Subway etiquette in New York City is abominable. This week I encountered a girl (with a dreadful spray tan that gave her an orange glow) who had positioned a small box on the subway seat in front of her. I asked her if she could move the box so that I could sit down. She [...]

“The world has gotten so boring. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m not looking for a disaster—I’ve had enough of those since 9/11… But Everyone’s just looking at their screens all day and no one has an original fucking thought. It’s all shopping, looking at pictures–it might as well be porn. Why doesn’t everyone [...]

There’s a hotel in Manhattan where all the wankers can take their mistresses, or prostitutes. Surprisingly, it’s called Le Parker Meridien. How luxurious! And you can rent rooms by the hour. How convenient! And it only costs $150 per hour. How affordable!
There’s even an upgrade option for $250. It includes champagne, strawberries, and an adult [...]

I finally got a job as a bartender, and since I’ve been serving fine wines to a lovely crowd of Upper East Siders for two months, I have made some interesting discoveries.
1.  Online dating is major if not essential.
2.  Older men who work on Wall Street are seeking crazy 20-year-old girls who are seeking free [...]

A friend of mine attended the ‘Spring Is For Lovers’ party at her Ivy League graduate school. It was held at a nightclub and intended to bring together the engineering students with the French literature students, etc. etc., because apparently being in grad school requires a middle school dance in order to facilitate dating.
My friend [...]

There are few exceptions to the rule that being a post-graduate, unpaid intern or freelancer is just bullshit, not to mention illegal. But fledgling writers (myself included) continue to write for the exposure and the “glory” of getting our work published, though we remain spiteful about not getting paid.
One of my friends has been doing [...]

Manhattan taxi drivers are the eyes and ears of the city: they shuttle corrupt bankers to and from Wall Street everyday; they rescue hot messes from their walks of shame during the wee hours of the morning; they even harbor young couples too horny to wait until they reach their destination…
Cabbies tend to be fairly [...]

What to do on a Friday night in Manhattan? If you’re a desperate, unemployed freak like me you weasel your way into a “Harvard alumni media & art networking” holiday party to try to make some professional connections.The name for this network, “Harvardwood,” symbolizes the pathetic attempt of a group of Harvard graduates to make a [...]

Most of Manhattan’s residents live in such close quarters that it’s not unusual to hear clomping feet, clamoring pots and pans, hammering, shouting, and other standard household noises through the walls of your apartment. But occasionally it can be an awful disturbance, if not simply a sound one can’t ignore — particularly when it’s the [...]

I though that I had finally found a full-time paid job working for a cool media company in downtown Manhattan. A reputable staffing agency hooked me up with it, and I was so psyched to get down to business for my first day of work. The hours were a bit unconventional: 7am to 3pm, but [...]