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Your Eccentric Friend Shows You Around Town: A Review of “Awkwafina’s NYC”
In honor of Queens-born rapper/actress Awkwafina’s recent Golden Globe win and the upcoming premiere of her Comedy Central show “Nora from Queens,” I re-read “Awkwafina’s NYC”. Awkwafina, aka Nora Lum, released this NYC travel guide book in 2015, a time when she was best known for the bangers “My Vag” and “NYC Bitche$.” I wouldn’t…
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My Nine Favorite NYC Adventures of 2019
As a principle I try to have at least one NYC adventure a week, whether that be visiting a place I’ve read about or trying a fad food. That adds up to 52 local adventures a year. But since I don’t have the bandwidth to recount 52 things I did in 2019 and you as…
Awkwafina’s NYC, Battery Park City, Berlin Wall, Biking in NYC, Central Park, featured, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, General Grant National Memorial, Grant’s Tomb, Green-Wood Cemetery, Life in NYC, Living in Brooklyn, NYC Guide Books, NYC History, Ocean Hill, Panorama of the City of New York, Queens Museum, Roosevelt Island, SeaGlass Carousel
