There is a reason why I changed my landing page image from the shot I took years ago on Broadway and 207th Street in Inwood, to this one.

This shot is one I took in the Left Bank of Paris. Two vacations to Paris have been cancelled in the last few years. Thanks, Covid.

So this Real New Yorker pines for my second favorite city, Paris. If you’ve never been there, I hope you can get to Paris eventually. If you love NYC, you’ll adore Paris. I mean, c’mon! Look at this!

Oh, and incidentally, I just finished a story about someone about to emerge from his post-Covid battle with death, depression and agoraphobia. It’s called, not coincidentally, “When Paris Beckons” — it’s just been distributed to lit pubs. Hopefully it will see the light of day.