Posts tagged as Metropolitan Diary
Understanding Metropolitan Diary: Queens in Queens Edition
It's been a while since we've played "Explaining Metropolitan Diary" (previously; and also; to be sure) but... well, here we are, with today's fourth item: READ MORE
I Saw A Bed Bug On The Bus
So I saw my first bed bug in New York City this weekend and, thank god, it was not in my apartment. It was in a pretty bad place, though. On a bus, the M9, on the sleeve of the windbreaker of a man sitting right next to me and my kid and my kid's friend. We were with my kid's friend's mom, too, heading to their house to have lunch after karate class. (The kids are in the class, not us adults. Still, though, I've been watching. So don't fuck with me.) READ MORE
Answers to This Week's 'Metropolitan Diary' Puzzle
Did you finish this week's New York Times Metropolitan Diary puzzle yet? It's a tricky and conceptual set of quizzes this week. Here is the answer key for the five puzzles it contains. Don't cheat if you haven't solved it yet! READ MORE
Explaining Metropolitan Diary, Part Two
Sometimes the Monday "news and notes from weird readers from all over" column in the New York Times baffles. (See: previously.) Today offers a fascinating example that may baffle you if you are not deeply immersed in the culture and its assumptions. READ MORE
Explaining Metropolitan Diary
"Sometimes when I read Metropolitan Diary items on Mondays, I don't necessarily ‘get it' because they involve people I don't have anything in common with and don't feel like understanding," writes someone today, who has chosen to spend the morning grappling with meaning in this most-aged of newspaper columns. "I've read it six times now and can't make any sense of it. And I love sarcasm!" Actually, we can help! READ MORE
Street Scenes
Here's some local color from the gritty streets of Manhattan: I just got panhandled by a guy who was waiting for a bus. Remember that one the next time you hear someone say Americans lack gumption.
