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I’ve been reading David Foster Wallace’s non-fiction lately because whenever I want to read a good piece of writing for inspiration, I find his work to be the most helpful. One of the great things about his essays is that … Continue reading →

1. It’s not my fault you devoured your second — and LAST! — helping of food for the day. Your eating really is happening at an alarming rate lately. If I didn’t love you I wouldn’t feel comfortable saying this, … Continue reading →

Hello readers! I took a not-necessarily-brief hiatus from writing under the yellow sideways pineapple to launch a new section on BuzzFeed called Shift. It’s full of inspiring stories; fancy cats; Beyonce clothing commentary (okay fine: it’s not commentary so much … Continue reading →

I don’t watch much TV, the scripted kind especially, so when I find a show I can’t stop watching I devote considerable mental energy to figuring out why it’s so great. Obviously Downton Abbey is top of mind this week … Continue reading →

A tiny snippet of this story, which I completed several months ago, appears in this week’s issue of New York, about the economy of celebrity. Here is the full thing, which you can’t read anywhere else.   In December of … Continue reading →

Coming back from Buenos Aires last week, I was forced to endure a layover in Lima, Peru, that began between 3 and 4 in the morning, and ended at 6 p.m. I thought, after that 15 hour layover, I would … Continue reading →

1. In Mendoza, I rode a horse through the “foothills of the Andes,” which are not to be confused with “the Andes,” as one wine-tasting tour guide corrected a travel companion who, looking pensively off in the distance out the … Continue reading →

It is an uncomfortable sight, watching thousands of fireworks rocket into the sky from every crevice of the city blocks all around you. It’s kind of like watching a bunch of people snort cocaine: you kind of want to join them just … Continue reading →

Nice to meet you! My name is Yelena and I’m eager to help you find an apartment in Manhattan where you can live for at least a year until the rent is raised and you won’t be able to afford … Continue reading →

I love this story, as told to me by a close friend, who I’ll call Tom in case he ever decides to run for office, because I feel it so profoundly explores two of New York City’s most horrific horrors: … Continue reading →