tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post6273916717568080594..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: No Thrills AllowedOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43731106915938228602012-08-16T03:18:42.404-04:002012-08-16T03:18:42.404-04:00Tim: Your books are all over Barnes and Noble in ...Tim: Your books are all over Barnes and Noble in Greenwich Village.<br /><br />Walked in today and saw some hardcovers in good spots with your name on them.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4359474684831051212012-08-12T22:55:13.649-04:002012-08-12T22:55:13.649-04:00Annamaria, yes, you can quote me.
I love New York...Annamaria, yes, you can quote me.<br /><br />I love New York and will be so sad at Partners and Crime closing.<br /><br />I'll send you an email when I surface from crazed deadlines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77865677649517231742012-08-12T19:35:33.574-04:002012-08-12T19:35:33.574-04:00Awwww . . . New Yorkers are so sensitive. I had a...Awwww . . . New Yorkers are so sensitive. I had an apartment there for a couple of decades and spent about a third of my time there, so it's not like I've never spent time in the city. I actually like quite a bit of it, although, if I had a year left and could choose only two cities to spend it in, they'd be Bangkok and Los Angeles. (I'll refrain from responding to the slaps at LA.) New York is fine, in areas, but I'll stand by my opinion that there are substantial stretches of blight, too. And why not? L.A. has them, Bangkok has them, London has them -- all great cities have them.<br /><br />I personally find Bloomberg to be almost comically intrusive, but I see it as part of a larger problem. When mothers are no longer allowed to send their kids to school with a home-prepared lunch (as they are not in some areas of the country), I have to ask myself where is spelled out the power that allows governments to tell us what we can and can't put into our mouths. In an age of school underfunding, we have governments that have forbidden bake sales. It seems to me that we have every right in the world to shorten our lives if we want to, especially since studies actually show that smokers, for example, actually save the government money because they die too soon to collect SS, and rarely get old enough to need longterm intensive care. Of course, I think drugs should be legal, too. Let Darwinian mechanics go to work; in the long run, taxes on drugs will give politicians more money to spend and their availability might also increase the average IQ of the general population.<br /><br />No, Lil, it's all imaginary. Not to say it will remain imaginary, though.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78212938750571565392012-08-12T17:47:50.418-04:002012-08-12T17:47:50.418-04:00Is there a kernel of truth to this piece? Intrusiv...Is there a kernel of truth to this piece? Intrusive government is one thing that Bloomberg seems to have perfected, so nothing would surprise me. I can't begin to tell you how many times reading has saved me, so this really scary if true-What am I saying ?!? Tell me it's just your great sense of humor, please.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79231961366065533332012-08-12T17:38:01.027-04:002012-08-12T17:38:01.027-04:00Having lived in the East Village in the 80s, 90s, ...Having lived in the East Village in the 80s, 90s, and 00s, I can attest to finding people on your doorstep, Kathy.:) Usually as I returned home from my bar-restaurant on East First Street, the inimitable Chez Essaada. Ahh, memories of those Manhattan years before the "termination" of Rent Stabilization drove the creative young and their eclectic energies out of Manhattan to (ever diminishing) affordable housing across the bridges and tunnels.<br /><br />And, Annamaria and Kathy, I should join your P&C support group. The closing of Partners & Crime is an event I've not yet fully absorbed. Maggie Topkis (owner) sent me a note that my event for October 2 had to cancel. To me, P&C had become far more than simply a venue for my NYC signings, it was home for an annual reunion of nearly a hundred friends from disparate parts of my NY past. I have not yet decide how, where, or if to replace it. I shall miss you, P&C.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-39763946028719344582012-08-12T13:35:19.106-04:002012-08-12T13:35:19.106-04:00K, we need to cry into a beer together over P&...K, we need to cry into a beer together over P&C. Let's meet. I am at annamaria@annamariaalfieri.com BTW, you inspire me. I met a woman on my doorstep who helped me research my next book--"Blood Tango," which will be out next spring. I am going to write a blog about that. Can I quote your comment above in the process?Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66812760522434661862012-08-12T13:11:01.923-04:002012-08-12T13:11:01.923-04:00Right on, Annamaria!
The Big Apple is my city and...Right on, Annamaria!<br /><br />The Big Apple is my city and I love it! Would not live anywhere else -- actually, I have but I've always come back and been here for decades.<br /><br />Where else can you call a coffee shop and have food delivered 24/7? Where else can you walk 50 feet and run into people from all over the world almost at your doorstep? Where else can you be amid beautiful foliage and ponds in a five-minute walk from world-famous museums? Or a short subway ride to beaches? Or have accessibility to the entire city's library collection by request?<br /><br />Not to mention the people -- meet wonderful folks all of the time, cab drivers from many countries who are so interesting.<br /><br />Anyway, it's my city and I claim it. But the administration, not so much.<br /><br />And the saddest development: Noted mystery bookstore Partners and Crime is closing. That is something to mourn.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9953880771576620012012-08-12T11:03:53.167-04:002012-08-12T11:03:53.167-04:00Jeff, Mayor Mike to the contrary notwithstanding, ...Jeff, Mayor Mike to the contrary notwithstanding, come home. And please meet me for a coffee when you do.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36822967132641105472012-08-12T11:01:10.708-04:002012-08-12T11:01:10.708-04:00Tim, you can't throw enough barbs at Mayor Mik...Tim, you can't throw enough barbs at Mayor Mike to satisfy me. His behavior as NYC's INTRUSIVE MOMMY deserves all your stings. I do take COMPLETE EXCEPTION, not to say UMBRAGE, however at your characterization of my beloved city. You say: "even though there are large areas of New York City in which even a relatively short life can feel very, very long." Are there places here where people are sometimes terrified? Sure. But large areas? Certainly not! I know that you Californians have trouble understanding the difference because you have no such places there. Your state is all golden hills and three-car garages, while New York actually has some grime here and there. But really, honey, New York is not the city you see in the cop shows on TV. Those are fiction, written by screenwriter guys (and I am being gender specific here). Most of them live in LA.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15641644134661594752012-08-12T03:05:09.420-04:002012-08-12T03:05:09.420-04:00I'm supposed to return to NYC in two weeks. T...I'm supposed to return to NYC in two weeks. Thank you for reminding me why I should miss my plane and remain where the "S" remains firmly fixed about the "M" [meaning, of course, Sexy Mykonos].Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72355344919544698142012-08-12T02:27:42.916-04:002012-08-12T02:27:42.916-04:00Great! I'm sure if Bloomberg could regulate t...Great! I'm sure if Bloomberg could regulate thriller watching or reading, he would do so. He loves to think of intrusive legislation, including making it harder for unemployed and poor people to get food assistance or to get housing. <br /><br />But I'm with Tom Wolfe and Willa Cather here. Freedom to read and watch all the scariest books and movies possible -- and stay up all night, with the lights blazing.kathy d.noreply@blogger.com