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(www.mayaangelou.com)Social Guidance
Is the Big Apple getting you down? Jennifer Senior from New York Magazine, and John Cacioppo from the University of Chicago, talk about urban loneliness. Plus, Maya Angelou on the election of Barack Obama.
Maya Angelou
Poet-activist Maya Angelou, author of Letter to My Daughter (Random House, 2008), on the significance of the Obama presidency and more.
He (Hearts) New York
Chris Bonanos, senior editor at New York Magazine, looks at reasons to (still) love New York.
The Trouble with Book Clubs
Esther Bushell, book group facilitator, talks about the potential pitfalls of book groups. Esther was featured in an article about book groups in the Style section of The New York Times last Sunday.
Financial Guidance
The weekly December guest, Ramit Sethi, founder of iwillteachyoutoberich.com, a blog on personal finance and entrepreneurship, gives tips on how to approach your finances in this down economy.
Will You be My Friend?
Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on the interactions between adults and their children on the site.
Are You Lonely?
Jennifer Senior, contributing editor for New York Magazine, talks about how New Yorkers tend to live alone but don’t seem to be lonely. And John Cacioppo, director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, talks about how urban alienation is a myth.
Anyone Can Cook
NYC food writers Kate McDonough, editor of thecitycook.com, and Zora O'Neill, the Roving Gastronome share ideas for New Yorkers getting reacquainted with their kitchens. "Cooking on a Budget" at TheCityCook.com
Do you have a recipe to share for an economical meal at home? Post it below:
Glass, Concrete, and Stone
New York Magazine architecture critic Justin Davidson takes a building-by-building look at New York's architecture boom.
What recent building do you love or hate? Comment below!
Slideshow: Justin Davidson's Notable Buildings
The Glass Stampede at NY Magazine
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