Elizabeth Wood

Normally, I would trade in my old phone whenever I upgrade, but this time I decided I was going to hold on to it and use it as my “social media” phone (called ‘the SM Phone’ from hereinafter). There’s no number connected with the SM Phone, and I only reach for it when I need to upload things, answer DMs, or when I want to doomscroll (I’m not going... See more

been subscribed to this channel for a minute, they upload vinyl recordings of dance and house music. really good gems in there. my favorite way to find old and new music is through random channels on YT, for indie stuff I love David Dean Burkhart.

Town Without Time” is a beautiful new collection of Talese’s city writing and it compiles over sixty years of his dispatches, profiles and reported essays about New York. The nearly 500 page tome collects many of his landmark pieces, like his profile of Frank Sinatra and his opus about the Bonanno crime family, but it’s also filled with more... See more

I have an almost religious relationship with this bar. Founded in 1892 and located just off Union Square, Old Town is a historic and venerated institution, yet to my surprise, it still manages to float a little under the radar. It boasts a majestic old world grandeur: there’s a marble and mahogany bar, stained glass windows, metal cash registers,... See more

Unbearable

Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America

Liz's Book Bar