Nina Pajak

File photo (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Nina In New York: Gatorade Removes Potentially Toxic Ingredient Also Found In Flame Retardant. Yum!

Consider this your weekly “gag-me-with-a-spoon” newsbreak. PepsiCo, manufacturer of Gatorade drinks, has voluntarily decided to stop including Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) in its products due in part to “consumer feedback.”

2013/01/29

(credit: Alexander D. M. Wilson - Aquatic Mammals)

Nina In New York: Jerks Of The Week

Another week come and gone, this one marked by a presidential inauguration, subzero temperatures the likes of which can freeze dog pee in mid-stream and make me wish I lived in California, and a host of ignominious stories and half-baked scandals.

2013/01/25

Nina In New York: The Nicest, Smallest Apartment An Unspecified Amount of Money Can Buy

As I’ve mentioned, Mr. Pajak, Gus and I are in the midst of searching across boroughs and rivers and expressways for an apartment that can adequately house our growing family without bankrupting us or forcing us to live in a nether region to which only the G train will go.

2013/01/24

Nina In New York: The Barbie Disease

Fine. This isn’t new news. It made headlines in 2012, which in Internet years, is equal to totally five bazillion years ago. But it’s new to me. And maybe to you, too.

2013/01/23

Nina In New York: 5 Unbelievable News Stories From This Week

This has been a stellar week for dubious or otherwise ignominiously remarkable news stories. Let’s dive right in, shall we?

2013/01/18

A woman is given a flu shot. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Nina In New York: Epidemic, Shmepidemic

The numbers don’t lie. It really is worse this year. But I can’t help but snort a little at stories of youth soccer leagues banning high fives. Are they crazy? Am I jaded? Yes.

2013/01/16

Nina In New York: Compulsive Overeater With No Intention Of Mending Your Ways? No Problem!

Are you tired of eating tons of food and having to live with your choices? Had enough with dangerous calorie absorption and that boring old digestive system?

2013/01/15

Nina In New York: The Most Ridiculous Story of the Week: $2,000 Pasta Dish Is A Real Thing

A lighthearted look at news, events, culture and everyday life in New York. ______________________ By Nina Pajak Another day, another $2,000 menu item at a New York City restaurant. Following the success of the most […]

2013/01/11

Nina In New York: An Open Letter To Every Rental Broker In New York City Who Has Ever Posted A Listing Online

I again delve into the depths of online rental listings, and have so far mostly come up with a) nothing and b) a whole lotta rage. And how do I channel that rage? With an open letter to every broker who has ever wronged me, knowingly or not. And by me, I mean all of us.

2013/01/09

Pedestrians pass an AMC movie theater in Times Square in New York City

Nina In New York: Maybe You Should Go To The Movies More Often

A lighthearted look at news, events, culture and everyday life in New York. ______________ By Nina Pajak So, I know I was all “I hate resolutions!” and “I resolve to stop resolving to try to […]

2013/01/07

Nina In New York: I’m Exempt From January

It’s that time of year again. That glorious, magical, deeply distressing time when the avalanche of shopping emails ebbs and is replaced by a new influx of emails offering you a hundred different ways to stop being so fat and lazy, already.

2013/01/04

Nina In New York: New Year’s Resolutions (To Feel Better About Not Making Any Resolutions)

So, in light of such monumental changes afoot, one would think this would be the year I’d eschew my usual distaste for new year’s resolutions and make a whole bunch of worthy–perhaps even necessary–ones.

2013/01/02

Buildings on West 42nd Street December 27, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Nina In New York: It’s The Other Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

In the days following Christmas and preceding New Year’s Eve, a very special thing happens to this city. Taxis are available. Traffic lightens up. Restaurants have open reservations. Subways have seats. The barrage of store emails lifts.

2012/12/28

Picture taken December 20, 2012 in the French southwestern village of Bugarach of 1,231 meter high peak of Bugarach - one of the few places on Earth some believe will be spared when the world allegedly ends according to claims regarding the ancient Mayan calendar. French authorities have pleaded with New Age fanatics, sightseers and media crews not to converge on the tiny village. AFP PHOTO / ERIC CABANIS (Photo credit should read ERIC CABANIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Nina In New York: It’s The End Of The World (Again) (Maybe)

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Ho hum, been there, done that. How many fake apocalypi can one world entertain in the course of a year?” I know, I know. But think about it.

2012/12/21