Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what did you do last night? Nina: My name is Nina and I just went out with my friends, that’s all. Then went home to chat with a friend on the phone and went to sleep. Ask a New Yorker: How many hours of sleep do you… Read more »
I met Dawn, a police officer, at the 46th St subway station along the 7 line… Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name? And how long have you been a police officer? Dawn: Dawn, about a 1 ½ years. Ask a New Yorker: What’s it like being one of New York’s finest? Dawn: It’s fun… Read more »
I met Joyce on a corner in Gramercy Park with her dog. Ask a New Yorker: Hi Joyce. Who is your friend here? Joyce: This is Ethel, an English Bull dog. Ask a New Yorker: Tell us about Ethel. Joyce: Actually I’m fostering her. I like to foster dogs. I try to transition them to… Read more »
AskaNewYorker: What’s your name and what do you do in the city? Stephanie: My name is Stephanie and I’m in recovery and I go to a realization center. I’m a recovering addict. I was homeless at one time. I’ve lived in the parks. I lived out of a garbage can. I sold my body for… Read more »
We met Nora at the opening day for PS 1’s new summer show. AskaNewYorker: Where’s Nora from? Nora: I’m from Grand Rapids MI. AskaNewYorker: How long have you lived in New York? Nora: About three weeks. AskaNewYorker: Welcome to the city. What part of the city did you move to? Nora: Prospect Heights Brooklyn. I’m… Read more »
Six degrees of separation brought Mindy, a transplanted New Yorker, my way this week. She’s pretty, she’s Jewish, she’s a lesbian, and she’s coming back to NYC this month to launch her one woman show ‘I Sarah’ during gay pride week. AskaNewYorker: So Mindy, why was a nice New York lesbian doing theatre in Oregon?… Read more »
Stephanie, our NYC Uberchic for May 2006 Meet Stephanie, our first impromptu, on-the-train interview. AskaNewYorker: What’s your name? Stephanie: Stephanie…. AskaNewYorker: What do you do in the city? Stephanie: I sell advertising. AskaNewYorker: What agency? Stephanie: I work for All Recipes.com AskaNewYorker: Do you like to cook, and if so, what did you cook… Read more »
On one of the first nice Spring days of 2006, I introduced myself to Kelsey, who was in the park busy on her computer, and she asked me to go away and come back in five minutes. She wanted to see if Ask a New Yorker was legit. We passed the test. Ask a New… Read more »
Amanda Congdon graciously gave us this interview after we read about her in a recent New York Times profile. Ask a New Yorker: Hi Amanda, Tell us about your New York Times article and what you do. Amanda: I host and co write a three minute daily internet show that often has a comedic slant…. Read more »
AskaNewYorker: So what’s your name? Danny: Danny. AskaNewYorker: What do you do? Danny: I’m a grad student in architecture. AskaNewYorker: What did you think of the movie “My Architect, the Biography of Louis Kahn”? (An obvious question to ask an aspiring architect) Danny: I’m not really a fan of Louis Kahn, but to hear his… Read more »
