Tag Archives: new york city

Made In The USA

September 11, 2023 – 2:58 pm

Written Sep 11, 2012 It’s been eleven years since 9/11. Last night I erected my own Twin Towers. They cost $4. Made in the USA. Drank in NYC.

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RAIN 9/10/2001 by Peter Nolan Smith

September 10, 2023 – 6:17 pm

September 10, 2001 was a rainy day in New York and the Weather Channel predicted precipitation throughout the afternoon. .3 inches humid and wet. I exited from my East 10th Street apartment at 9.13 and headed toward Velseka’s on 2nd Avenue. My breakfast of a bagel and coffee came to $2.11. I gave the waiter […]

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Orange Man Cometh to New York

April 4, 2023 – 2:31 pm

While several presidents have been executed by the shadow powers; Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, and JFK, none of been arrested for criminal behavior until today when Donald Trump will be arraigned in New York City for having his Michael Cohen pay $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, an adult-entertainment actress, to quash her outing their 2006 one-night […]

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AUGUST 11, 1978- JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE II

August 11, 2021 – 8:11 pm

This morning I woke twenty-one cents in my pocket and my heads hurting from too much alcohol. I thought I had a couple of dollars more. There was nothing. We only have eggs, bread, and butter in the refrigerator. Alice cries about our poverty. “I don’t know what I am doing here.” You’re working and […]

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IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA – Chapter 2 By Peter Nolan Smith

August 7, 2021 – 5:19 am

Two weeks after Labor Day the Continental opened its door without a liquor license. Limos lined West 25th Street well past dawn, as models, actresses, and strippers danced with abandon to the city’s best DJs. Movie stars snorted coke with two-bit dealers and national politicians seduced Amazonian TVs on pop-art sofas. Few revelers cared about […]

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