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...darker side. Dan (Jude Law), an obituary writer and aspiring novelist, shares a moment of charged visual contact with a beautiful girl as he makes his way to work in London one day. Her name is Alice (Natalie Portman)—a hip, self-assured New Yorker who has just arrived in the city. An accident while crossing the street puts her in the hospital and Dan, although still a stranger to her, remains close by to offer help. Fast-forward to a few years later. Alice and Dan are together in the romance that seemed destined from their...
...commiserated with my travel buddy, a classmate and another born and bred New Yorker. Like me, she used to travel home a lot. She reported that with the exception of a quick trip home for the Jewish holidays, way back in September, she hadn’t been home yet this year either...
...Jude Law), an obituary writer and aspiring novelist, shares a moment of charged visual contact with a beautiful girl as he makes his way to work in London one day. Her name is Alice (Natalie Portman)—a hip, self-assured New Yorker who has just arrived in the city. An accident while crossing the street puts her in the hospital and Dan, although still a stranger to her, remains close by to offer help...
After college, Mnookin began freelancing on his own, and went on to write full-time for Newsweek, as well as for The New Yorker, Slate, the New York Observer and other publications. His major autobiographical piece published in Salon, entitled “Harvard and Heroin,” detailed his drug experiences throughout his life, including his heroin addiction during his postgraduate years while living in New York and Boston. After a number of hospitalizations, including an incident in which a doctor said he’d “never seen anyone come in here in this condition...
Meanwhile, Traugott’s accomplishment may be even more remarkable. His fantastic finish Sunday came in his first-ever marathon. He called it a “thrilling” experience. As a born and raised New Yorker, running his first marathon in his hometown made the experience “extra-special...