London has been very much on my mind of late – not just because I’m in the midst of a new Gotham Girl series over on the Boris Johnson site* Speaking of which – the latest edition is all about bike share programs. Of course, Gotham Girl is supposed to compare how London and NYC [...]

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Though a total non-fashionista, Gotham Girl loves street style & checks out the sartorial streets of London & NYC. Last year, New York beat London hands down on the street food front – this time around, London gets a bit of it’s own back. Today marks the first Friday of the season on Governors Island, [...]

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E. B. White said, “There are roughly three New Yorks” – that of the native, the commuter and the transplant.  I think he’s on to something, but I think he didn’t go quite far enough.  So I thought I’d ask a variety of people – some New York born, some who have lived here for [...]

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The other day, I (along with a lot of friends and fellow NYers) were laughing about the recent Gawker post “A Few Rules for Tourists Visiting New York City This Summer” – which showed someone having painted a line down the sidewalk with one side for tourists and one side for NYers. It got me [...]

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Let the rest of the world watch the Olympics. I shall settle in and watch the Westminster Dog Show. Not only because it’s a New York tradition (though it is). Not only because once again (for the 19th consecutive year) the Labrador Retriever has been named America’s Favorite dog (far more impressive that “best in [...]

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