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04 Dec 2014

Broke in New York: If You Can Make It There…It’s an Art

“I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps And find I’m king of the hill Top of the heap” John Kander, Fred Ebb, 1977 Being broke in New York means being rough, tough, and knowing how to pull the meanest train face, the most confident, “let me

Jennifer Nilenie - The Destitute-Social Critic 0
09 May 2010

A Remarkably American Moment That I Would Like to Remark On

Last week, when my grandmother lost sight in her left eye overnight and began to complain of headaches, my mother had the foresight to immediately call her up to our home in New York City to visit the proper doctors. Indeed, when things go medically haywire, it appears that it

Rebecca E. - The Centimentalist 0