Tommy Karr

Category: NYC

  • There’s a hurricane a’comin’!

    Well NYC… here it comes. Hurricane Irene is heading our way and the city is on high alert.  There is a mandatory evacuation for all residents living in Zone A, sandbags are being lined up along parts of Staten Island, Queens and Wall Street, and stores are being emptied of paper products and emergency supplies.…

  • The Captains (Part 2)

    My friend Mike emailed me about a week ago with information about a free screening for William Shatner’s documentary The Captains.  He is upstate stage managing Cooking With The Calamari Sisters: Mangia Italiana with our friends Steve and Jay so he couldn’t go.  But when I mentioned it to Quincy she froke out.  “WHAT TIME ARE…

  • The Captains (Part 1)

    This is just a sneak peek at the hilarity that Quincy and I had at last nights screening of William Shatner’s “The Captains” on the deck of the Intrepid. Full details on the ridiculousness to come shortly.

  • TDF’s Young Patrons Theatre Trivia Night at Hurley’s

    Marie Osmond, Elaine Paige, Sandy Duncan, and Betty White have all played the female lead in what classic 1950’s musical? This was just a taste of the trivia competition that so engrossed nearly 40 players last night at Hurley’s for the inaugural event of the Young Patrons Committee (YPC) at Theatre Development Fund. The recently formed…

  • The Park on 10th: A Dining Disaster

    Last night I had planned to enjoy a quiet dinner at the Park on 10th Avenue with a few friends to celebrate my steady crawl towards 40 (still a few years to go). Instead of a pleasant dining experience we suffered the most unimaginably poor service I have ever been inflicted with in my 36…

  • Marriage Equality, Star Trek and Bad Service… oh my!

    Friday marked a momentous day for New Yorkers (and I’d bet most open-minded Americans) when the state senate approved the Marriage Equality Bill and Governor Cuomo wasted NO TIME in signing it that evening. I couldn’t be more proud of my state.  Now, let’s hope that the rest of the country falls in line with…

  • Contact Your Senator! NY Marriage Equality NOW!

    I have called and just sent another email to Senator Espaillat (see below).  Things will only if we, along with supportive organizations like Broadway Impact, HRC’s New Yorkers for Marriage Equality, Marriage Equality USA, Freedom to Marry and others, repeatedly ask our government officials to MAKE it happen. If you are a New Yorker please…

  • Lost in Translation at the Dunkin’ Donuts

    Today, after a quick run at the gym during my lunch hour, I stopped in Dunkin’ Donuts for a large iced tea (it was blazing hot on the streets of NYC and it was a chilled beverage or heat stroke). The line was long but it usually moves quickly and when one of the 14…

  • Manhattanhenge 2011 (a.k.a. What happened to the cool moment?)

    Tonight at 8:17pm I propped against the railing of the Pershing Square overpass on East 42nd Street under the looming face of Grand Central Terminal.  With iPhone in hand I prepared to capture a stunning photo of Manhattanhenge  – one of two days when the sunset falls in line with several streets of Manhattan, mimicking the precision…

  • Intrepid Adventures – Memorial Day 2011

    Yesterday I was a maritime anthropologist.  We’ll assume I’m using that title correctly and move on.  Friends came to NYC for a visit and, thanks to a little extra cash from selling my bike (see previous post) I had the bonus fun bucks to go on a little exploratory adventure with them to the Intrepid…