During the Porter crisis, Kelly found himself under intense scrutiny for the veracity of his whipsaw statements. He publicly praised Porter and privately urged him to stay.

The apartment is in the Flowerbox Building, a new doorman condominium on East Seventh Street named after the built-in, self-watering flower boxes that stand in contrast to the street’s dingier tenement walkups.

Are you hungry? We've got eggs up the gump stump, honey. I thought we could scramble up a panful for breakfast.

I decided to upgrade my telescope with a feather-touch focuser.