How to Be a New Yorker

by | Nov 23, 2011 | Odds and Ends | 4 comments

Today’s Village Voice cover story, by the incomparable Jen Doll, tackles the age-old question of How to Be a New Yorker. The very title, riffing on a Mad Men-era guidebook by Les and Joan Rich, suggests that being a New Yorker is something learned rather than...

View from across the Pond

by | Dec 1, 2008 | Books, Writing New York

The Guardian’s Travel section published a piece last week admonishing readers to throw out their NYC guidebooks and turn to the city’s literary heritage instead. Advice we can stand behind — though we still have favorite guidebooks we’d...