The high cost of overhead<\/p>\n
A New York story: My apartment. I have lived in it since before Washington wet his drawers splashing into the Delaware.<\/p>\n
My place is now under construction<\/a>. Not my doing. Major buildings need to be re-roofed every 20 years or so. So rain doesn\u2019t fall in. So loose bricks don\u2019t drop and harm people. So creatures don\u2019t gnaw away its foundation. And so that its residents can meanwhile bang their financially unstable heads on the concrete sidewalk below.<\/p>\n I am not complaining. Merely reporting. I am my usual charming complacent self, while my floor, windows, entrances, doors, glass partitions, silk walls, woodwork, handwork, sidings, collected antiques, lifetime memorabilia, photos, newspaper headlines and art are experiencing what one not as nice as myself might say: \u201cGo and do something unmentionable to yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n An army of helmet-headed two-legged creatures are outside \u2014 on my floor \u2014 peering inside. Scaffolding enfolds what once were my windows. For reasons not explained a crappy-looking ladder (not that there\u2019s anything like a good-looking ladder) holds strangers wearing orange jackets and stands open \u2014\u00a0open\u00a0\u2014 amid what once was a living room filled with antiques \u2014 besides myself, in which types like\u00a0Donald, then-Archbishop\u00a0Timothy Dolan<\/a>,\u00a0Hillary, Sen.\u00a0Schumer, Gov.\u00a0Hochul, previous governors and assorted front-page faces have eaten, sipped, been photographed \u2014 and BS\u2019d \u2014 then re-eaten, re-sipped, re-photographed and re-BS\u2019d.<\/p>\n Its d\u00e9cor once included a jade fireplace, jade lamp, oil portrait of me, the late Anthony Quinn sculptures, Chihuly glass sculpture and Fiorello La Guardia\u2019s original pen and ink stand.<\/p>\n Understand, I am not complaining. Merely reporting. I\u2019m required to add a now additional financial assessment \u2014 which means what, which covers what \u2014 to cover the amount this building\u2019s spending to destroy me. Ask a boss somehow who\u2019s to be on duty until 4 o\u2019clock but somehow mysteriously disappeared in time to catch his 3:10 train to the shore is somehow off-duty.<\/p>\n Sound finds<\/p>\n Podcasts are now like roaches. Everyone has them.\u00a0A \u201cWebby\u201d is their Oscar<\/a>. Host nominees this year include\u00a0Katie Couric,\u00a0Amy Poehler,\u00a0Mel Robbins,\u00a0Keke Palmer\u00a0and \u2014\u00a0Monica Lewinsky. <\/a>What pod she is casting in \u2014 on \u2014 or up I know not. I don\u2019t even know the color of her dress. The winners of whatever this is will learn April 21, with a ceremony in NY on May 11.<\/p>\n For Bent wallets<\/p>\n Monaco. April 25. Sotheby\u2019s auto auction.\u00a0A 1996 Royal Blue Bentley Brooklands<\/a>. Fashionable interior. Belonged to the coddled behind of Giorgio Armani. Expected to hem in 45,000 to 90,000 euros. Forget airbags, this needs money bags.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n