July 2011
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People can call my reporting trivial or weird if they want, but I will never...
– from an interview with Lauren Orsini, a young journalist who got a job by writing a guest post on Forbes.com.
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My Life in a List
Reading: The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti and Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Listening: “New York City is Killing Me” - Ray LaMontagne Drinking: Water Eating: Nothing at the moment. Anticipating: A trip west to see my boo. Loving: My new iPhone. And Instagram. Looking: For a new apartment (sort of). Inspired by: The lists on display at the Morgan Library and Museum.
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The 20 - NY: Guide to Pronunciation in the City.... →
the20newyork:
Guide to Pronunciation in the City. Like the debate over the best bagels or pizza, people love arguing — or trying to figure out — how to pronounce street names and highways all around the city. Names like Spuyten Duyvil, a subsection of Riverdale in the Bronx, come from early Dutch influence in…
So apparently I’ve been pronouncing “Kosciuszko” and...