There is a subtle art to master in complaining about a thing while also turning it into an object of pride.
Read moreStruggles: An Appreciation
Visualization of Struggle in a New Yorker’s Daily Life.
A collection of momentary romances
It is true that I fall in love at least a dozen times a day, sometimes more depending on how many subway rides I might take.
Read moreMy closest and dearest of strangers
The best tales are those untold by the folks who seem to just blend in to the background.
Read moreLife in a frozen metropolis
In one of the largest cities in the world, with cutting edge technologies, life could still be brought to a halt by a phenomenon as basic as snow.
Read moreThe underground kingdom of Dr. Zizmor
There is an undisputed king of these purveyors of affordable hope; he stares out from a backdrop of sunshine and rainbows. He is the great and powerful Dr. Zizmor.
Read moreWomanizers on a train
The pair was comprised of two very charismatic, although scrappy, Latin men who appeared to have been pulled directly from a New Yorker Magazine cartoon sketch.
Read moreThe romantic misadventures of Ernest, and other Subway tales
In my relatively short time as a resident of New York, I have come to the conclusion that riding the Subway is better than having cable TV.
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