Monthly Archives: March 2022

QUEEN OF THE PLAZA by Peter Nolan Smith

March 17, 2022 – 7:46 am

St. Patrick’s Day promised to be another disaster for the Retail Collection of the Plaza Hotel. Hordes of green-clad spectators streamed down the escalator into the basement. Their eyes averted the luxury goods on offer, as their destination was the hotel’s public bathroom. Within the first hour I had given directions to the toilet over […]

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Winter War II

March 9, 2022 – 11:55 am

The Russian incursion to the Ukraine aka Winter War II has stalled before several strong defensive positions held by the Kiev troops and Putin had better get it together, since after Monday the weather is predicted to be snow for five consecutive days. Armored tanks ran like mud tractors in the snow. A roadside ditch […]

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