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Your 5 minutes of fame

For a long time, the longest queue in NY was not in front of Dominique Ansel’s bakery for the cronuts in the morning, nor in front of Output on a Saturday night, but in front of the different places hosting The Moth show. The Moth is a storytelling contest. A contest devoted to the art and craft of narration. The principle ? Each Moth is built around a word that will be the evening’s theme. When the doors open, storyteller hopefuls put their names in a hat. 10 names are pulled at…

Sugar high

As a child, if your favorite fairy tale was Hansel and Gretel and you dreamed of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, we’ve found a new address that is guaranteed to make your blood sugar spike. The ultimate sweet tooth fantasy: an 8-course all-dessert tasting menu! It is a well-known French chef in NY who is the mastermind behind this gourmet initiative. Dominique Ansel opened a new bakery in the West Village two months ago: Dominique Ansel Kitchen. Nothing earth-shattering at its debut – just a sister…

The 10 commandments of the perfect New Yorker

Commandment #5: Thou shalt take a cab to go 5 blocks

You’ll know you’re a real New Yorker when, in a cab, you have completed the below checklist: – repeated your destination address 8 times before your cabbie gets it – argued (fiercely) with your driver about the less-desired route he just took – cursed all cabbies who, at 4 pm during the shift change, refuse to take you because they are not going in your direction – got (surprinsingly quickly) intimate and discovered the incredible lives of your cabbies: an unhappy arranged marriage in India, a…

Commandment #9: Thou shalt not cook anymore but shalt order take out with the snap of a finger

NY is the realm of service. You can get almost everything delivered to your doorstep under 30 minutes. Your dinner (Seamless), groceries (Fresh Direct) or alcohol (Drizly). And most of the time you can get delivered at all hours. Late-night munchies? You should know that in Manhattan you can order cookies straight out of the oven with a glass of milk delivered at home. This is the tailor-made concept of Insomnia Cookies. Originally launched by an MBA student at Wharton for students cramming late at night…

My Secret NY