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My Own Private Cinéma Vérité
Filmmaker Nick Davis is pioneering a very personalized form of documentary ENLARGE Filmmaker Nick Davis PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ByRALPH GARDNER JR. March 23, 2016 5:23 p.m. ET...
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The Malibu Diner’s Rare Hospitality
The eatery in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood is especially helpful to the blind Malibu Diner server Damian Hejmo cuts a meal for customer Sharon Lash. PHOTO:RALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By...
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Brooklyn Bridge Beckons—but Bring Comfortable Shoes
Ralph Gardner Jr. takes his first stroll above the East River span Ryan and Lisa McDaniel posed on the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR....
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Requiem for a Writer
Friends and family of the late Robert Bingham are remembering him this week ENLARGE The author’s family: mother Joan Bingham, widow Vanessa Lilly, and sister Clara Bingham. PHOTO: STEVE REMICH FOR...
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Spitters, Walking Zombies and Others Who Need to Be Stopped
Ralph Gardner Jr. has a few ideas for a public-service campaign The scourge of sidewalk gum. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/INGRAM PUBLISHING By RALPH GARDNER JR. April 12, 2016 6:00 a.m. ET A rare and wonderful...
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A Harvest Devoted to Sustaining New York City’s Hungry
City Harvest is a nonprofit that collects food donations for New Yorkers in need ENLARGE Driver Ron Maldonado, in red hairnet, loads baked goods onto the new truck. PHOTO:RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL...
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Community Spirit Lives in the Bowery
All are welcome at University Settlement’s Houston Street Center Judy Sarmento, left, and Deborah Lee volunteer at University Settlement’s Houston Street Center. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL...
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How to Order Breakfast and Not Be Disappointed
Ralph Gardner Jr. goes to a restaurant with breakfast-book author Lee Schrager ENLARGE Amitzur Mor, left, and Lee Schrager at the book launch party for “America’s Best Breakfasts,” which Mr. Schrager...
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Making the Case in Moot Court
The Columbia Law School students impressed a roomful of observers—and Justice Samuel Alito ENLARGE Judge José A. Cabranes, Justice Samuel Alito, center, and Judge Cheryl Ann Krause listen to...
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At 34, a Facebook Elder Statesman
You can thank Soleio Cuervo for the ‘Like’ button ENLARGE Soleio Cuervo, designer of Facebook’s ‘Like’ button, at the company’s New York offices. PHOTO: ANDREW LAMBERSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By...
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To Be, or Not to Be—a Writer, That Is
Salman Rushdie talks Shakespeare while teaching a class for exceptional high-school writing students ENLARGE Author Salman Rushdie in October 2015. PHOTO: ELOY ALSONSO/REUTERS By RALPH GARDNER JR....
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A Timely Gut Check
At the American Museum of Natural History, meet your microbiome Helicobacter pylori, one of the one of the few bacteria that can thrive in the human stomach. PHOTO: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY...
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The Internet of Old Things
It’s a good way to shed light on family antiques A 1910 children’s coloring book, one of several antiques the Internet helped shed light on. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR. By RALPH GARDNER JR. May 1, 2016...
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Lesley Stahl Reports on Grandparenting
The ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent has a new book, ‘Becoming Grandma’ ENLARGE Lesley Stahl points to a photo in her new book ‘Becoming Grandma.’ PHOTO: TALPH GARDNER/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH...
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A Lesson in Cheese
There’s a difference between mozzarella di Bufala and the conventional type ENLARGE Raimondo Boggia, chief executive of Obicà LLC, describes the preparation of mozzarella di Bufala at Obicà restaurant...
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A Brooklyn company brings some fun to the classroom ENLARGE Students at P.S. 58 in Brooklyn participating in a Flocabulary ‘fill in the blank’ exercise. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL STREET JOURNAL...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes With ‘Hamilton’ Set Designer David Korins
Ralph Gardner Jr. gets the backstory on how the set design came together for the hit musical ENLARGE David Korins, set designer for the ‘Hamilton’ musical, at his Manhattan office. PHOTO: AGATON STROM...
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This Dad Is Really Going to Miss College: A daughter’s graduation from an...
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Both of the columnist’s daughters attended the liberal arts school; the younger one graduated last week. PHOTO: FLICKRVISION By RALPH GARDNER JR. May 25, 2016 8:47...
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Stamp Collecting’s Last City Bastion
Champion Stamp is the city’s sole remaining street-level shop for the hobby ENLARGE Bruce Hecht of Champion Stamp examines an album given to the author’s mother in 1932. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR. By...
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Where Burgers, ‘Bling’ and Old Elms Align The charms of Madison Square Park ENLARGE In the heart of Manhattan’s Flatiron District, Madison Square Park’s leafy canopy is its calling card. The...
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