New effort seeks safer, cleaner Southern Boulevard By Monica A. Suma [email protected] Photo by Monica A. Suma Stores on Southern Boulevard are making a big effort to attract shoppers by starting a Business Improvement District. Downtown has SoHo. Now Hunts Point has SoBo. Merchants have rebranded the area’s main shopping street as part of a wide-ranging effort to make shopping on Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue … [Read more...]
In a first, girls graduate from Hunts Point School
September 29, 2009 by · 5 Comments
St. Ignatius proudly salutes a milestone in its history By Monica A. Suma [email protected] Photo by Monica A. Suma The first girls to graduate from Saint Ignatius are: front row, l. to r., Amy Arias, Mercedes Carrasco, Tiana Cora, Britny Rivera, Joslyn Diaz, Paola Martinez, Shayann Santiago and Jane Francisco, and back row, l. to r. Destini Beauregard, Shaina Garcia, Nicole Taveras and Darleny Urena. The girls in the eighth … [Read more...]
The Ebony Hillbillies for CBS News “60 Minutes” TV Boot Camp
September 15, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This summer I had the immense honor of being chosen as correspondent for the CBS News "60 Minutes" TV Boot Camp, in collaboration with CUNY. Working on a "60 Minutes" style news magazine piece, entirely produced by a team of students was an incredibly rewarding experience. During the two-week intensive course, we were required to write our own scripts, shoot, edit and tape portions of our segments in the 60 Minutes studio. The chosen topics … [Read more...]
NY = ACHIEVE
September 1, 2009 by · 2 Comments
While I was reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, pray, love I came across a passage talking about words that best describe a city. She was saying how NY’s word is ACHIEVE. I find that very much true. Similarly: Bucharest = ATTITUDE Barcelona/Madrid = PARTY Paris = SOPHISTICATION What other examples can you think of? … [Read more...]
