And when all the kids finally moved out, she and Sawyer had had plenty of...how did the younger generation put it? Bow-chicka-wow-wow?

[T]he artist Richard Serra once stood at the corner of Broadway and Spring Street and doomfully predicted to the museum curator Marcia Tucker that one day this will all be boutiques.

In parts of the state, enjoying an occasional doobie is nowadays considered little different from sipping a Pinot Noir.

The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.