The quote heading this piece is one that has been floating around throughout this long, dark annus horribilis that we find ourselves in--and for a while it thoroughly irked me. It seemed insensitive at best, gratingly, head-in-the-sand optimistic at...

  "Christmas Isn’t Coming This Year," is a 1966 cult classic film directed by actor, Rossano Brazzi, starring Paul Tripp (also the scriptwriter). The beloved Tripp was the host of “Birthday House,” a kid’s show where you could have your...

I’ve always been one to do ALL of her shopping online. There’s just something vastly appealing about the ability to get my errands done in a timely fashion while still donning my fuzzy slippers, watching the latest episode of House and sipping...

She hung above the pavement like a goddess. She seamless floated magically into the night. She was a Spider Woman. It was Halloween on Fifth Avenue. There was not a trick-or-treater on the street.   Some retailer’s actually understand...

It’s the time of the year when many retailers start hiring their holiday help. It used to be Christmas help, but now it’s just generic, politically correct, “holiday help.” God bless retailers everyone. Even with sales projections down by...