Category: NYC
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Politeness: A Lost Art? (or, Is It “Manspreading” When A Woman Does It?)
I’m completely opposed to, what the media has deemed, “manspreading” on the subway, but let’s not pretend this is a “mens only” club. As I boarded the F train at Delancey/Essex moments ago I found what should have been a seat. On a seat designed for three people sat, left to right, an elderly woman with her…
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Goldilocks and the Three Studios (or Entitled NYU Student Gets Featured in Out-of-Touch New York Times)
This week, The New York Times published a story in the Real Estate section chronicling one NYU student’s desperate and harrowing search for peace and quiet away from the raucous noise of the campus dorms. I have two issues with this article. 1. While I do have some sympathy for Vanessa Csordas-Jenkins’ condition (according to the article…
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The Doll Returns: Patti Playpal in Williamsburg
It was an adventure. After both the J and the M trains denied us passage over the Williamsburg Bridge, we trekked our way through the slick sidewalks of Brooklyn to the L in an attempt to make it into midtown Manhattan in time to attend Carol Channing’s 93rd birthday celebration at Town Hall (hosted by…
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NYC and the Case of the Missing Consideration
Greg Savage just shared, on The Huffington Post, his article “How did it get to be ‘OK’ for people to be late for everything?” (originally written in his blog on June 7, 2013). In it he decries the late-arriver. “In recent years it seems that a meeting set to start at 9 am, for some…
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PHOTO: For a split second, I thought staff was hawking boots outside @KinkyBootsBway. #opticalillusion
from Instagram: For a split second, I thought staff was hawking boots outside @KinkyBootsBway. #opticalillusion http://instagram.com/p/evZse5QaKJ/
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PHOTO: One of my favorite stores in NYC! @OldeGoodThings
from Instagram: One of my favorite stores in NYC! @OldeGoodThings http://instagram.com/p/ecSfeAwaNK/
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PHOTO: Bed-Stuy as autumn rolls in. #brooklyn #nyc
from Instagram: Bed-Stuy as autumn rolls in. #brooklyn #nyc http://instagram.com/p/eXp9utQaKQ/
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Still thriving. #nyc #911
Twelve years ago, on September 10th, I was one of the last people enjoying the view from the observation deck on top of the World Trade Center. I had just moved to NYC a few weeks before and was thrilled by this opportunity to see it from high above in all it’s glory. The next…
Tommy Karr 