05 -0000

Full force? The late 90's. At least a lot of the chains till then were still local companies. (Says someone born in 55).

Re: Man Attempts To Eat From Every Country In The World Without Leaving NYC

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:51:55 -0000

Kind of disappointed over his choice of the "garbage plate". I live overseas and I can tell you that Europeans love things like Southern BBQ, Tex-Mex and New England Clambake (as long as they're all local and genuine. Hell, even boiled or grilled corn on the cob is exotic for them. .

Re: Tweet from Across the Pond Makes Poem by Crown Heights Teen Go Viral

SarahHeartburn — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:10:47 -0000

It's not Italy. Italy does not do take-out coffee. It's considered barbarous. Stand at the damn bar and inhale it in 20 seconds like everybody else does.

Re: Curmudgeonly "Gangsta Cat" Seeks Accepting Home

SarahHeartburn — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:52:00 -0000

OH, my first first cat when I was a kid was a ginger like this. Dumb, clumsy and crazy. He lived to 17 and I still miss him 30 years later.

Re: Everyone Is Doing First Dates Horribly Wrong

SarahHeartburn — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:36:33 -0000

Really children. Bar for first date (make sure it's not a major sports night or jello shots promotion.). Couple drinks, a bar snack or two and outta there.What is it with young'ns?

Re: Ask A Native New Yorker: What Should I Do With My Ex-Roommate’s Mail?

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:25:48 -0000

If you'e the leaver,you do two things; you register a change of address (which is always a delightfully iffy proposition) you leave your ex roomate with at least a dozen large pre-stamped envelopes and as him/her to mail whatever every few weeks and you also give the super a goodbye tip and ask him to keep an eye out for special delivery/certified, etc. But I doubt people who move out of a neighborhood because it isn't homogeneous have that much common sense. If you're the person who stays, you text your ex roomie and tell them where they can pick up their stuff.

Re: Do You Lean On The Subway Doors?

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:20:22 -0000

Well, I was once leaning on a door that wasn't supposed to open next (Queensboro Plaza to 33/Rawson*), hanging on the to strap, when the door next to me opened. *Come to think of it, I had about 5 different incidents on that exact stretch of the ride in the 80s).

Re: Landlord Of Destroyed East Village Apartments "Didn't Know Any Better"

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:55:33 -0000

Back in the late 80s I worked as an office assistant for a professional (won't say which type) who had a lot of local East Village clients who were old world Polish, Ukranian, Russian, and owned a ton of properties (not just storefronts or apartments, but whole buildings or multiple properties). There was a type that coasted by barely legal and then played the who me? card with every infraction, leaving a lot of tenant human suffering in their wake. Luckily, sometimes a savvy inspector/D.A./judge would sniff out a miles-long string of these complaints, and manage to nail a landlord on major charges. If it's true in this latest disaster, I sincerely hope there are enough good people in the NYC/NYS justice system who can nail the guilty parties.

Re: Is It OK To Wear Flip-Flops In NYC?

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:40:04 -0000

Back in the 80s like most broke girls in NYC I wore the cheapest shoes, mostly those cotton old lady sandals or mary-jane style flats from Chinatown stores. My family practice doctor* warned me that I was going to ruin my lower back and arches. 2015, you were right, Doctor Lee *children, back in the day even poorish creative class workers could afford basic health plans with a real live doctor once in a while.)

Re: Woman Killed By 1 Train While Walking Between Subway Cars

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:18:03 -0000

I remember back in the 80's a couple of times I got stuck crossing between cars on the 7 (while still the train was still in the station) and then had to ride from Queensboro Plaza to 33rd Street hanging on to the handles next to the doors (these are old trains I'm talking about).Considering how things were in NYC back then, it wasn't the most dangerous thing that could happen in an average day.

Re: Landlord Of Destroyed East Village Apartments "Didn't Know Any Better"

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:58:36 -0000

If it's true that her family had owned the old Kiev restaurant, then they're old hands at local real estate management. Her last name rang a bell; I seem to recall other businesses and properties from that family.

Re: Ten delicious dishes for Easter in Spain

SarahHeartburn — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:20:12 -0000

I don't think that's potage de vigilia. With all the paprika, it looks more like callos con garbanzos.

Re: FDNY Firefighters Create Instagram Accounts For Their Firehouse Cats

SarahHeartburn — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:50:06 -0000

My cat hears me turning the corner and starts yelping even before I go up the stoop and open the door. By the time I get to the elevator he's howling. When I open the door to the apartment he jumps into my arms. Yeah, cats are antisocial.

Re: Mass. teen accused of pushing her friend to suicide before using his name for fundraiser

SarahHeartburn — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:33:41 -0000

The Internet wasn't widely available until I was 40, and I can assure you that toxic manipulators have been making the world miserable by no or low tech means for a long time.

Re: Should You Confront Subway Etiquette Offenders?

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:19:52 -0000

You don't politely ask the person to move. You use your deep breathing voice and say "EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO HOLD ON HERE NOW." Is this person not a native NYer? Learn to PROJECT.

Re: Yes, You Must Tip A Dollar On Your Coffee

SarahHeartburn — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:06:31 -0000

Why not just pay waitstaff more and add the $1 to the price to the salary? And let the staff accumulate more accrued income to potential/future social security/disability payments, and consider a single payer health insurance system that would work with this increased income? Look if the culture requires tipping, I'll tip (but I don't consume much food or drink outside the house when I'm in the US)I will tip as others do. But if you'e lived outside the US in a country where service workers get a salary and national health/disability payments, leaving a voluntary (though of course obligatory) tip seems degrading to the worker. Because it is.

Re: Dangerous Minds | ‘101 things to love about New York City’ list from 1976 is mostly incomprehensible

SarahHeartburn — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:47:41 -0000

Martin, I get everything on this list. But I'm 58 so...

Re: What Scary Movie Should You Watch Tonight?

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:33:58 -0000

The Haunting (the original, of course, with Julie Harris). You'll never feel safe holding someone's hand again.

Re: Colindres in October

SarahHeartburn — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:34:58 -0000

I love your dad's recaps. When are they coming back?

Re: I will gladly take apologies from all of the people who are carelessly, gratuitously and vociferously using “rape apologist” to describe anyone who’s approaching a problem from a ...

SarahHeartburn — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:26:30 -0000

I've been called much worse, on the job, among friends, etc. and I've been
called_______________apologists for expressing a variety of opinions.

But my common sense tells me Assange is being framed. And that is an opinion
I'll dare to defend.

Re: 700 people to see Glenn Beck really?

SarahHeartburn — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:19:05 -0000

Don't worry. Your heart has a built-in defense system against pity for monsters. Have you ever felt sorry for Kissinger? Pinochet? Sleep tight...

Re: http://mabelmoments.tumblr.com/post/1139034462

SarahHeartburn — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:53:08 -0000

Reminds me of the time I was having surgery and the nurse-anesthesiologist introduced herself to me and said "This is my first operation after 6 months of maternity leave. Good luck, honey!"