Nicer New York
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Thursday, August 26, 2010
Native Washingtonians feel a smug superiority to New York City.
It may be The Big Apple, seat of finance, fashion and the arts, but we’re the true corridor of power.
And we’re prettier, more polite and our streets don’t stink.
I’m not so sure about that middle element anymore, though.
I used to spend a week or two each summer with my Great-Aunts in New York. It was great fun, but however many the... READ MORE
Still Loads To Do
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, June 21, 2010
This profile of retiring octogenarian priest Fr. John Flynn is nice.
And in the New York Times, no less!
Makes a fitting (slightly belated) close to the Year of the Priest, I think.
Cupcake Truck Hits Streets of New York
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Yesterday I might have I heard some stuff about marriage in California and the president nominating someone to the Supreme Court ... I’m not sure.
You see, all the less important news stories drained quickly from my mind to make room for some real news when I stumbled upon this story:
Move over, Good Humor man. There’s a cupcake truck in town.
“This is a mobile city where everyone’s always on the... READ MORE
Rap Star
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This afternoon Archbishop Timothy Dolan was installed as the new Archbishop of New York.
That makes him arguably the most prominent Catholic in the United States.
Although the Archdiocese of Baltimore holds prerogative of place as the first See in the country, the bishop of New York catches the attention of our media, and heads the largest diocese in the country—depending on how we count.
And the... READ MORE
Archbishop of New York
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Yesterday we learned that Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Timothy Dolan to replace the retiring Cardinal Egan as the next archbishop of New York.
I thought you might enjoy “getting to know him.” This is a video (below the fold) of his first words to New Yorkers yesterday.
Well-loved because of his affable and optimistic nature, his flock in Milwaukee’s sorry to be losing him: he made them... READ MORE
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