February 28, 2000 – 10:46 am
From New York Magazine
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Americans tend to have lukewarm feelings about tea. Ever since the Boston Tea Party, the drink simply hasn’t gotten the respect it deserves. It’s not unusual to walk into a midtown deli looking for a cup of coffee and be faced with an exhaustive selection …
September 13, 1999 – 10:49 am
From New York Magazine
By HEATHER ROBINSON
It’s that time of the year again, when the wail of the shofar is about to rise, signaling the start of the Jewish New Year and putting you, if you’re a good but fair-weather Jew who doesn’t belong to a synagogue, into a panic …
So, Are New Yorkers Jerks?
From Time Out New York Student Guide,
Fall 2000
Our completely unscientific survey of random pedestrians says: Fuhgeddaboutit!
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Whenever I go home to Pittsburgh I cross paths with my Aunt Tess, who never fails to recount the story of her trip through Grand Central Terminal in 1952. “The way those people …