You won’t Fuhgeddaboud being good this Christmas. You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now there’s Guido on a Ledge — a plush doll decked out in a wife-beater tank, shades, slides, sporting facial — and chest — hair, and wearing a good-luck horn. Creator Christine Fiscardi Lentinello, a Red Hook, Brooklyn native who now lives in … Read more
Dukes up for a bridge-and-tunnel battle. Perhaps unsurprising to many, tropical paradise Hawaii has been crowned the friendliest state in America, according to a recent study. But in a head-tilting move, New York was deemed the third-friendliest behind second-place finisher … New Jersey? “I’ve never met anyone nice from New Jersey,” Keith Toliver, 74, pointedly … Read more
Mo’ money, mo’ problems — and New Yorkers are at a tipping point. Coughing up an extra few bucks for a job well done to a waiter, taxi or Uber driver, or even a speedy delivery person isn’t a big deal to most folks. In fact, many feel compelled to leave a little something extra for service-industry … Read more