r/AskNYC

He is literally working from 6am to 8pm some days, He works at a hedge fund. I want to see him and spend time with him but this job is very important for him and he is trying to set himself up for success with this. I am trying to be supportive so he can do well in his job but at the same time there is so much I want to tell him. I know many people here date or are married to professionals with demanding careers, how do you find balance and be supportive?

I live in Midtown, so I pass the MYKA on 6th Ave all the time. And when I say there is always a line, I mean ALWAYS. Sometimes the line is so long that my husband and I literally joke about people spending 30+ minutes waiting for frozen yogurt that probably won’t even fill them up.
But of course, seeing that line every single day started getting into my head. Like… what am I missing? Is it actually that good? Or is the line itself part of the marketing?
Today I finally gave in. I had just come from the sauna at the gym, I was hot, and frozen yogurt suddenly sounded amazing. The line was long but not completely insane, so I thought: fine. Today is the day I finally decode the MYKA phenomenon.
First impression: they absolutely nailed the branding. I’ll give them that.
If you’re not very familiar with Greece, the whole menu and presentation can definitely make you feel like you’re getting this super authentic, Greek-sourced, natural experience. The tiny shop is also really well designed. Despite the size, the interior gives you that clean Greek-island-house vibe.
My husband is Greek, so I’m pretty familiar with Greek food and culture. And I’m also a huge yogurt person. Greek yogurt and kefir are basically part of my everyday diet, so maybe my expectations were higher than average.
Then I looked at the menu and honestly… nothing really jumped out at me as revolutionary. But I still thought, there must be something about the actual yogurt.
I ordered it with Greek olive oil +MIKAtaifi+toasted coconut.
Then I took the first bite.
WTF.
That was the moment I realized I had just spent around $15 and 30 minutes of my life on… yogurt.
Not bad yogurt. Not disgusting yogurt.
Just… yogurt.
And the olive oil? A few little drops on top. 😭
I kept eating it waiting for some magical moment where I would suddenly understand why people line up down 6th Ave for this, and it just never happened.
Maybe I’m completely missing something, but to me the biggest accomplishment here is the marketing. The line creates curiosity, the branding makes it feel exclusive/authentic, and eventually people like me join the line because we need to know what everyone else knows.
Apparently the answer is: nothing. 😂
And NYC has plenty of things that are absolutely worth waiting in line for. If I’m standing in line at Adel’s, for example, I understand the sacrifice because at least I’m walking away with an actual meal thats soo worth it.
But 30 minutes and ~$15 for frozen yogurt?
Please.
My $3 kefir at home gives me several servings and I genuinely enjoy it more.
Maybe MYKA fans can explain this to me because I really wanted to understand the hype. Is there a specific topping/order that completely changes the experience?
Because based on what I had today, I’m still convinced the line is more impressive than the yogurt.

I'm currently basically on my couch non stop because of depression. I have to move in a month, I have savings, but my income sucks so I don't even know if I can get a new lease. And I don't really have the motivation to look for sublets either.

I was talking to someone who knew a person in NYC so depressed they didn't leave their apartment for two months. And honestly I just don't know how people are pulling it off, staying afloat in this city while dealing with this.

How are you all doing it?

One fun exchange in "Oppenheimer" was when David Krumholtz's Isaac Rabi, in bonding with Oppenheimer, asks him how it is he could be an NYC kid and Jewish and never learned a word of Yiddish. Robert says, "Not as much of it spoken on my side of the park." Rabi smirks at the classist remark and tells Oppenheimer to go f**k himself, and they're friends from then on. But has that kind of division in Manhattan Jewish culture remained today, or how has it shifted?

This could either be a room I rent or could do with a group of people but are there screaming groups in nyc?

I need to scream once every week just to get it all out. Any groups in nyc that do this? I could create a group too but finding an enclosed space is the challenge. ​

I’ve been to a few thrift stores and I’m noticing that some of them are a bit pricey 😅

For example, The places I’ve checked out seem to price shirts (plain random shirts, not designer or anything) at like tjmaxx comparable prices..

I’ve been to a few Goodwills that were DECENT, but the one in Brooklyn is getting crazy with their prices (they’ve made the store to appeal more to those who just thrift for trends, but what about people who actually can’t afford other many options than thrifting??), and I tried Buffalo Exchanges but they’re not really worth it in my opinion

What are some good thrift stores that have actually good prices? I'm new to fashion as well so some places that have some basics good be good too.

They either have dead subs, their subreddits are inactive, or they literally have no subreddits.

Take Queens. r/astoria, r/foresthills, and r/flushing have large communities. But r/jamaicanyc, r/coronanyc, and r/elmhurstnyc (not r/elmhurst, which is for a non-NYC sub) are all but dead.

Had one of those dinners recently where I'm pretty sure the wine list weighed more than my entree. I knew I wanted something light and crisp like, I could taste it in my head but staring at that leather-bound novel of options? Total blank. Ended up just flagging down the somm and going whatever works with fish I guess, which was totally fine and the wine was great, but also... feel like this happens to me way more in NYC since so many restaurants have these massive wine lists full of regions and producers I’ve never heard of. I don't need to become the person who sniffs and swirls and talks about terroir or whatever. I just want to look at a list and actually understand enough to pick something I'll enjoy, without the internal panic. So i want people her efor help, what can make me improve, to be more confident at what i drink or order?

