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Marriage Can’t Be the Solution to Poverty

  How has New York (and, indeed, America) lost its middle class? This is the big question these days, especially as rents continue to rise, wage stagnation continues, and it increasingly seems like we...

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Laurie Anderson Made Us Believe In Love Again

A few years ago, I went with a friend to see Laurie Anderson perform with Anne Carson at a small venue on Avenue A. There were maybe 40 folding chairs set up for the audience. I wondered if Lou Reed...

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The Marriage Trap: No, Your Life Probably Won’t Be Like Beyoncé’s After You...

Mr. and Mrs. Carter Last night, America’s first couple—Beyoncé and Jay Z, obviously—took the stage at the Grammys, performing “Drunk In Love,” a song which includes sentiments familiar to everyone...

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The 10 Best Spots in Brooklyn to Take Your Wedding Photos

A location scout could scout 100 films in Brooklyn without one looking like any of the others. When it comes to backdrops, the borough has a little bit of everything: industrial side streets,...

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The Anatomy of Marriage: The 10 Most Dysfunctional Married Couples in Literature

Most fictional marriages are not like that of Nick and Nora Charles. To paraphrase Tolstoy, all happy marriages are alike; each unhappy marriage is unhappy in its own way, which is why dysfunctional...

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Unlove Me: Too Big Not To Fail

“I’ll be more surprised if we succeed than if we fail,” I scrawled in a beat-up notebook last year. It was one of my many reactions to the new, deeply passionate relationship that had eclipsed every...

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Several Good Reasons to Avoid Marriage

Arthur Schopenhauer, famous for his positive outlook and sunny disposition* said, “Marrying means to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find an eel amongst an assembly of snakes.” I couldn’t...

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Musical Map Of The USA: Hawaii— Gabby Pahinui

There’s plenty of places in this country that encourage disenchantment, cities and states that practically compete to provide visitors with a sense of disillusionment and despair. Then there’s Hawaii....

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Park Slope Leads in Internet Extramarital Affairs

More Park Slope residents subscribe to a website that promotes extramarital sex than do those from any other neighborhood in Brooklyn, the New York Post reports. AshleyMadison.com, a dating website...

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Park Slope Leads in Internet Extramarital Affairs

More Park Slope residents subscribe to a website that promotes extramarital sex than do those from any other neighborhood in Brooklyn, the New York Post reports. AshleyMadison.com, a dating website...

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Marriage Can’t Be the Solution to Poverty

How has New York (and, indeed, America) lost its middle class? This is the big question these days, especially as rents continue to rise, wage stagnation continues, and it increasingly seems like we...

View Article

Laurie Anderson Made Us Believe In Love Again

A few years ago, I went with a friend to see Laurie Anderson perform with Anne Carson at a small venue on Avenue A. There were maybe 40 folding chairs set up for the audience. I wondered if Lou Reed...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Marriage Trap: No, Your Life Probably Won’t Be Like Beyoncé’s After You...

Mr. and Mrs. Carter Last night, America’s first couple—Beyoncé and Jay Z, obviously—took the stage at the Grammys, performing “Drunk In Love,” a song which includes sentiments familiar to everyone...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The 10 Best Spots in Brooklyn to Take Your Wedding Photos

A location scout could scout 100 films in Brooklyn without one looking like any of the others. When it comes to backdrops, the borough has a little bit of everything: industrial side streets,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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The Anatomy of Marriage: The 10 Most Dysfunctional Married Couples in Literature

Most fictional marriages are not like that of Nick and Nora Charles. To paraphrase Tolstoy, all happy marriages are alike; each unhappy marriage is unhappy in its own way, which is why dysfunctional...

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Unlove Me: Too Big Not To Fail

Illustration by Sarah Lutkenhaus “I’ll be more surprised if we succeed than if we fail,” I scrawled in a beat-up notebook last year. It was one of my many reactions to the new, deeply passionate...

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Several Good Reasons to Avoid Marriage

Arthur Schopenhauer, famous for his positive outlook and sunny disposition* said, “Marrying means to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find an eel amongst an assembly of snakes.” I couldn’t...

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Clik here to view.

Musical Map Of The USA: Hawaii— Gabby Pahinui

There’s plenty of places in this country that encourage disenchantment, cities and states that practically compete to provide visitors with a sense of disillusionment and despair. Then there’s Hawaii....

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