The 17th largest hotel in the world

October 4th, 2011 | Columnry,Travel | No Comments »
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I went there. It was very, very strange.


Guns on the A Train

June 9th, 2011 | Columnry | 24 Comments »
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In which the author gets uncomfortably close to genuine American gun crime via an ill-advised trip to the beach.


The Subterraneans

May 12th, 2011 | Columnry | No Comments »
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In which the author considers the denizens of the subway.


The call of the wild

November 7th, 2010 | Columnry,Opinion | 3 Comments »
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In which the author meets a real life ultra-libertarian GOP voter, and tries to make sense of the experience.


Sweet home, Alabama?

October 20th, 2010 | Columnry,Opinion,Travel | No Comments »
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In which the author visits the Deep South as a “travel journalist” and blogs furiously about the whole weird affair.


Ambient mixtapes and all good things

October 18th, 2010 | Columnry | No Comments »
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In which NY Conversation banishes blog apathy with a mixtape, a tourbus and a trip to Alabama.


DDD Column: Max’s Kansas City

September 23rd, 2010 | Columnry | No Comments »
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In which State of the Art gets the nostalgia industry in its sights.


Prêt à Partir, or NY Conversation vs Fashion Week

September 22nd, 2010 | Columnry | 3 Comments »
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In which NY Conversation ventures bravely into the uncharted waters of the fashion industry.


DDD Column: Lee Friedlander

September 16th, 2010 | Columnry | No Comments »
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In which the author ponders again the strangeness of LA and the way in which Lee Friedlander’s photo ‘Los Angeles’ captures it perfectly.


DDD column: Zhang Huan vs Goya

September 9th, 2010 | Columnry | No Comments »
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New art column for the Dirty Durty Diary. This week: Zhang Huan and how art functions with and without a context.