Now that summer is here Manhattan is a hotbed of girls wearing seasonally appropriate clothing. For once, it’s a time when men are more uncomfortable than women in terms of wardrobe. While guys are sweating underneath their suits and jackets, girls are frolicking around in sundresses, short skirts, rompers, etc.
But it’s not all fun and [...]

My sister is having a hard time with the New York City dating scene. Last week alone she went out with a performance artist from Brooklyn who ended up being gay (not a huge surprise), a former child star turned PhD student who ended up being a creeper (another inevitability).
Her third date of the week [...]

A very handsome straight boy I know was recently jean shopping in the men’s department at Barneys. Given his exceptional height, features, and personal style, all of the gay sales boys immediately flocked to his aid.
As soon as they saw the boy’s girlfriend approach him, they were disappointed and less enthusiastic about helping him find [...]

Mired in the world of online dating, my friend recently flirted virtually with a boy in her neighborhood of Manhattan. After a series of promising OkCupid chats, she agreed to meet him for a drink. But the drink devolved into “dessert.”
He wanted to meet her late at night at a brightly lit Hungarian pastry shop. [...]

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 [...]

‘Please Rape Me,’ my performance art piece at the MoMA was one of the colder experiences of my life, mostly because it was 20 degrees and windy, but also because I was wearing cellophane. But more importantly, it was cold because the art world guests attending the Armory Show Opening Night Benefit Party were so [...]

Soon after I graduated from Yale in 2009, I was drugged, cut up, and violently raped by my ex-boyfriend, but at the time I didn’t realize it was rape. I called my sister from the hotel room in which the incident had taken place: I told her that I had the worst headache of my [...]

My friend has a thing about meeting men on public transportation. Unfortunately, her daily commute involves the crosstown bus at 79th Street, which does not present a host of eligible bachelors (mainly elderly women going from the Metropolitan Museum to Zabar’s).
One day my friend exited the bus and glanced in her purse to find an [...]

It’s not easy to be an entrepreneur these days, especially in Manhattan. I know one or two clever commoners who have spun good ideas into gold, but New York’s young entrepreneurial set is dominated by the children of the rich and famous, or the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world. For many of these people, all [...]