New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

Philosophically, I don't like doing commercials.

A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.

Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here and there.

The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle.