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For $80, Throw Caution to the Wind
What it’s like to go sky diving—indoors, in Yonkers By RALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 3, 2016 5:57 p.m. ET The question on the flight waiver for iFLY, an indoor sky-diving center that opened several weeks ago...
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A New Spin on Playing the Hits
Ralph Gardner Jr. gets a lesson in how to be a DJ in today’s music world ENLARGE A DJ controller at Foxgrove in Manhattan. PHOTO: JOHN TAGGART FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ByRALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 2,...
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Former Ad Man Carves Out a Niche in the Art World
A self-taught wood carver now whittles figures that are sold in galleries and collected by museums John Cross with one of his creations. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ByRALPH...
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Manhattan’s Wedding Central
As Valentine’s Day nears, a visit to the New York City Marriage Bureau Seth Kurke and Boni Thompson wait with their daughter Amara, for their turn in the chapel at the City Clerk’s Marriage Bureau on...
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Jury Duty Was Fun
Going to the courthouse every day presented the chance to eat lots of good food and to learn a little about the justice system ENLARGE Centre Street, with its fair share of courthouses and government...
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The Museum of Sex Demotes the X
With help from Base Design, the Manhattan institution is updating its branding ENLARGE Min Lew and Geoff Cook, partners in Base Design, which is revamping marketing for the Museum of Sex. PHOTO: RALPH...
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More Women Build Careers in Construction
Ralph Gardner Jr. finds out why more women are donning the hard hats By RALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 16, 2016 6:26 p.m. ET Xiaojie Cui, an assistant project manager with Plaza Construction, a...
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A Gallery Visit Is All Over the Maps
At Manhattan’s Arader Galleries, historical cartography that grabs the eye Rare maps at Arader Galleries in Manhattan. PHOTO: JOHN TAGGART FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 17,...
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Whipping Up a Sweet Homage to an Old Upper West Side Bakery
Breads Bakery offers the Concord Cake, a specialty of Soutine The Concord Cake at Breads Bakery. PHOTO: KEVIN HAGEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 21, 2016 8:46 p.m. ET 2...
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Lawyer and Avid Collector to Sell Some of His Judaica
Items that Alan Dershowitz acquired over many years will go on the block March 1 By RALPH GARDNER JR. Feb. 22, 2016 6:02 p.m. ET ENLARGE Alan Dershowitz with ‘Portrait of a young girl,’ by Emmanuel...
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Learning by Doing at the Children’s Museum
Ralph Gardner Jr. gets a taste of Muslim cultures from around the world ENLARGE A stop on the Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s new exhibit, ‘America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far.’ PHOTO:...
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Organ Donors Give the Gift of Life
Organ transplants save lives, but New York state lags the nation in percentage of residents who are donors Cathy Murphy in January. She received a liver transplant in November from a man who was 93...
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Unusual Gifts You Didn’t Know You Needed
Ralph Gardner Jr. checks out restored Imperial Japanese Navy binoculars and other ‘sporting antiques’ at Nicholas Brawer, a shop on East 72nd Street Nicholas Brawer, in his Upper East Side shop, holds...
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Traffic Tickets From Afar Follow You Home
Ralph Gardner Jr. finds out the hard way that you can’t outrun traffic and parking tickets incurred far from home A parking ticket in London. PHOTO: YUI MOK/ZUMA PRESS ByRALPH GARDNER JR. March 1,...
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Theater Group Is Tonic for Our Times
Ralph Gardner Jr. sees a need for the Blue Hill Troupe’s coming performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’ Members of the the Blue Hill Troupe practice a song and dance during a rehearsal of...
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Bird Watcher Takes Hobby to New Heights
The tale of a man who went to Ethiopia in hopes of spotting the rare bird Nechisar Nightjar Vernon Head, shown in Central Park, spotted a rare bird in Ethiopia PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET...
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He’ll Have the Kibble
In New York City, Fido gets a seat at the table ENLARGE Enough with this. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES By RALPH GARDNER JR. March 20, 2016 9:08 p.m. ET Many years ago my cousin George and I visited a...
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Where Talking in the Library Is OK
Jessica Strand, host of the New York Public Library’s ‘Books at Noon’ program, knows her subjects Author Dana Spiotta, left, is interviewed by Jessica Strand, host of ‘Books at Noon,’ at the New York...
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The Price of a Personal Crest
It’s more than you might think Smythson calligrapher Barry Morentz. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR. March 22, 2016 7:35 p.m. ET Smythson, a luxury stationery and...
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A Little Taste of Senegal
Ralph Gardner Jr. goes on a culinary adventure in Harlem Café Boulud’s executive chef, Aaron Bludorn, left, and general manager Cherif Mbodji enjoy traditional Senegalese lamb stew at Pikine...
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