The announcement appeared on the refrigerator: “A Brazilian Television Show Is Here at 2 p.m. Today to Do a Segment on Paragraph. Anyone Interested in Being Interviewed, Tell Lila.”
The Brazilians didn’t arrive until three, I observed as I pretended to read a book in the corner of the lunchroom. They bustled in fresh and laughing, [...]
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Yesterday Paragraph, my writing community, took on the editors of New York magazine for a semi-friendly game of softball, the city’s scribes being loosely affiliated into a league and this game, in the sunny and mild week before Labor Day, being the season’s final inning.
Team Paragraph arrived early at East River Park (no bosses overseeing [...]
Tags: Schmoozing · Sports
Today I reported for my first session at Paragraph, a haven for writers that sits above a funky lamp store near Union Square. New York is a city of extremes and Paragraph occupies its own special niche: It is a very, very quiet place.
Tags: Schmoozing · The Rat Race
What's it like to be newcomer in New York City? David Ferris finds out in A Year In New York. Finding a cool scene. Getting lost on the subway. Meeting dead pigeons. It's all here. Learn more.