THANKSGIVING PLANS Thanksgiving is my favorite New York holiday because I pull off the same stupid surprise on my unsuspecting guests every year. Just as everyone begins to salivate over the warm pies I’ve carefully placed on the table, I rip away their plates to announce, “Ok everyone…we’ve got a surprise!” Ignoring all the moans and groans, I shuffle everyone out the door and into taxis, all the while the teenagers and old biddies complaining, “But where are we going?” We jump out in front of the Plaza hotel where Dave** and his six smiling friends from Manhattan Pedicab Company [...]

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The Closing: Barbara Corcoran What is your name? Barbara Anne Corcoran. When is your birthday and what’s your sign? March 10, 1949. Pisces. Where did you grow up? I was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and grew up in Edgewater. What is your greatest achievement professionally? Building the Corcoran Group and all the people that came along for the ride. [Corcoran founded the firm in 1973 and officially left last year.] What do you think of your old firm under the new management? They’ve grown tremendously. I never saw it as anything other than a city firm. They’ve [...]