According to wikipedia there are 8,274,527 people who call New York City home. According to facebook I know 29 of them. Neither figure is from an exactly sitable source, but I more or less know 0.00003% of the city. Give or take. Math makes me feel like I am a tiny person in a gigantic world. And yet [...]
Archive for June, 2008
It’s a Small Island (Part 1)
Posted in All the world's a stage: Theater, I <3 NY, tagged artists, celebrities, foreigners, Lauren Ambrose, mistaken identities, NYC, theatre, tourists on June 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Security for the Stars
Posted in All the world's a stage: Theater, Cause célèbre: Holidays & Celebrations, I <3 NY, tagged caterers, celebrities, cocktails, galas, James Franco, NYC, parties, security guards on June 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As an usher I have the privilege of watching the show every single night. This activity is actually the majority of my job. I’m paid to tell a couple people where the bathroom is and watch a show. To date, I have seen this Shakespearean tragedy 18 times. These have all been “previews” which is very [...]
First Date
Posted in I <3 NY, You have to kiss a lot of frogs: Dating, tagged boys, Central Park, cultural institutions, dates, MOMA, NYC on June 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday was the first hot, humid, ah-this-is-ny-summer day. The air hovering between buildings and when you gulp in air you can taste the water droplets in it. Sans sun screen equals skin cancer doom. Where even if you put on SPF 45 you might get burned anyway (check for yours truly) and NYC becomes Dehydration City. The poor [...]



