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Anita Bonita

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#AskAnita! and @channelnyc.bsky.social go where the streets DO have names. #NYC #StreetSigns #FiveBoroughs

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"ASK ANITA!" EPISODE 8 PROMO - "DOES EVERY NYC BOROUGH HAVE A CORRESPONDING STREET NAME?"

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December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Nooooooooooooo. 😭

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died.

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December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Fascinating. H/T @russdibello.bsky.social.

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Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...

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December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

I find it fascinating to watch the prices change after I log in, and the site recognizes that I'm technically in Manhattan.

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Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.

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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

I not only got to hear this every weekend I worked at WCBS, I also got to interview Tom Kraeutler for another project. His voice is missed. #MoneyPit

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‘Money Pit’ Wraps Up This Month

• After more than 25 years on the air, The Money Pit radio show will sign off with its final broadcast over the weekend of Dec. 27-28, 2025. The nationally syndicated home improvement program, produce...

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December 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

#AskAnita! explores some classic New York City eats. Only on @channelnyc.bsky.social .

#BlackAndWhiteCookie #EggCream #NYCEats

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"ASK ANITA! EPISODE 7 - CLASSIC NYC EATS

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December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Vinyl lives! (And I, too, spent many hours of my misspent youth in the bins at Sam Goody's at the Garden State Plaza.)

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Music-loving Teaneck principal opens Paramus record store. See inside

Evan Toth's passion for vinyl is on display at The Sharp Notes, his new music store and podcasting studio at Garden State Plaza in Paramus.

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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

#AskAnita! looks to The Cookie. Only on @channelnyc.bsky.social.

#BlackAndWhiteCookie #EggCream #nyceats

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AA EPISODE 7 PROMO

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November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

An interview with Senator Homie.

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Opinion | Cory Booker on What It Takes to Believe in America Again

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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

OMG. #Macys #Thanksgiving #parade

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature a bagel balloon - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Lox and Java, two "trycaloons" honoring New York deli classics, will make their second appearance in the famous parade.

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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Who doesn't love a parade? #AskAnita! and @channelnyc.bsky.social pay a visit to the granddaddy of them all, going right down Sixth Avenue.

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"ASK ANITA!" - THANKSGIVING EPISODE

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November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

💔

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A Battle with My Blood

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

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November 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Here's the part that is interesting to me, as a linguist: "bube" (or, as he spells it, "Bubbi") is Yiddish. The owner's surname is Mizrahi, indicating a Jew with origins in Middle Eastern countries. Where they don't speak Yiddish. 🤔

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Call Your Mother Sues “Call Your Bubbi,” a New Jersey Deli, for Trademark Infringement - Washingtonian

The name “Call Your Mother” came to Andrew Dana when a group of friends were sitting around riffing on things Jewish moms and grandmothers would often say. It stuck, and soon afterward, a friend desig...

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November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

Yeah, it was only his daughter speaking.

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Fox News Snubs Liz Cheney’s Eulogy At Father Dick Cheney’s Funeral; Trump, Vance Not Invited

Perhaps not wanting to stroke Trump's wrath, Fox News alone did not show Liz Cheney's eulogy today for her ex-VP, father

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November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Anita Bonita

@anitabonita.bsky.social

"Here comes Santa Claus ... here comes Santa Claus ..."

#AskAnita! and @channelnyc.bsky.social take a look at one of New York City's most charming traditions. #Macy's #Thanksgiving #Parade

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"ASK ANITA!" - THANKSGIVING PROMO

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November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM