It was a year ago today that I spent my first night in my first apartment in New York City. In honor of my first anniversary, I’m answering New York magazine’s 21 Questions. Who do I think I am? A New Yorker? Next it’ll be the Proust Questionnaire.
Who: Emily [Locke]
Job: Academic Marketing Assistant
Age: 23
Neighborhood: P. Slope
Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Eloise of The Plaza Hotel. Or Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Or Javier from Felicity.
What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
Waz-Za? at Norma’s in le Parker Meridien.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I sit in my giant office pushing fiction and nonfiction on college professors and drinking Diet Coke.
Where do you get your coffee?
Where don’t I get my coffee?
What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Off-Broadway is where it’s at. Peter and Jerry.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
I do and I don’t. I don’t really have a policy.
What’s your drink?
Vodka and Diet Coke.
How often do you prepare your own meals?
Define ‘prepare.’ Actually, define ‘meal.’
What’s your favorite medication?
Bed rest.
What’s hanging above your sofa?
A philistine poster of Times Square. It is so tacky.
How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
Anything more than like, $80 is truly outrageous, but I spend more anyway.
When’s bedtime?
At some point between a Sex and the City rerun and sunrise, depending on the day.
Brunch. Pro or con?
Con. I just don’t think we should be ashamed to call it breakfast even when we eat it at noon.
What’s your thread count?
300.
What do you hate most about living in New York?
It’s a toss up between how big the city is and how small the city is.
What’s your brand of jeans?
J. Crew.
When’s the last time you drove a car?
Thanksgiving break.
Who should be the next president?
Eloise of the Plaza Hotel. Seriously.
Times, Post or Daily News?
New York Times dot com.
Yankees or Mets?
The Yan—wait. Is it totally for sure that The Dodgers aren’t coming back to Brooklyn?
What makes someone a New Yorker?
Every New Yorker should have somebody to watch their back (and somebody’s back to watch) and a passion for something that they consider artful.
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