January 2011
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The NYC Nomad in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
- after some wii dancing
Stayed
With Deanna, a co-worker of former host Jo in Park Slope. Deanna is the youngest person I’ve stayed with and is just getting started in NYC. We probably spent about 10 minutes together at a holiday party, but apparently Jo gave me her seal of approval. Deanna lives in a basement studio below a vociferous Italian family. Even though its a studio, she has...
"Become Your Dream" →
I’ve seen these “become your dream” posters all over the Upper East Side, and even written in black marker on discarded mattresses. James De La Vega is the artist responsible.
via April Zosia on Flickr
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The NYC Nomad on the Upper East Side (83rd and...
Stayed
With Amy and Gregg, newlyweds, and friends of mine from Tufts. We’ve been talking about this since September and it finally happened on the first week of the New Year. I was coming back from a week with my parents and its always nice to stay with friends that I know well when I return.
Judged
A pizza throwdown between Amy and Gregg. In the tradition of Bobby Flay / Top Chef,...
“There are roughly three New Yorks.
There is, first, the New York of the man or...”
– I love this quote from EB White in “Here is New York”
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Guest Post: An Offer to Stay in an Old Squat...
I’ve had some pretty unique offers since getting some press in the New York Times and being interviewed on Leonard Lopate. Below is one of the more unique offers for a week I’m planning to spend in April in an old squat building in the East Village. Lisa agreed to let me repost her email on my blog. And for those with the motherly instinct, the serial killer reference is to the...
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The NYC Nomad in Bridgewater, MA
Well its not New York, but my parents have “hosted” me for a lot longer than one week so I thought they deserved a post.
I stayed in the home I grew up in, in my old bed, which I used to complain about when I came home. This trip it felt like the best bed money can buy. I slept a lot. I still had a roommate(s), but this week it was my niece and nephew. It was the first time in a...
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The NYC Nomad on WNYC (NPR) with Leonard Lopate
]]> I missed the Henry Miller reference, but it was a really fun show! Before the show I got to listen to Leonard tell me about interviewing Henry Kissinger and hung out with Roseanne Barr and her posse in the Green Room.
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My First Stay (in Murray Hill) as a result of the...
I had plans to stay in East Williamburg the week before Christmas. Then I received the message below from a friend of the roommate of my friend and former host Liz (yes, you should read that again) in Crown Heights, who I met one night during my stay there and had offered his place for me to stay.
“Ed!! I´m back in NY and with some news. i didn´t know but my roommate invited all his...
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The NYC Nomad will be LIVE on WNYC with Leonard...
Please tune in to WNYC (NPR) this Tuesday, January 4th for the Leonard Lopate show. The stations in NYC are FM 93.9 and AM 820. You can also stream it live from the WNYC website. I’ll be going on starting at 1pm EST for about a 20 minute interview and preceding none other than Roseanne Barr!
For those unfamiliar with the Leonard Lopate show, he has hosted some amazing guests over the years...