Tag: manhattan
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Another Opening, Another Show
We talk a lot on here about what it means to be a New Yorker, and if that’s something we’ll ever really call ourselves. I’m still not sure I can claim the mantle, but there are definitely things that are no longer as novel to me as they were when I moved here nearly seven…
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Required Reading: Volume Thirteen
This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…
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In Praise of Seasonal To-Do Lists
A few months ago, I told you all about my New York summer bucket list. I had arrived at the end of June 2018 feeling like I was wasting the sunshine alone in my (admittedly very comfortably air-conditioned) room. And so I made a list of all the warm-weather things I wanted to do in…
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5 Roofs in New York City
As Zelda has written on here before, roof access is one of the most coveted outdoor amenities in New York City — probably ranking above fire escape, but below backyard or legitimate terrace (but, like, who has that?). It’s common enough that you almost definitely have at least one friend with an accessible roof…or a…
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Rainbow Sprinkles and Rockaway Beach: 5 Things to Love About Summer in New York
We like to complain about New York summers here at Z&S. I take it as a sign that we are becoming truly assimilated, joining the grand tradition of straphangers venting about the grind of daily life. There’s the smell and the heat, the broken down trains and the spitting air conditioners and the swarming tourists…
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On Mrs. Maisel and Moxie and Marvelous Manhattan
Awards season officially kicked off a couple weekends ago with the 75th annual Golden Globes. I have a soft spot for award shows, even if acceptance speeches have an uncanny ability to make me cry, and this ceremony, with its black-washed, #MeToo, #TimesUp theme, was particularly moving. Fierce, brave, powerful women took the stage again…
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Winter 2017: Make a Brand New Start of It
A new year has dawned and, for maybe the first time, we both returned from our beloved Bluegrass State after a holiday break with that cozy, fuzzy feeling of going back home. Somehow, without either of us realizing it, this madhouse of a city wormed its way into our Southern hearts. And while our roots…
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Winter Wonderland: Fun December Things to Do in New York City
New York is an incredibly festive town. Maybe the whole city feels a collective pressure, given all the pop culture examples of snowy Manhattan Christmases and epically romantic New Years, but the whole five boroughs go gaga for garlands, twinkly lights, and good cheer as soon as the calendar passes Thanksgiving (and sometimes before). And before…
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Gilded City
There’s a corner of the American Wing at the museum where I work that has always been my favorite. It’s the one that highlights John Sloan, William Glackens, George Bellows, George Luks, and the rest of the artists known as The Ashcan School. The corner in question features scenes of city life — crowded thoroughfares…
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15 New Things: Profite bien!
We’re two months in to 2015, ⅙ of the way through this year, and so I thought I owed all of you lovely readers an update on my resolutions. I started this year with a list of 15 new things I intended to do, try, or learn in 2015. Here’s how I’m doing so far.…
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