Kaili Boyd

A Tartan Christmas is a holiday fair sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church of New York in the West Village. The fair began in the early 90s as a way to raise money to restore the church garden after it was demolished during reconstruction of the sanctuary. Initially the fair was held in the 12th Street Church House and as success dictated, it was moved to the larger south wing of the church. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to charity. The three charities chosen for this year include a camp for autistic children, a program that helps free wrongly convicted felons through DNA testing, and a program that helps support grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Approximately $40,000 dollars is raised each year for the selected charities.

Thousands of voters and spectators flocked to 42^nd Street and Seventh Avenue to watch the election returns Tuesday night on Time Square.  It was a scene similar to New Years Eve or the night the NY Giants won the Super Bowl.  New Yorkers and tourists alike snapped pictures and video to mark the occasion – the night that an African American would become the 44^th President of the United States

So many people turned up to watch the big screens on time square that police set up barricades on Seventh Avenue, to prevent on-lookers from walking into traffic while they took photographs. 

Even in the early hours of the presidential watch, crowds would cheer as more results came in and Barack Obama’s numbers increased.  As the numbers steadily rose, more people came out to watch history in the making.

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With all of the craziness going on with the economy right now, I decided I would find out what people in my manhattan neighborhood were thinking….

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Carol Holub

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Catherine Munroe

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Retired Police Officer

So I had a not so Genius thought about how to use this thing. In a minute I’m going to start posting my craft stories every week so that my friends and fam can actually see what I’m getting out of my graduate education. It will usually be updated by thursday-ish that’s when I’m supposed to have my post in for class. Look for this in the coming weeks… now on to this weeks rant.

My last story was an eye opener for me. I was sent to the Bronx to cover a story about a group of tenants in a 43 unit building that are fighting to get some serious repairs done in there building. If all else fails they want the courts to appoint a third party administrator to take over the building – which they have the right to ask for in court as long a at least 1/3 of building agrees to it. But we’re talking mold so bad it turns the walls black, not having a working stove for 2 years, not having a working refrigerator for six months. Collapsed ceilings from leaks, rats, roaches, etc. And I thought I had it bad. I will be remembering my comrades in the Bronx when I go to housing court on Monday.