The New York Times may be dying, but at least they are going out with aristocratic panache. This is only the latest installment in their covert series The Plight of the Overlords, in which they cover such broadly appealing and inspirational topics as womb rental (now priced to sell!), Wall Street housewives forced into the [...]
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You Can Have Your Caviar and Eat It Too!
Posted in americana, new yorkishness on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Behind The Times
Posted in americana, new yorkishness on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This article (see photo), that article (especially the part about the professional book club facilitator), and this column (weekly advice for people with a second home) make me want to barf.
Seriously, the New York Times should hire someone, whose full-time job will be to critique the patrician sensibilities of this graying, bourgie publication. Oh wait, [...]
NPRrrrrrrgh! (or PTSme)
Posted in new yorkishness on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NPR just cancelled the Bryant Park Project, my favorite way to connect with Manhattan in the morning. Although I am, like, totally bummed out by this bogus news, it highlights my difficulties in adapting my Californian ways to NYC.
The cancellation of this program highlights an irony inherent in my attempts to integrate with this city. [...]
