NWR - True New Yorkers

scottreiner

scottreiner

scott reiner
I just got this email through the NYDN. Perhaps we are missing some post-jeebus opportunities:

Dear Scott,



You know youre a true New Yorker when:



1. You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."

2. You're not in the least bit interested in going to Times Square on New Year's Eve.

3. You head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed and late night food is not even a question.



Theres nothing better than a night out in the City that never sleepsA true New Yorker starts off their night partying at the trendy spot downtown, then moves to their favorite neighborhood bar where he/she meets that special someone to go home with and/or ends the night laughing with friends, while satisfying their drunken munchies at their favorite late night food spot.



Need I say McDonald's? At 2:00 AM, everyone knows the typical New Yorker cannot resist those Fries and Big Mac. Come get your late night McDonald's easier than ever at the 56th Street and 8th Ave Walk Up Window (opens at 2:00 AM)! It's the greatest thing since the cupcake truck! Come satisfy your late night munchies at our newest phenomenon. It will be easy as 1, 2, 3 and your night of debauchery in the big apple will be sure to always end on a good note!



Please let me know your interests in running this story. Look forward to hearing from you.

Best,

Alex Rosenzweig

MWW Group

646.351.8119

arosenzweig@mww.com
 
Seriously, who finds themselves at 56th and 8th post 2am? "Ok, we just closed Ten Bells, you know where we should go? Fucking McDonalds at 56th and 8th. Columbus Circle here we come!"
 
originally posted by lars makie:
Seriously, who finds themselves at 56th and 8th post 2am? "Ok, we just closed Ten Bells, you know where we should go? Fucking McDonalds at 56th and 8th. Columbus Circle here we come!"
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Guess you're not a "true New Yorker?"

Cheers,

Kevin
 
The UWS wine bar where I used to work was frequented by the Editor in Chief of The Post. He drinks california Cabernet Sauvignon & Sauvignon Blanc exclusively.

An excellent pairing with McDonalds fries, indubitably. He is a real New Yorker. If only I could be as authentic as him.
 
originally posted by lars makie:
Seriously, who finds themselves at 56th and 8th post 2am? "Ok, we just closed Ten Bells, you know where we should go? Fucking McDonalds at 56th and 8th. Columbus Circle here we come!"
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There's a very, very good reason to be at 56th and 8th at 2:00 am. It's called The Carnegie Deli, it's just over a block away and it's open until 4:00. I daresay that it's a lot more "true" New York than the arriviste Ten Bells, with all due respect.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by JSchwartze:
It's called The Carnegie Deli,
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why wouldn't you just go to katz's, much closer to the 10 bells and immeasurably better than carnegie?
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And to make matter worse Katz's isn't open until 4:00. Or even until Midnight except for Friday and Saturday. What's up with that?
 
I think it was waiting until 2:30 a.m. for John Cale's set to start at the Mudd Club that finally convinced me that I lacked the necessary stamina for the Manhattan club life schedule. (Yeah, that's how old I really am.)
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
NWR - True New Yorkers

You know youre a true New Yorker when:

1. You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
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Ecce Charlotte.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by JSchwartze: Nobody from New York is from New York.
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That's what the outsiders say!
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True New Yorkers' phone numbers don't start off with 718, 914, 516 or, especially, 917 or 646. The first three mean that you go over a bridge or through a tunnel to get to "The City" and the last two mean that you're a new kid in town.

"By their area codes ye shall know them".
 
Bizarrely enough, when I was in New York last spring, I lived in Manhattan yet, for reasons known only to some dark miasma of the universe (AT&T), was given a cell phone number starting in 718. The ignominy!
 
originally posted by JSchwartze:
Speaking of Outsiders...
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by JSchwartze: Nobody from New York is from New York.
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That's what the outsiders say!
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True New Yorkers' phone numbers don't start off with 718, 914, 516 or, especially, 917 or 646. The first three mean that you go over a bridge or through a tunnel to get to "The City" and the last two mean that you're a new kid in town.

"By their area codes ye shall know them".
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917 simply means that you have a cell phone. and, i'm sure the 5th generation denizens of brooklyn or queens will be very interested to find out that they are not 'true new yorkers'...
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by JSchwartze:
Speaking of Outsiders...
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by JSchwartze: Nobody from New York is from New York.
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That's what the outsiders say!
Click to expand...

True New Yorkers' phone numbers don't start off with 718, 914, 516 or, especially, 917 or 646. The first three mean that you go over a bridge or through a tunnel to get to "The City" and the last two mean that you're a new kid in town.

"By their area codes ye shall know them".
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917 simply means that you have a cell phone. and, i'm sure the 5th generation denizens of brooklyn or queens will be very interested to find out that they are not 'true new yorkers'...
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Not to quibble overly, but 917 is not limited to cell phones. My (Times Square) office's direct fax #'s, for example, are all 917's. Re the Brooklyn and Queens folks, as a Manhhattan-born child of a Queens-born mother, my impression has always been that we're all New Yorkers, but JSchwartze is right about what "The City" is. Our London colleagues, of course, have a different, and older view.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by JSchwartze:
Speaking of Outsiders...
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by JSchwartze: Nobody from New York is from New York.
Click to expand...

That's what the outsiders say!
Click to expand...

True New Yorkers' phone numbers don't start off with 718, 914, 516 or, especially, 917 or 646. The first three mean that you go over a bridge or through a tunnel to get to "The City" and the last two mean that you're a new kid in town.

"By their area codes ye shall know them".
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917 simply means that you have a cell phone. and, i'm sure the 5th generation denizens of brooklyn or queens will be very interested to find out that they are not 'true new yorkers'...
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...will proudly tell you that Brooklyn would likely still be an independent city were it not for some probable electoral chicanery in 1894. It is still its own county (aka Kings County), murky though that fact may be. And that county is, wait for it, part of Long Island. The Battle of Long Island was fought in Brooklyn, after all. And if Brooklyn were able to secede from New York City today it would be the 4th largest city in America. Wear that 718 with pride!
 
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