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Issue #18: Bananas, Blue Angels, and the Big 2-5-0

Jul 3, 2026

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Issue #18: Bananas, Blue Angels, and the Big 2-5-0

Good afternoon, West Siders. We're the neighbor who can tell you where to watch the World Cup indoors, where to survive the heat with the littles, how to crack the code for getting a wheelchair into a Broadway show, and exactly where our own council member is celebrating the Fourth this weekend. Half the building's gone upstate for the weekend, and everyone still here is negotiating with a single window unit under a 100-degree sky. So we packed it full and draped it in red, white, and blue, because the country turns 250 on Saturday and the tall ships are sailing straight past Riverside to make sure you know it. Pour something cold. We did the running around so you don't have to. Let's Go!

Michelle Holt
Michelle Holt

Events

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Issue #17: Caps, Gowns, and a Handbag at the Guggenheim

Jun 26, 2026

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14 min read

Issue #17: Caps, Gowns, and a Handbag at the Guggenheim

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows which of the five Greenmarkets has the best peaches, passed the tissues to the graduates, read your Citi Bike receipts, and pre-ordered the championship handbag, obviously. Gowns off, summer on! Let's go!

Michelle Holt
Michelle Holt

Community

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Issue #16: A Title, a Tribute, and a Woman in a Brown Dress

Jun 19, 2026

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14 min read

Issue #16: A Title, a Tribute, and a Woman in a Brown Dress

Good evening, West Siders. We're the neighbor who likes a weekend with some weight to it: a little history, a lot of sun, and more free things to do than any reasonable person can get to. We already toured the new Aldi, have feelings about a $12 bike ride, and read every last comment on that Trader Joe's missed connection, so you don't have to. Plus a championship fifty-three years in the making, and the World Cup, three ways. Let's go. (Sunscreen first; the UV's been showing off all week.)

Michelle Holt
Michelle Holt

Community

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Issue #12: Sunscreen, Stonehenge, and a Nine-Game Streak

May 22, 2026

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10 min read

Issue #12: Sunscreen, Stonehenge, and a Nine-Game Streak

Good morning, West Siders. We're the neighbor who knows when the sun lines up with the grid, why Princess Jasmine painted a piano and left it on Broadway, and what Hoda told the Class of 2026 that made everyone cry.Memorial Day weekend. Rain's coming Saturday, but tonight there's Top Gun on an aircraft carrier, Shakespeare in the park, and a Dutch airline handing out tiny gin-filled houses on Central Park West. And the Knicks [REDACTED].Grab your morning beverage and your sunscreen. Let's go.

Michelle Holt
Michelle Holt

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