Cover of “The Matchmaker’s Gift.” Photo via Amazon.com Have You Met Your Match? You don’t have to be Jewish to appreciate “The Matchmaker’s Gift,” you just have to have a grandmother you love and admire.... Voices 06 Oct 2022 | 11:07
Vintage school desk/chair found in the East Village circa 1994. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Second Hand Can be First Rate “What, are we poor?” my new-ish husband Neil yelled with a look of distress as he referenced a rolling desk chair I’d found... Voices 14 Sep 2022 | 02:02
“Partner Track” associates one-up and backstab along with their aspiring and impeccably dressed colleagues. Photo: Netflix A 2022 Office Series with a 1980s Work Ethic I feel young again. Not because my hair is once again growing in brown or my skin has reverted to dewy, but because I discovered... News 31 Aug 2022 | 03:36
From “The Gilded Age.” Photo: Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO Manhattan vs. The Great Outdoors: No Contest I want my horses pulling pretty carriages around Central Park, my tea served by a lady’s maid, and my bespoke dresses in... Voices 25 Feb 2022 | 11:55
Julia Turner as Anna Delvey in “Inventing Anna.” Photo: David Giesbrecht/Netflix ‘Inventing Anna’: Enough Blame to Go Around I’m Team “Anna.” I refer not to Anna Delvey aka Sorokin, the faux heiress who got over on NYC’s upper crust and financial... Voices 12 Feb 2022 | 09:50
Empty storefronts on Madison Avenue. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Adjusting to 2022 NYC Sometimes I don’t know what to do with myself, something that someone from New York City is not supposed to feel. This is... Voices 01 Feb 2022 | 01:05
From “And Just Like That ...” Photo courtesy of HBO Max ‘AJLT’ and the Aspiration Factor “And Just Like That ...” I became the only person in NYC not quite as excited about the “Sex And The City” reboot as (according... News 02 Dec 2021 | 03:29
Photo via Amazon.com From Alaska to the Apple For a smart, savvy, streetwise native, I can be quite oblivious about what it really takes to move to NYC from another state... Voices 03 Aug 2021 | 11:21
Photo via Amazon.com When Friends are the Real ‘Devil’ June 30 marks the 15-year anniversary of the movie for which many such as myself can recite dialogue along with the characters.... Voices 09 Jun 2021 | 11:18
Photo courtesy of Bravo. The Return of RHONY “You’re a ho, you’re a ho, you’re a ho.” Who else could the comments be referencing but “The Real Housewives of New York”... Voices 31 Mar 2021 | 09:43
Photo via Amazon.com On Grudge-Holding and Forgiveness In an effort to begin 2021 anew, I want “Let it go” to be my theme song, because for me, grudge-holding is an Olympic event... Voices 18 Jan 2021 | 11:22
Times Square, April 2020. Photo: Hrag Vartanian, via Flickr Figures of City Speech Thanks to COVID-19, there are some New York-centric references that just no longer apply. Some can be shelved temporarily,... Voices 15 Dec 2020 | 04:03
Photo: BravoTV ‘Odd Mom Out’: A Pandemic View Let’s binge-watch like it’s 2015. “Odd Mom Out,” aka the UES-skewering Jill Weber (Jill Kargman) is back, this time on the... Voices 25 Nov 2020 | 02:03
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in “The Undoing.” Photo: HBO “The Undoing”: Another Reason For People To Hate NYC Political differences may be tearing the country apart but nothing brings Americans together like getting a hate bag on for... Home 05 Nov 2020 | 01:22
The author (right) with her daughter. Photo courtesy of Lorraine Duffy Merkl Boomer Mom vs. the Modern Office Even with 40 years as a New York City professional, I cannot help my 23-year-old daughter Meg, who’s recently gone back to... Voices 30 Oct 2020 | 09:54