There’s so many different ways people open the door. I touch it with a decent amount of strength and hold my hand there for a couple seconds, and tap like that again if it doesn’t open. I’ve seen people bang on it quickly, other people lightly tap it with just their fingers and not their palm.

Similarly, when you tap to pay on public transit, does your phone/card touch the reader or do you hold it above it without touching. I didn’t realize until recently that I tap the reader with the top corner of my phone. Little things, curious about how everyone else lives their lives!

Last month I had the best sandwich I've ever had. It was the New York pastrami sandwich from Empire Diner near Chelsea Pier. I've been thinking about it every day. It was fried pastrami on rye with slaw, pickles, mustard, and swiss. It was $29 and I'm dying to find as good of a sandwich cheaper. Send me your recs. Bonus points for Upper East Side and midtown.

Recently came across a thread from a few years ago and dove into a rabbit hole of cool stuff Manhattan and the other boroughs have that’s just around and show parts of history.

Example the fallout shelter signs you see around are from the Cold War.

Or the owl statues with eyes that light up in Herald Square, a cool little feature.

Or the 23 Wall Street bomb marks from 1920 that are still there, in what was the JPMorgan building at the time.

Stuff like that. Post it here, I love this stuff

I’m looking for good square pizza, sandwiches I can walk with, not really sit down eat kinda places. Also if anyone has some recs for locations to walk I’d appreciate as well!

EDIT: Planning on hugging the Hudson and east river going all the way around the perimeter of manhattan, harlem, washing heights etc

I'd like to watch some of the Women's Pro Baseball League games, but I don't have ESPN+ (and don't want to subscribe) so I can't watch the games at home. Does anyone know any bars that might be showing them?

(Blazers maybe?)

Hi. I’m looking to resell a pair of Miu Miu heels & various bags (Miu Miu, Prada, Vivienne Westwood), but I don’t know where to go. I was hoping to get some recommendations or at least hear other people’s experiences. I was considering 2nd Street or Other People’s Clothes…maybe Depop if those don’t work out. Thanks! :)

Any foundations in the city that would be looking to receive such a donation? Any insights are welcome.

I had a weird (i guess I'd call it weird) experience during 5:30pm mass.

So I sometimes (by sometimes I mean maybe once a month or twice) try to go to church and I end up at St Pats because it's the closest to my office after work in Midtown and the 5:30 mass is an express mass, so only 30 minutes long, and fits my schedule perfectly (God understands, and he'll forgive).

So I went to St Patricks this week per my usual monthly attendance, did all my prayers, gave a donation, gave the sign of peace, and everything so when I got up to get communion and waited for my turn... it took a while because the Father had asked two other people in line randomly if "they were catholic?" when they got to him to receive communion. He lectured one person and denied the person communion because that guy said no he wasn't, and I think the other one was a child who looked too young to have done communion yet so he stopped to be like "is this your first time." Which I think if the first person took communion and they aren't catholic then yeah that would be wrong and bad, but between him and his higher power who will judge him.

But then I got to the front, said amen to the body/wafer, and the father still asked me "if i was catholic?" but did not ask the person in front of me. Which to me felt odd, because I felt like it was a pop quiz, like as if I had to wear a rosary or bring my communion certificate. I don't know how they were deciding who to ask, but it all felt strange.

Now, I've gone here for like 6 years, I get it's a massive congregation, plus visitors who are just passing through town who attend, so faces all blend and they obviously don't remember people. Which could be a downside to not going to a smaller community neighborhood church.

But how bad has it gotten that the father giving nightly mass is randomly pulling people to confirm if they're catholic? And how do you even prove that you're of the faith when being questioned up there?

Moved to NYC last October, I thought it was easily a Yankees city and occasionally a football city but I saw how crazy New Yorkers were going for this championship run. almost every New Yorker was tapped into this finals run no matter what age, hundreds of thousand at watch parties and 3 million at the parade, during this June all New York could talk about was the Knicks

I used a furniture upholsterer in the Bronx for my sofa. His craftsmanship was good but he was a red hot mess to deal with so I am searching for someone else for my many other upholstery needs.

I don't expect cheap. Maybe a few thousand for a wingback. But I want them to be good craftsmen and easy to deal with. Nearby NJ is fine too. Any recommendations?

There are too many places online with nothing but a gazilliion 5-star reviews and I just don't trust that.

I have a good deal on a very nice apartment on Roosevelt Island, but am trying to understand what the logistics are actually like day-to-day. I'd be working in Bryant Park and would probably have fairly long hours, while also spending time in Manhattan and the UWS with friends.

On paper, the F, tram, and ferry seem to make the island reasonably accessible, but I'm wondering how it feels in practice, particularly coming home late at night, when the F is delayed, or when you're coming back from the UWS.

Does the isolation/accessibility become a meaningful annoyance, or is it mostly something that sounds worse on paper than it is? I'm otherwise pretty attracted to the island's quietness and the ability to have a bit of a sanctuary while working long hours.