1986 was a great year to be a New Yorker. The Statue of Liberty was turning 100 years old and that Fourth of July was set to be the best eve...

To say that many of my tastes were influenced by the tastes of my parents is to severely understate the obvious. I was a child raised by s...

I must have been somewhere between the ages of 3 and 4 the first time went to the Aqueduct Racetrack. It wasn't too far from the apartme...

As I have mentioned before, I was generally my mother's sidekick until I began school. My mom was never one to shirk responsibilities, a...

Before I was legitimately old enough to understand the true economic state of my family, I knew we were in no way rich. I knew by comparin...