“Your wish, my command” – a gift from Bernie of the MTA System

File this under “silly fun”! A week or so ago, the New York Times posted an article online about the announcements made over the MTA system, and asked others to comment via Twitter (@nytimes) or via the website about what readers would like to hear the MTA subway announcers to say. I jokingly tweeted to @nytimes that I would love […]

Goodbye, Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel

When I first moved to New York, I was inspired to attend the Algonquin Salon, an open mic which eventually would become The Salon open mic (now at Etcetera Etcetera on Sunday nights).  It was summer, and my friend Vanessa clued me in that the Algonquin Salon would be a great place to practice repertoire, meet composers and other singers, […]