If you’re visiting or moving to New York, chances are you’ll be wearing clothes at some point. Should you want to blend in with the locals, you’ll need to employ “fashion,” which is a concept the French made up to sell decorative belts and berets. (If you really want to impress New Yorkers, pronounce the… Read more »
A: We at Ask a New Yorker didn’t know the answer to this one, so we did a little sleuthing. According to the rather gruff fellow who answered the phone there, a wait for 4 people at 5 PM on a Saturday would be approximately 15-20 minutes. Not bad at all, considering the wait for… Read more »
There is an unfair responsibility that comes with being an only child – you grow up knowing you aren’t allowed to disappoint, you’re not even allowed to die. There isn’t a replacement toddling around; you’re it. It makes you desperate to be flawless, and it also makes you drunk with power. In such ways are… Read more »
This week we got a great, straight-to-the-point reader question. Four AANY staffers tackle it below… A: Yes, I would move here, but only if I had the resources to live here in the 20-teens; a very expensive time in what has become one of the most expensive cities in the world. When I first… Read more »
A few months back, I posted a column about my enormous fear of flying. The thought of being in a vessel that I could not control and the fact that my wheelchair would be taken off to some darkened underbelly frightened me beyond belief. Today, I can happily say that my fear of flying has been conquered twice…. Read more »
Too fast? Too Slow? I like it JUST RIGHT. No, I am not talking about my sexual preferences. Although, it is true that Jack Rabbit sex is never good, and I can only imagine that slow motion sex would be extremely awkward. I’ll try it and get back to you. No, I am actually talking about my… Read more »
If you are a New Yorker that depends on supermarkets and local deli and fruit stands for your produce, you are getting the short end of the produce stick. Despite living in a booming metropolis, we New Yorkers actually have over 50 farmers’ markets (the largest outdoor network of urban farmers’ markets in the world!) that… Read more »
On December 14th, an unspeakable tragedy occurred in Newtown, Conneticut. Twenty-six people, including twenty children, were massacred by a lone gunman. As so often happens when a tragedy occurs, people rush to figure out how to prevent something similar from happening again. One possible method of prevention is tighter gun control laws. Of course, putting tighter… Read more »
Before this year, I’ve never spent the holidays in NYC, being that my family is from out of town. However, plenty of my childhood memories abroad are related to the city through timeless Christmas films like Home Alone and Elf. So perhaps it’s no wonder that this season I was in the audience to see A… Read more »
Eddie Ekis’s mom worked at the local Five & Ten store. You know–the ones with the mechanical jalopies and wild palomino horses outside the store that cost a dime a ride. On Friday night, Mrs. Ekis, the Assistant Manager, was responsible for closing the First Avenue store at 9 PM. With a little tidying up,… Read more »