Category Archives: New York City

Trip to New York City November 2015

Posted on November 22, 2015 by booksandbuttons

On Saturday I went to New York with our son and daughter-in-law and the three kids.  We took the bus–were there within two hours.  So easy!

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Thurber by Burton Bernstein

Posted on November 19, 2015 by booksandbuttons

James Thurber.  What a wonderful legacy he left to us in his writings and his cartoons. Burton Bernstein has written a biography of the man in 528 pages . . .

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Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon

Posted on May 19, 2015 by booksandbuttons

What a romp.  Hitting right on the mark of growing up in Brooklyn in the early 1940s– and the dialogue getting comfortably under your skin . . .

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Butterflies Are Free–a play by Leonard Gershe

Posted on May 12, 2015 by booksandbuttons

I know you—you’ll be looking it up on the internet to see if you can read it for free—-but be careful!

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The New Yorker Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted on February 8, 2014 by booksandbuttons

Ah, I loved this puzzle!  And I was challenged by this puzzle. Here’s the box with the photo:

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National Jigsaw Puzzle Day! Jan 29

Posted on January 29, 2014 by booksandbuttons

Yes, it’s National Jigsaw Puzzle Day!  I hope you have the day off as I do . . . I have a pretty interesting puzzle going—one from the Dickens Museum House in London.  It shows little scenes from all his … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Posted on October 4, 2013 by booksandbuttons

Different.  And it almost works. Cora, a thirty-six year old woman from Wichita, Kansas, is asked to be a chaperone for Louise Brooks.  Louise is fifteen years old, a dance student, and wants to go to New York to study … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Casino Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine

Posted on September 11, 2013 by booksandbuttons

If all you want in a murder mystery is a bickering wealthy family, a ritzy casino, an anonymous letter, and lots of poisonings –all set in New York City—the casino’s on West 73rd—this one’s for you!

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Book Review: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Posted on August 15, 2013 by booksandbuttons

Why are you so successful at what you do? Can you think of any reasons why you might have had a lucky lift up along the way?  Someone you knew?  Where you went to school?  Because you did your homework? … Continue reading →

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Book Review: For Kings and Planets by Ethan Canin

Posted on August 12, 2013 by booksandbuttons

Well, I’m supposed to be reading Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell for book club on the 20th–8 days away–but I’ve found a couple of other books more enticing! One is this wonderful Ethan Canin book published in … Continue reading →

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