“If I can do it, you can do it.”

NewsPlink’s Mame McCutchin slays us when she takes on the New York comedy crowd.

A new film, “A Wink and a Smile,” opens next week.
At left, Inga prepares to perform.
Slideshow, plus an interview with the director by Elisabeth Squires.

Skateboarding is a big business now. There’s even a skaters’ stock exchange.
Here are two unsanctioned, but preferred, skate spots.
Photos by Andrew McDonald.

Not to worry: well-dressed New York mothers cut cakes with big knives just like everyone else.
A nice example of the power of cropping photos, though.
Click through for Mame’s New York blog.

New York has a long tradition of important art fairs.
This one was in a coffee cart.
Photos for NewsPlink by Jen Minary.

Mame, NewsPlink’s Blogmistress, avoids Ponzi schemes by really looking where she’s going:
the streets of New York are paved with… loose change.