n n The New York City Marathon is one of those must-do events. I don't mean running, necessarily. All who train and undertake this race embody excellence. It does not matter whether they compete on legs or wheels, how old…

n It's November and those almost-winter blahs are hitting us like a blast of arctic wind. But toss the Prozac. The best prescription is the annual Hunters Point Parks Conservancy Bulbfest, which assures us that a crop of colorful tulips…