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Last Week in New York
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Last Week in New York

I went to the Substack Office Party for Substack bestsellers which, as the name suggests, took place in the Substack offices near the Flatiron.

Our last weekend in New York City and it was a busy one:

I wrote this time last year about the first week of the school holidays - the relentless boredom and overwhelm of it.

family heirlooms and scabby rich people
A woman knocked at my door in response to the ad I’d put up to give away furniture. She ended up leaving with 3 lamps, an airfryer, a coffee machine, a 600 bag box of Barry’s tea and the kitchen clock

(and other pearls of wisdom)

Celebrating 250 years of America and the end of our 4 years in NYC

There’s really so many lives you can live in New York. The choose-your-own-adventure story I’m on right now is the ‘Central Park and Museum of Natural History between the hours of 10am and 5pm’ route.

7 hours in Ireland's capital city

Summer Diary of a New Yorker

The Devil Wears Oshkosh B’gosh

and book giveaway

One week in New York in May: Taylor, Lena, Hillary

Monday 4 May
Transforming my trauma into humour (everything is copy)
It’s really hard moving through the world when everyone all around is so thick
...in New York

Good afternoon!

New York is New Yorking! The blossoms are out! The summer clothes are out! The ice-cream trucks are back! The coats have been shed! Everyone is smiling!
In the spirit of straightupness....

Whenever you truly need a break from your kids, it’s not forthcoming.