Citiquette: Doubles Advantage a Singular Lament

Written by Jeanne Martinet on February 22, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Opinion Our Town, Opinion West Side Spirit, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Okay, I confess: I envy married people. But it’s not for the reasons you may think. I envy married people because they have a built-in excuse to get out of absolutely anything. The other day, I was caught unawares by someone asking me to do something I did not particularly want to do. I hemmed
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Citiquette: The After-After Party

Written by Jeanne Martinet on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

The two-for-one philosophy of hosting By Jeanne Martinet As most savvy New York hosts know, when you throw a large cocktail party, you can expect approximately 60 percent of the invitees to attend. Of the 40 percent who don’t come, most have a scheduling conflict or illness and are truly sorry to be missing the affair.
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Fancy Running into You Here

Written by Jeanne Martinet on November 10, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

Urban encounters of an unwelcome kind By Jeanne Martinet I was on deadline for a project. I was stressed out. I was also out of food and coffee. With the clock ticking, I grabbed the first hat I could find and jammed it over my unwashed head, and pulled on a pair of old walking
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The Noiseless Crime

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 29, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Are silent transgressions better than noisy ones? By Jeanne Martinet It was the Lincoln Plaza Cinema—and a film I had been dying to see. I had the perfect seat. I had the perfect movie companion. I had the perfect popcorn. The movie started and suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that
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