Your Healthy Dose of New York History

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And Just Like that...we're Back in the Chaos of the 1800s ^ if you think New York in July smells foul now, just imagine horses everywhere, zero hygiene, so much wool... Reflecting back in time is disorienting because while 2003 feels like it couldn't have been more than 10 years ago, somehow two decades have slipped by. Conversely, the … [Read more...]

This Month’s Google Deep Dive

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Titanic Conspiracy Theories: My Favorite Three Little Words ^ And just like that, we're back to the movie that seems to constantly fill up any empty void in my mind and I wonder why I have palpable anxiety For those of you who are not at the receiving end of a deprecating weekly screen time report from our judgmental friends at Apple … [Read more...]

RealEstateSnacks

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Digestible Real Estate News We're keeping this recurring piece to do a bit more for those genuinely interested in New York real estate and give my LinkedIn designation a little luster, enjoy some light real estate snacks so I can make this newsletter tax deductible. 1. We'll start this section off with some numbers: Only 9% of all … [Read more...]

What’s Rick Lawton Been up to?

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Making Patrons of Cape Cod's Dining Scene Question, "Is He He Hired Entertainment or Is He Just Casually Out in That..." If you say you're from the South, people will assume you're inherently charming, have a natural warmth about you, and you're as gosh darn agreeable as sweet tea on a hot day. If you say you're from California, you'll … [Read more...]

Something Literally No One Asked For

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A Caesar Salad Crawl Around Manhattan ^ Emotionally, I would say I'm mass-produced, full-fat-dairy-based caesar salad dressing being stored in an industrial sized plastic bag "A Case for Romaine: A Non-Academic Dissertation by Elizabeth Lawton" At one point in the not-so-distant past, romaine was king. It was like, just for us, God had … [Read more...]