Category Archives: NYC life

Turn Off The Dark

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Monkling

One of my Christmas gifts was a pair of tickets to see the Spiderman show on Broadway. I guess this is going to turn into a review. I’m a big fan of superheroes. There’s just something about those muscular bodies … Continue reading →

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Storm Of The Century

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Monkling

That’s what we did not get yesterday. All in all, I’d say we got maybe a couple of inches of snow followed by sleet followed by below freezing temperatures. Now you’d think that because this happened on a Saturday, most … Continue reading →

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Time Traveler

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Monkling

Ah, there is nothing like the temperature dipping below freezing to make you reminisce about the past. It seems like it was only a week ago when the weather was a balmy 60 degrees and I was roaming the streets … Continue reading →

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God’s Blog

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Monkling

Apparently God has a blog. Before today I did not know this. It must be true, though. A subway preacher told me so. The man entered the subway car and began reading a verse from the bible. I don’t really … Continue reading →

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Lunchmates

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Monkling

I’m not sure if that’s a real word but if it’s not, it should be. This afternoon Theresa and I went into the city to meet up with friends, herein referred to as The Tourists. We were pretty much just … Continue reading →

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Weirdness on the Subway

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Monkling

This afternoon a friend of mine, along with her family, arrived in NY. Theresa & I went into the city to meet them for dinner. We live way out in eastern Queens so, rather than taking a bus and then … Continue reading →

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Newlywed

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Monkling

This afternoon we had a little trip down memory lane, a flashback to when we were first married. For the first 9 months of our marriage, we lived in a 1 bedroom apartment 20 minutes west of where we live … Continue reading →

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Kissing Cars

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Monkling

This post falls into the “People Are Stupid and Lazy” category. Y’all will recall that I live across the street from a school. You may even recall me complaining about people who pick up their kids and park in my … Continue reading →

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Around The ‘Hood

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Monkling

It’s kind of interesting looking out your window and seeing a news truck, camera people & a reporter doing a live broadcast and watching the broadcast on TV at the same time. I also had no idea just how noisy … Continue reading →

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Rules of the Road

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Monkling

Yesterday morning, as I was driving Theresa back & forth to a local public school (she has to observe a 1st grade class that has learning disabled kids in the same class as ‘normal’ kids) I learned a few thing … Continue reading →

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