Archive for March, 2010
The generational clash over corporate dress
By Amanda Kersey
Journalism major Eddie Ebbert, 21, wore a mohawk to his interview for an internship at Esquire. His mother had suggested he get a new, more conventional haircut, but he refused.
“If you’re not going to hire me because of my hair, I’m not going to work there,” he said.
Three interviews later, no one had [...]
Sake Sensation
By Justine Sterling
“Kanpai,” says Jessie Nelson, the bartender at Satsko sake bar in Alphabet City, as he clinks his small sake glass to mine, then to the bar, and sets it to his lips. I do the same, shakily hitting the bar, wondering if that is tradition or just an odd tic he has. Tradition, [...]
Eco Kids
Green preschools on the rise
By Brenda Iasevoli
At first sight, Le Petit Paradis resembles many preschools. On a recent weekday, a girl in a blue smock stood at an easel, her lips pursed in concentration. She brushed broad strokes of red paint over a large white paper.
“Madame Michele!” she shouted, pointing to the painting. “Rouge!” Michele Epstein, the lead teacher [...]
Pass the prosciutto: Foodie parents attempt to raise foodie kids
By Brenda Iasevoli
In the garden dining room of a New York City restaurant recently, a 5-year-old boy with spiky brown hair sawed cherry tomatoes in half with a plastic knife.
“Tomato one, tomato two, tomato three,” he said, as he plopped the halves into a stainless steel bowl. Then he wiped his hands on his white [...]
Fed up with Freud? Give Philosophy a Try
By Mary Johnson
The woman came to Lou Marinoff with a dilemma. She was in her early 30s and had a lucrative career in finance, but her dream had always been to go to medical school. She had to decide whether becoming a doctor was worth disrupting a well-established life.
Marinoff, a pillar in a growing area [...]
Pillow Fighters
New Yorkers use pillows and mp3 players to turn city into playground
By Jonah Engle
By the thousands they streamed out of the subway entrances and through the streets of New York’s financial district until Wall Street was so packed no one could move. A few police officers tried to shoo them away but were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd.
At exactly 3 p.m., the signal was [...]
Office Buzz
New Yorkers take to coffee shops as substitute offices
By Jill Colvin
Antony Seeff, 25, sits with his MacBook and BlackBerry in a Starbucks on the Upper West Side. It’s a Friday morning, and the location’s already buzzing with workers tapping at keyboards and scrawling on notepads as a line of customers snakes to the door.
“Only in a recession are there this many people in [...]
Drinking (Tea) with the Natives
Skip Britain’s stuffy hotel teas, and follow the people to the real thing
By Elizabeth Valerio
Every London guidebook has a section devoted to afternoon tea. The authors gush about the pastries at Harrods, the finely-cut sandwiches at the Brown Hotel, and the delicate scones served with clotted cream at Kensington Gardens. Is this what Londoners do in the afternoons? Sit, decked out in Chanel, prim and proper, on [...]
On the Trail of Nopales and Nata
One woman’s quest for true Mexican sabor
By Sarah Wolff
“You like carnitas?” asked Mario-Alberto, my taxi driver.
“Yes,” I lied.
“You like barbacoa?”
“Yes,” I lied again. I only had a vague notion of what those dishes were (carne means meat, so carnitas must be meaty?)
While Mario-Alberto changed the topic to how to pick up girls in English, I dwelt on my fabrications. I was [...]
Where to Find Manga for Your Kid, Fugu for Your Daredevil Spouse and Ramen for the Whole Family
(Without leaving New York)
By Sarah Wolff
It’s hard to come down to earth after the otherworldly thrill of a trip to Tokyo. Giant towers filled with secret stores press up against Shinto temples, with their lit paper lanterns and prayer letters. Rock star wannabe schoolgirls, complete with uniforms and pink hair, clutter the otherwise orderly sidewalks.
Instead [...]
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