By Joan Klyhn Joan’s Shanghai is a memoir of a childhood in Shanghai in the ‘30’s and ’40s of the 20th century. I am primarily writing it for myself, extending it to my friends, and now to the many people who have shown themselves fascinated with this period in the past. Jai Alai: the world’s

By Roberta Russell Of those who have lovers, long-term marriages, and other trusting bonds, half will ultimately be abandoned—by chance or by intention. One partner either dies first (usually), or leaves the other. As the growing population ages, friends and family perish and depart. Life is a veil of tears. The Covid quarantine also separates

By Isa Covo I sit here, a bit perplexed by what has been happening recently in the country and abroad, so I made a list. It is probably incomplete, so perhaps you can help. There was: Afghanistan The diplomatic situation with our ally France The Recount The opposition to the For the People Act The

TO AUTUMN  Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel

While Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the Key to NYC vaccination mandate for indoor dining, entertainment and fitness would start on August 17th, enforcement did not begin until September 13th. Most Village restaurants are now asking for proof of vaccination, but Pasticceria Rocco at 243 Bleecker Street posted a defiant sign in their window

By Bruce Poli There are few people in Greenwich Village who actually embody its character. Promote it. Expand it and share the real Village history that tour guides and tourists love to stereotype with fiction (Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick, Dylan Thomas died at the White Horse Tavern).  There was no fake news,

 By Keith Michael  Inexplicably to me, most self-identifying birders are men, and there’s a tendency for those men to focus their binoculars and cameras on the flashier male birds. For the 2021 Audubon Photography Awards, a Female Bird Prize was added as a new category to help spread the love to the ladies.  Birds, and

New York City is Not Paris Dear WV News, I’ve been following WestView’s coverage of the outdoor-dining conflict and I’ve been somewhat amused by the evocation of Paris as something the Village should emulate. But I’ve actually been doing it from Paris, where I recently moved after having been a West Villager for four decades. 

Mia Says: The path to wisdom is to edit and re-edit our thoughts. Photo by Dusty Berke.