The NYC Nomad

I’ve thought a lot about taking this project beyond the five boroughs.  I have six neighborhoods left in New York City to reach my goal of 52, which was originally a goal of a summer, which turned into a goal of a calendar year, which turned into a goal of 52 neighborhoods – a NYC [...]

-after a run in the neighborhood Why did you host the Nomad? Obviously you are friend of mine, and I wanted to help you out and hang out with you for the week, but also looking at your project I thought it would be a cool way to give you a different perspective on New [...]

“Wait, I thought you were the NYC Nomad,” a friend recently posited when I told him of my whereabouts last week.  And while yes, my friend brings up a valid point, I think experiencing New York from a commuter’s perspective is part of experiencing the city.  This was not my first sojourn outside of the 5 [...]

You can read a little about my stay in Fort Greene on the New York Times Fort Green/Clinton Hill Local Blog.  Tamy Cozier, from the CUNY School of Journalism, visited Wesley and I in Ft. Greene on Sunday. Stayed With Wesley, Nibby (the dog), and Posey (the Cat) in a studio loft in Fort Greene. It’s one of the [...]

Sundays are generally moving day, but I haven’t arrived on a Sunday in a while. And the Sunday I was supposed to move to the Bronx was Superbowl Sunday so when Leslie warned me that she knew nothing about football and probably wouldn’t even be watching the game, I extended my stay in TriBeCa an extra day. [...]

-Caitlin, MaryAnn and I I’m about nine months into my project, and there are many times when I’m quite happy with myself for coming up with this idea (there are other times that I border on self-loathing, but those are few and far between).  I, however, don’t think I realized the full brilliance of my project [...]

My third trip (if you include Alphabet City) to the East Village started with one of the more unpleasant moves of this project.  I was deceived by both apartments being on the East Side (but each quite far from the subway) and the cold was brutal.  It was a short week (Sat – Thurs, as I [...]

I stayed with Deanna in Bensonhurst for a week.  She had this to say: Finally a roommate! I live in a studio- alone for the first time, I’m used to sharing space with lots of people! When I heard through a co-worker about the “NYC Nomad” I instantly wanted in! Finally my week with Ed [...]

Planning wasn’t exactly my strong point over the past few weeks.  I went from 83rd and 1st to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and then back to 89th and 1st.  Alas, moving can be interesting, if not exactly fun, and it was an interesting to contrast the two neighborhoods.  Contrast is what I’ll do below – if you [...]

- after some wii dancing Stayed With Deanna, a co-worker of former host Jo in Park Slope.  Deanna is the youngest person I’ve stayed with and is just getting started in NYC.  We probably spent about 10 minutes together at a holiday party, but apparently Jo gave me her seal of approval.  Deanna lives in [...]