very important to have a grocery store, a bank, a post office, drug store and a hardware store all close to your new home. well, for me, it's important. i'm lucky to have a fairly large grocery s...

I had a pizza party recently. Instead of making the dough from scratch, I stopped by my favorite pizza joint and bought a few loaves of dough. This way, we only had to come up with creative toppi...

I'm on Weight Watchers, so a scale is part of my basic stand-by's in the kitchen.

I disagree with the rude employees. I've been shopping at Sid's since 1997. They have been extremely helpful in helping me get what I need for the projects I do in my apartment. Th...

I can get goat in my brooklyn neighborhood. I made some curry goat one time, and it was a huge success with my dinner guests. many of which NEVER ate goat before.

For a landlord to officially evict someone, it's a long, tedious, and costly process. If theya re going to evict you, the courts are involved. It could take three months. If they won't take your...

I just did this last weekend!!! My armoir that I bought from Target was wobbling and was ready to retire. I kept both doors and bought legs at Ikea. I'm currently using one that is a cherry colo...

thanks, faith. I believe it WAS popped sorghum.

I was watching an episode of "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" last week. Because I caught the episode in the middle and only saw one tiny segment, I'm not sure where he was...Africa, I think. ...

I grew up 25 miles south of Modesto, California, in Merced and went to college in Fresno. I can safely say that many of the San Joaquin Valley towns are miserable. The unemployment rate is high, ...

This may sound silly, but I fall alseep to Nick-at-Nite or TV Land. The old tv shows reminds me of when I was a kid and went to bed early hearing those tv shows in the living room, on the other si...

That picture looks just like my old brooklyn apartment. I found a terrific bookshlf unit from gothic cabinet that fit perfectly in that space. and with pictures display on top of the unit, you wo...

For sox and underwear I use the wooden folding drying rack. For shirts, I put them on hangers and hang them on the shower rod in the bathroom. With the fabric softener I use in the wash, the hang...

since 1990, when i moved to nyc, i have lived in 9 different apartments. in the last 5 years, i have moved 3 times. i'm through with moving for a while. i just signed a two-year lease.

I lived in an UWS apartment building on the 16th floor. the elevator was broken regularly. It was great exercise going up and down 16 flights. Luckily, I lasted only 2 months. My current residen...

This is a New York City Question. I would like to prepare a tofu-turkey dinner for turkey day. Where in NYC (specifically Brooklyn, if possible) can I find good quality tofu or tofurkey?

If buying a 40-pack of toilet tissue for $9.99, when it's usually $3.49 for a 4-pack bunker mentality, call me guilty. But I actually call it economical.

It's very "Midnight Express."

My mom used to make banana nut bread with walnuts. It was great for breakfast, toasted with butter!!!

What took so long!? When I lived in Hamburg, Germany in 1993, grocery stores were charging ten cents (or the German equivalent) per bag. I made sure to bring a tote after that. Plus, I've notice...