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Brian W's avatar

Awesome contribution. I am more than a few years removed from living in 550sq ft in NYC but we did figure out ways to do dinner parties off a coffee table and drank much better wine for the same as you'd spend on shitty wines by the glass somewhere else - and more of it. Just had a conversation with a friend from those days who agreed they were some of our very best memories in the city.

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Emily Sundberg's avatar

This make me emotional

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airy coast's avatar

the hosting piece wow, i smiled the whole time reading

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sam verdile's avatar

perfect essay

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Emily Sundberg's avatar

Krithika is the star ⭐️

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sarah's avatar

stories like this make me want to invite people over to my studio

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Emily Sundberg's avatar

i'll come

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Kelly Simmons's avatar

Wow, that Social Skills essay is beautiful and inspiring …

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

Loved this.

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Emily Sundberg's avatar

I hope everyone hosts at least once before 2026 because of this guidance

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Julia Woods's avatar

Such a lovely essay that reminded me of Diana Vreeland’s “Why Don’t You…” series of columns.

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Krithika Varagur's avatar

Omg — my first draft had a “why don’t you…” section (which I pulled out of bullet points and into regular sentences here) but I love DV and couldn’t appreciate your comment more!

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Kate Hinsche's avatar

that’s not new, my first cjs reporting class had a substack in 2021

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