La Petite Auberge, The Final Days  They can’t do this to me! Mon dieu! They are doing this to me. La Petite Auberge, my very favorite French restaurant in Manhattan, is going to close on October 8. I don’t think I can deal with this. How do I love this place? Let me count the ways: it’s small, popular but not trendy, has consistently good...

Are bikes a menace in our fair city? The simple answer is yes — IF the bikers continue to flaunt the law and the law continues to ignore the flauntiness. This has turned me into a Card-Carrying Crank. It is so not funny. Yes, yes, biking in the city is a great idea in principle: it’s healthier for the biker and greener for us all. But not so much for anyone...

  The confession you are about to hear is true.Only the names have been changed to protect . . . me. Who else? Bless me, Father . . .  For I have shoplifted. It’s been a hundred years since my last confession, so let’s not go there. But about the shoplifting: There were two specific times I can remember and probably a few additional incidents I have...

  Okay, so it’s technically off-Broadway, just around the corner at 50th, but let’s not quibble. The point is that this play has been around (in various locations in Manhattan) for 24 years — the longest run of a non-musical in history. And yet, you probably have never heard of it, much less seen it. It’s called: PERFECT CRIME And it’s a...