Karen's Quirky New York

February 21, 2026 Sidewalk Sass

January 25, 2026 Whirling at Wollman

December 28, 2025 Sandwich Sleuth

Times Square

Happy Hooker

February 1, 2023

Love for sale? Last August, I learned the sad news that the Meatpacking District’s last remaining “short stay” hotel, the Liberty Inn was up for sale. I hadn’t been aware of the inn, though I’d walked past it many times, but I was devastated that Manhattan was losing another tree in the garden that gave […]

Billy Goat on Bleecker

May 1, 2020

Dear reader, I hope that you and your loved ones (both skinny and furry) are home safe, and enjoying some close time together, catching up on some of those things you’ve been meaning to do. This home time is a time for reflection, and a pause to look at the changes in NYC. This is […]