The cost of living in New York City is exorbitantly expensive, whether you’re paying $1500 in monthly rent for a bedbug infested closet in the trendy West Village, or $4 for an apple in your local bodega. To compensate for buying things they can’t afford, Manhattanites will go to great lengths to get a deal.
The [...]

I went to the Women & Power conference at the Omega Institute this weekend. One of the most useful things I learned was that the best way for us to end the war is to institute an international female vow of celibacy until the patriarchy stops screwing everything up.
This highly effective tactic, with a 100% [...]

There is a loophole in the overpriced New York City housing crisis: you can live in a child’s rubber playhouse for a mere $500 a month! Such elegance. Now you can reside in the blissful solitude of a real studio apartment for far less than you would if you lived in a tiny room with [...]

I can be very impulsive, and sometimes I trust people when I shouldn’t. Both of these personal flaws reared their ugly heads when I was seated in a hair stylist’s chair at a salon in Manhattan this week. Word of advice: when an overly excited and manipulative hair stylist starts to suggest ideas for cutting [...]

Last night I went to see a Broadway play, mostly because my sister said that the theme was prostitution and that it was written in the Victorian Era. Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw tells the story of an uptight , straight-laced young woman who reads law books and does actuarial calculations in her [...]

This is the 2nd episode of my mockumentary web series, Give Me A Job, about a recent Yale graduate, Haley, who is a bit too out of touch with reality and lacking in “office experience” to get a real job, especially considering the abysmal job market. Asperger’s anyone?
In “The Bottom,” Haley talks about her high [...]

I have always been wary of marriage, but now there’s a solution for the skeptical consumer: divorce insurance. Talk about gauche. The mastermind entrepreneur behind this venture says that “WedLock” (interesting choice of words) is the revolutionary new insurance that only costs $16 a month for $1,250 of coverage.
Let’s just bet that your marriage goes [...]

Goldman Sachs is not an ideal place for women who don’t enjoy a good titty bar and round of golf. Big surprise. Apparently it’s a hot bed for sexism, racism, and strippers. Three former female employees are suing Goldman for having corrupt policies of paying women less than men and promoting fewer women than men.
What [...]

I found a great deal on an apartment in the West Village. Prime location. Good space. The only thing was that the shower was in the kitchen. And the toilet was down the hall. But no worries–there was a padlock on the door and everything. Such elegance.
And the building manager was even offering one month [...]

Christie’s is one of the oldest and most prestigious fine art auction houses in the world — ostensibly, a place where one might meet a cultivated and interesting man.
I recently popped into their Rockefeller Center headquarters to say hello to a friend during her lunch hour. As I lounged in lobby, I watched an attractive [...]