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My first trip to New York as an adult was around a year ago. I went for only three days (to walk Peter Do’s Helmut Lang show) and was put up just off one of Times Square’s endlessly linear streets, in a VERY large hotel, constructed with long metal beams stretching endlessly into the sky. Stepping out of the taxi [...]
There I was, dancing in a flash mob in front of the iconic Red Stairs, next to the TKTS booth in Times Square. “Welcome to New York”—Taylor Swift’s song about inspiration and possibilities—boomed from a loudspeaker perched on a nearby bench. It was four days after the 2024 presidential election, and I was still grief stricken about the inconceivable results. [...]
On the fourth morning of my visit, I clung tightly to the girl I loved while riding the C train. She had a warm Jewish face, silky brown hair, and an aura that reminded me of a coffee shop on a brisk fall day. I had spent the weekend staying in her apartment on the Upper West Side and felt [...]
As the token reverberates in the machine and the creaking panel slowly begins to lift, we awake from our stupors, throw down our magazines, and thrust forward our best commercial assets. Desperation sets in as the panel creeps up to unveil the face of a homely, unwashed, acne-laden man. Why do so many of them look like this? My competition, [...]
