Giving Back

District-3

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Issue #15: The Buzzer, the Bracket, and the Branch

Jun 12, 2026

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15 min read

Issue #15: The Buzzer, the Bracket, and the Branch

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who found the World Cup playing under a blue whale, knows Sunday's parade is coming for your crosstown bus, and started hoarding pennies the day they killed them. Always Knicks! Let's go.

Michelle Holt

Date Night

Issue #14: The Clutch, the Current, and the Coin

Jun 5, 2026

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16 min read

Issue #14: The Clutch, the Current, and the Coin

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who still has every penny in the change jar, just in case, knows the difference between a London plane and a Callery pear, and reads every Appellate Division ruling so you don't have to. PS: Today is National Donut Day. Krispy Kreme hands out a free donut (the closest brick-and-mortar is in Times Square at Broadway & 48th, but the UWS delivery is fast). Dunkin' gives one with any drink purchase. 😬 Bonus: NYC named the donut. Washington Irving wrote "dough-nut" down first in 1809, in his History of New York: "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat." We kept the name. Lost the hog's fat.

Michelle Holt

District-3

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Issue #13: The Sun, the Sweep, and the Zingone Bros Cat

May 29, 2026

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13 min read

Issue #13: The Sun, the Sweep, and the Zingone Bros Cat

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who mapped every sports bar on the west side, got you a private Raphael viewing before the museum opens, and reminds you the World Cup lottery closes tomorrow. Manhattanhenge, tonight, 8:13 PM. After that, we've got ballerinas, bobbleheads, and a $10,000 lightbulb the city still hasn't screwed in. Let's go. (Westward.)

Michelle Holt

Events

Issue #9: Twelve Million Dollars and a Restraining Order

May 1, 2026

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10 min read

Issue #9: Twelve Million Dollars and a Restraining Order

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who read the zoning documents so you don't have to, tracked down the real nationality of Winnie the Pooh, and is still processing a Knicks win whose score looked like a typo. It's May. The parks are open. The Trader Joe's won't be for long.

Michelle Holt

Giving Back

Issue #15: The Buzzer, the Bracket, and the Branch

Issue #14: The Clutch, the Current, and the Coin

Issue #13: The Sun, the Sweep, and the Zingone Bros Cat

Issue #9: Twelve Million Dollars and a Restraining Order

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