Treats in Transit – Jackson Heights
When emerging from the Roosevelt Avenue/Jackson Heights subway station, the first thing you notice is the aroma. The whole neighborhood smells like dinner. Like Sunday dinner. Like Sunday dinner at...
View ArticleJourneys Outside the Comfort Zone: Fear
Thanks for checking out the first entry in my monthly series “Journeys Outside the Comfort Zone.” I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. See you next month! - Tom H.
View ArticleIntersections
My husband and I were musing the other night over the many colorful landlords and apartment superintendents we had during our twelve years living in New York City. From the one who would open the door...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – Hell’s Kitchen
For this month’s blog, I’ve decided to feature not a new found pleasure, but one of my old favorites. Back in 2002 I was the Administrative Director for the WorkShop Theater Company and our company,...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – England and France
The purpose of Treats in Transit is to locate hidden culinary treasures in the far flung corners of our great City for the traveling educators and artists who traverse the five boroughs. Sometimes our...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – Harlem
I love back to school. To me it’s always felt like the true new year. The crisp evenings, the harvest festivals, a new academic session, and my birthday! This year was no exception. I had the pleasure...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – Manna from Heaven
Wikipedia defines Manna as: Manna (Hebrew: מָן) or al-Mann wa al-Salwa (Arabic: المَنّ و السلوى, Kurdish: gezo, Persian: گزانگبین), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is an edible substance...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – Poughkeepsie in the House
Poughkeepsie, NY was purchased from Native Americans by Robert Sanders and Myndert Harmense Van Den Bogaerdt in 1686. The City of Poughkeepsie was chartered in 1854 and Vassar College was founded in...
View ArticleA Walking Meditation
To my friend, Jeremy, I am sorry to disappoint you… I still have not really learned how to ride a bike. It was not from a lack of desire, or even a bike, since the inaugural Citibike station still...
View ArticleLiquid Lunch
Bronx In-Class Enrichment in the morning, Brooklyn Drama Club in the afternoon, and a parent workshop in East Harlem at night could easily describe a day in the life of a Leadership Trainer. With all...
View ArticleTreats in Transit – Flushing
One year ago tomorrow, a bowl of noodles saved my life. I have a school in Flushing, Queens, a 15 minute walk from the last stop on the 7 Train. Every time I go to this school it rains. Every time....
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