Michael Oliva

On the top right of this picture is a Shari Michels for Civil Court Judge poster I designed myself. I came up with the tagline too, "A Woman Who is One of Us". She won. All my posters back then had...

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Bio: A resident of the Upper West Side, Michael Oliva is a political consultant, writer and restaurant critic, who has written for New York Civic and Tenant Planet. His hobbies include deep sea fishing and snorkeling.

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On the top right of this picture is a Shari Michels for Civil Court Judge poster I designed myself. I came up with the tagline too, "A Woman Who is One of Us". She won. All my posters back then had a wave in them.

Posted on May 13th, 2011 8:18am

 
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Cheap pasta for fancy palates: An unpretentious pan-Italian bright spot in the Upper West Side's culinary dead zone

Despite its central location, the stretch of Broadway between West 96th and West 100th Streets on the Upper West Side is more or less a cultural and culinary dead zone. For fine dining there are two choices: the country-French Alouette or the pan-Italian restaurant Regional. More

Posted on April 22nd, 2011 1:38pm

 
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The noisiest, meatiest, booziest brunch in Inwood

Cutting across the rapidly gentrifying slice of the northern tip of Manhattan between Broadway and the Hudson River is the northwestern tier of Inwood's Dyckman Street, which is nestled cozily in a small vale between Inwood Hill Park to the northeast and Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters to the southwest.

Its five blocks are now lined with recently opened restaurants, boutiques and bars (plus a bicycle shop), one after another. More

Posted on March 21st, 2011 12:10pm

 

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