To Our Readers:
It's a new year and with that comes new ventures.
Look for ThriveNYC to be published quarterly in The Villager community newspaper.
We will continue to cover issues and news of interest to New York seniors.
Look for our new website in February!
Our first issue will be published in March so please pick up a copy of your neighborhood newspaper!
Janel Bladow
Editor
ThriveNYC


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From the Editor

Marci’s Medicare Answers
November 2009

Medicare Part D Costs for 2010

Get Grateful
By Jenny Stamos Kovacs
People who “count their blessings” feel better than those who don’t.

 

 

NOVEMBER 2009

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‘Dammit, we won!’
By Lincoln Anderson
Housing activists feeling golden at 50.

Elder Abuse
By Jennifer Duane
Should there be a law to protect seniors?

Not So Serious Men
By Amy Longsdorf
The Coen brothers mysteriously weave their reality into their newest movie.

Any way you spell it, Scrabble tournament is a hit
By Jefferson Siegel
Scrabble’s popularity has spawned numerous worldwide competitions.

A funny lady on a Funny Lady
By Jerry Tallmer
Ask a silly question, and you get…
“What do you mean, was I there? Yes I was there, washing the windows, vacuuming the rug.”

Dollars & Sense
By Russell Wild
Tips to make your money work for you.

Sailing the Ionian Sea
By Janel Bladow
Modern Mariners Make Way Around Mediterranean Islands.

The Bird Is The Word!
Soup, sandwich and some more. What to do with all those leftovers?

In bidding adieu, bakery becomes cause célèbre
By Sheila McClear
It’s 2:30 p.m., and everyone’s here. Marguerite, Barbara, Jimmy, Betty, Henry, John—Les Desirs Patisserie’s afternoon crowd.

‘Front Door Book’ offers window into a community
By Lincoln Anderson and Rita Wu
A new book by Clayton Patterson offers a view not only into a more gritty Lower East Side of not long ago, but also into the well-known documentarian and artist himself.

Remembering Junior
By Sarah Ferguson
The ‘Mayor of Tompkins Square,’ 1939-2009.

Gray Divorce
By Beverly J. Graves
The number of late-in-life divorces is on the rise… with no end in sight.

Who Are You?
By Fran Molloy
Holidays and parties and so many names! No need for name-tags —
there are way to remember!