As I was studying to get my NYC sightseeing guide's license back in 2018—yeah, I'm a licensed tour guide; hmu if you're interested in a tour—I devoured a TON of NYC guide books. From the conventional to the quirky, I've read almost every New York City guide there is and I've learned what makes a…
Continue reading ➞ Explore New York Better With These 10 NYC Guide Books
I’m not the target audience for Jake Dobkin’s new book “Ask a Native New Yorker.” As a fellow New York City native I’m probably the last type of person Dobkin would want to have picked up his book, as born-and-bred New Yorkers tend to viciously nitpick through advice anyone else offers about surviving in this…
Continue reading ➞ A Native New Yorker Reads “Ask a Native New Yorker”
There are mainly three ways New Yorkers think about the stops at the end of a subway line:1. As a blessing, because you can always get a seat when you board the train2. As a curse, because you have to endure every. single. stop. before the train gets to yours, or3. They don't think of…
