I know both Sid's and Bruno's well. Great places, friendly staff and lots of fun things to shop for. Much more convenient than the super-huge Home Depot.

When mom made her jams and jellies every year, she sealed the jars with wax. a nice layer that we loved to pop out when we opened it for the first time.

so are crayfish considered part of the prawn family?

What a great memory. You weren't "cool" unless you ate astronaut food. Space Sticks and Tang! Thanks for this!

Just had a Nathan's dog last Sunday at Coney Island. Plain, savoring the flavor of the frank, along with a tall lemonade, as we walked the boardwalk. Later in the day, we got home to rootbear flo...

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...