The Bronx Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to join in the Hispanic Heritage Luncheon Thursday, September 22, hosted by the Tosca Marquee. Guests include New York State Senator Rubin Diaz Sr, Taxi and Limousine Commission Commissioner […]
As we celebrate Labor Day weekend and we signal the end of summer, we remind everyone to stay hydrated and drive carefully. We wish all those heading back to school a rewarding and productive school year.
Richard Wright (1908) Wright was an American author whose works helped redefine discussions of race in the mid-20th century. The grandson of slaves, he grew up in poverty in the American south. The fictionalized autobiography Black Boy vividly describes his […]
One likes to be respected as highly as his neighbors are. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)
rowlock Definition: (noun) A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Synonyms: thole, peg Usage: It was that dull kind of a regular sound that comes […]
Louis Bonaparte (1856) Sullivan is considered the father of modern American architecture. After working for several Chicago firms, he joined the office of Dankmar Adler in 1879, becoming Adler’s partner at age 24. Their 14-year association produced more than 100 […]
A man dies as often as he loses his friends. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
jalopy Definition: (noun) An old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile. Synonyms: heap Usage: The jalopy didn’t even make it to the junkyard, breaking into a thousand pieces as soon as we climbed inside.
Louis Bonaparte (1778) Louis was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of France. He accompanied Napoleon on the Italian campaign and was his aide-de-camp in Egypt. At Napoleon’s insistence, he married Hortense de Beauharnais, but the union […]
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
tractable Definition: (adjective) Easily managed or controlled; governable. Synonyms: manipulable Usage: I felt him become suddenly tractable again like an animal, like a good-tempered horse when the object that scares him is removed.
Join Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for a fun-filled Sunday at Battery Park as history is made with the canonization of Mother Teresa. The events commence officially at 4 a.m. where a celebratory mass will be simulcast from Rome at the Battery […]
Rocky Marciano (1923) Marciano turned to professional boxing in 1947, after failing to become a professional baseball player. On his climb to the heavyweight title, he became the second boxer ever to knock out Joe Louis. He won the title […]
There is peace, in so far as the absence of slaughter may be called by that name, but there is necessarily little harmony of tastes or pursuits. Edwin Abbott (1838-1926)
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