Tag: new york
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Just Folks: Amy Charnock
Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. Tell us your story here! This week we have Amy Charnock. This Texan…
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Zelda & Scout Holiday Gift Guide: New York
Our week of gifts continues! Today we bring you goodies inspired by the city we currently call home, from the brownstones of Brooklyn to the swanky cocktail bars of Manhattan. For the Bookworm: Lost in the Stacks Tote A bag worthy of great works of literature (or the latest Confessions of a Shopaholic novel, up…
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Just Folks: Madeline Myers
Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. Tell us your story here! This week we have Madeline Myers! This musical…
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Friendsgiving
Thanksgiving is almost here, which marks the official start of the holiday season. ‘Tis a time of trees and lights, of cookies and latkes, of mulled cider and Santa Claus and 24-7 carols reminding us that this is the most wonderful time of the year. Now I’m a pretty festive person, prone to wearing Santa…
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Just Folks: John Corrales
Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. Tell us your story here! This week we have John Corrales. You can’t…
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The Cab, The Cockroach, and The Crying Girl
According to Ted Mosby and Co, there are three things that make a person a true New Yorker. One: Steal a cab from someone who needs it more than you. Two: Cry on the subway and not give a damn what anyone thinks. Three: Kill a cockroach with your bare hands. Two weeks ago, after…
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Just Folks, thus far…
Hi lovelies! It’s been three months (ish) since we launched this here blog, and with it the Just Folks feature. We’ve heard from so many of about your journeys from Dixie to Dumbo, about the things that people get wrong (and right) about life below the Mason-Dixon line, and about your current adventures as a…
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The 10 Minute Rule
Last weekend, my roommate and I went to a Halloween party. (Before you ask, no unfortunately neither one of us went as an awesome Southerner. She was a hastily thrown together but no less charming Rosie the Riveter, and I, in what I thought to be a stunningly punny moment of inspiration, was a dust…
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Just Folks: Mary Lane Haskell
Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. Tell us your story here! This week we have Mary Lane Haskell: actress,…
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Playing Dress Up
I don’t understand where my clothes came from. Somehow, in the past six years, I have amassed enough of a wardrobe to need to prune it drastically at least once a year. This plethora of clothes was not always the norm for me: For most of my life, I did not have an adult wardrobe,…
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