Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.
Two things. First, we could probably sit down and swap stories and each of us would hear at least one tale that was completely new to them.
Second, if you’re a New Yorker you’ll love this book. It’s about a man who owned a furniture store on 125th Street back in the 1960s through the '70s. He’s a hard working man, a loyal husband and a good father. All he wants to do is sell good merchandise at a reasonable price and take home a decent profit. The book is full of colorful characters and loads of great descritions of Harlem and the rest of the city, including Radio Row [which was demolished to make way for the World Trade Center]
There’s some criminal activity and a couple of murders, but those aren’t the main thing.
I took my wife & kids to NYC last summer as part of our family vacation. It’s just amazing to me how the city’s changed from the Ed Koch days. I mean, I lived there through Giuliani (back when he was relatively normal), I saw the evolution happen in real time, but it’s still kind of boggling to think back on it.
Two things. First, we could probably sit down and swap stories and each of us would hear at least one tale that was completely new to them.
Second, if you’re a New Yorker you’ll love this book. It’s about a man who owned a furniture store on 125th Street back in the 1960s through the '70s. He’s a hard working man, a loyal husband and a good father. All he wants to do is sell good merchandise at a reasonable price and take home a decent profit. The book is full of colorful characters and loads of great descritions of Harlem and the rest of the city, including Radio Row [which was demolished to make way for the World Trade Center]
There’s some criminal activity and a couple of murders, but those aren’t the main thing.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/harlem-shuffle-colson-whitehead/16311673?ean=9780525567271&next=t
Thanks, will check it out.
I took my wife & kids to NYC last summer as part of our family vacation. It’s just amazing to me how the city’s changed from the Ed Koch days. I mean, I lived there through Giuliani (back when he was relatively normal), I saw the evolution happen in real time, but it’s still kind of boggling to think back on it.
Old joke.
“If you don’t like Manhattan, come back in fifteen minutes. We’ll change it.”