Ruth Walker
The taste of home - why nostalgia foods are making a Covid comeback
Of all the tastes of home that were smuggled back to New York for expat friends after the Christmas break this year, one was more...
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Ruth Walker
- Apr 18, 2022
- 6 min
Are we over with monogamy?
Back in the Before Times, when a strange new plague was sweeping the planet and, almost overnight, hugs were replaced with clumsy elbow...
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Ruth Walker
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
Five times moving apartment in New York didn't suck
You can’t move apartment in New York without a support team. It just sucks otherwise. If your building isn’t being an asshole about...
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Ruth Walker
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
When life knocks the sh*t out of you, try telling poop jokes
If you feel like you’re being waterboarded by life right now, I want you to know – I see you. If you’ve been knocked sideways by the...
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Ruth Walker
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Two days that changed my world
Two days. That’s all it took. Two days, four little words, and my life changed, just like that Less than a week before the world...
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Ruth Walker
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
The little things that got me through 2020
Back in my old newspaper days, I used to hate those inevitable reviews of the year. They felt so lazy; an easy way to fill space during “sil
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Ruth Walker
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
What I know about The Crown
You’re watching The Crown, aren’t you? How could you not? Such a splendid mix of fairy tale myth and magic, cursed princesses, wicked...
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Ruth Walker
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Where were you when ...?
Some events are so historic, we remember exactly where we were when we witnessed them. The moon landing. The assassination of Kennedy....
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Ruth Walker
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
If Manhattan isn't a ghost town, can it still be boo-tiful?
Halloween in New York was a little different this year. I didn’t get spanked at a kinky dominatrix party. And I didn’t share a Sex and...
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Ruth Walker
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Am I a pervert (asking for a friend)?
Remember the Sex and the City episode where Miranda discovers the joys of the Rabbit?
“I think I'm in love,” our Harvard-educated,
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Ruth Walker
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
I braved Century 21's final day so you wouldn't have to
When the fight broke out in line for Century 21’s final day of sales at Lincoln Square – someone mentioned an attempted stabbing, but I can’
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Ruth Walker
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
The ballad of the Central Park rat
"I can definitely hear something.” It’s the third time in the last 20 minutes Cera has stopped our chatter to suggest we may have an uninvit
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Ruth Walker
- Sep 15, 2020
- 1 min
To anyone who's falling out of love with New York
I played hooky yesterday afternoon – and fell back in love with New York. I hadn't exactly fallen OUT of love, but we’d been getting on ea
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Ruth Walker
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
A psychic message from my past
On Saturday, relishing the almost fall weather (yay!), I pulled on a jacket I hadn’t worn in months. It felt comforting – emotionally as wel
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Ruth Walker
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
Living proof - the dating zombie apocalypse is here
"Ruth Walker!” The voicemail message begins brightly. “What a darling, charming voice, even on voicemail.” The gentleman caller does not...
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Ruth Walker
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
A coronavirus secret ...
I’m at an undisclosed location in the West Village, having drinks with a friend, when I hear what must be the most valuable piece of...
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Ruth Walker
- Nov 1, 2019
- 1 min
Halloween in New York – with a dominatrix and drag Bo Peep
This may not be the first post I write while still wearing most of last night's make-up. But waking up next to a red wig and vague memories
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