The Precise Location Of Heaven On Earth

A City Is Where You Can Sign A Petition, Boo The Chief Justice, Fish Off A Pier, Gaze At A Hippopotamus, Buy A Flower At The Corner, Or Get A Good Hamburger Or A Bad Girl At 4 A.m. A City Is Where Sirens Make White Streaks Of Sound In The Sky And Foghorns Speak In Dark Grays. San Francisco Is Such A City.

The World Of Manhattan Is Small And Tightly Knit, And The Man On Top Retains A Certain Humility. He Knows How Far And Fast He Can Fall By Looking At The Guy Across The Street. The View From The $250,000 Apartment Covers A Lot Of Ground, Most Of It Condemned.

When A Place Advertises Itself As 'world Famous,' You May Be Sure It Isn't.

The Only Thing Wrong With Immortality Is That It Tends To Go On Forever.

New Yorkers Are Stuck In A Gloomy Mucilage Of Mutual Commiseration.