A Walgreens representative contacted me by email stating that I must have misunderstood the pharmacist; that Walgreens does NOT flush their outdated/unused medications. Instead, they return them to the pharmaceutical companies for disposal. I responded that flushing may not be Walgreens policy, but that is exactly was I was told over the phone. No response [...]

I’m trying to find out how to dispose of unused medication. Many sites mentioned calling my local pharmacy to see what to do. So I called Walgreens, where I had the prescription filled. Their response? Flush it down the toilet. When I told them that solution is bad for the environment, I was informed that [...]

I’ve been looking at my evening schedule for this week and I have to make some difficult decisions. It appears that there are great FREE events happening all over Manhattan Tuesday through Sunday, but I can’t go to them all. For instance, Saturday night I have the option to see Minnie Driver perform from her [...]

The weather has been very kind to NYC this weekend and I took advantage of it. My goal was to hit as many bookstores dessert places as possible while using no form of transportation other than my feet. I’m happy to report my success! Desserts: Fat Witch Bakery: original FatWitch (brownie) Eleni’s Cookies: red velvet [...]

The Millions wrote a post yesterday about independent bookstores in New York City entitled Islands in the Stream: A Walking Tour of New York’s Independent Booksellers. I may just have to take this walking tour! It includes two of my favorite bookstores: St. Mark’s Bookshop and Housing Works. I believe his first stop, Gotham Book [...]

Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir by Anatole Broyard Date: Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:30 PM Location: Rapture Cafe & Books

My book group read Leviathan by Paul Auster for the meeting last Tuesday. We had a great time (alcohol was involved) and a wonderful discussion on the novel. The conversation was so good that I don’t want to tarnish it with an review. Everyone liked the book and my nerdy “fun facts” came in handy [...]

How do you select movies for your Netflix queue? For such a long time, I would throw anything on my wish list; I can always take it off later. But then I started getting really BAD movies. I’m talking about films that I turn off less than 15 minutes into it. So I’ve come up [...]

The three-day weekend is coming to an end. How did I spend it? Well, mostly sleeping. Last night I slept for over 12 hours. That’s just crazy. Our friend Ben came up for the weekend and we went to Westville East for breakfast this morning. Now I’m watching the piece on John McCain on 60 [...]

As an addictive list-maker myself, I was looking forward to reading Karen Rizzo’s book, “Things to Bring, S#!t to Do…and Other Inventories of Anxiety: My Life in Lists”. The lists are cute and funny at times – “Bring to the Beach” through the years, grocery lists, etc. But I never found the profound story that [...]