by Arlen Kane Back to the fold My mother made Marie Kondo look like a sloth and a slob. Marie Kondo doesn’t know what it is to fold an old t-shirt so a department store gladly takes it back decades after it was bought. Not that my mom ever did that. But
Memos from Manhattan
Arlen Hollis Kane is a Manhattan-based award-winning healthcare writer, who turned over every rock to help find the road to well-being for her readers. She writes a regular column for 50PlusToday called Memos From Manhattan. After reaching 50 Plus years, she pursued a childhood passion and enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is now a designer and maker of handbags, scarves and jewelry. Her design work in fashion blends perfectly with her art. Her photograph, City Birds and her abstract acrylic “Big Bang,” were featured in juried shows in New York. “Off The Wall,” her one-woman show featuring both her photography and art was a major exhibit at the Gallery of the Borough President of Manhattan.
What comes after “Thank you”?
CAN SHOPPING AT COSTCO COST YOU MONEY? Only If You Live In Manhattan
by Arlen Hollis Kane I have a neighbor who was lucky enough to have snagged a fabulous apartment in our building a couple of years after its completion. Our building, though not one of Manhattan’s coveted pre-war buildings that boast enormous rooms and glorious architectural detail, was built just after the
TELL ME, DO I NEED A JACKET?
Hungry for Another Time
What’s Considered Weird in a City Where Anything Goes?
GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR FIRST TECH GIANT
by Arlen Hollis Kane AH, FEBRUARY: TIME FOR PRESIDENTS, LOVE AND TECH It’s February and that means I’m musing about Presidents and love and technology. Okay, you get the President’s Day reference and Valentine’s Day but technology? Hang in there, I’ll explain. In the meantime, here’s a spoiler alert: Steve Jobs scooch over,
