Welcome to Sarah's New York Times (and NYC!) Adventure

Today marked my first day of working the late-night editing shift at the New York Times. I’ll be getting home after midnight all week,...

I can’t say enough good things about Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon’s two-person play, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,”...

Today started off with me lining up outside the Jacobs Theatre box office when it opened in an attempt to score a rush seat for “The...

Some exciting news today: I got to edit a few stories for the New York Times Magazine! One of the pieces I worked on was an upcoming “At...

Today at the New York Times I edited both the Asia/Australia Morning Briefing and the U.S. Evening Briefing newsletters, plus a...

On the editing front today, I got to handle the New York Times Evening Briefing newsletter again (more surreal inbox joy as of 6 p.m.!),...

Today started with a two-hour crash course on the finer points of the New York Times stylebook. Some of my favorites: There’s no accent...

Two highlights today at work: 1) Hearing from Wesley Morris, a New York Times critic-at-large (you might know him as the guy who...

First of all, I just want to reiterate: I’m going to see "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" this week! See this morning’s post for...

I finally did it. I at last accepted I won’t win the Cursed Child lottery and bought tickets to Parts One and Two for Thursday and Friday...

It’s supposed to rain for the next six days, so I knew I wanted to spend the day outdoors. And voila: Free kayaking! I signed a waiver,...

I’m mixing it up and starting with the food today. First of all, sushi donuts are sublime. I saw this sidewalk sign outside Poketeria on...

Wow, I did some pretty prestigious editing today. As in, Lisa Lerer’s “On Politics” newsletter and content for “The Daily.” Those were...

I emerged from the Bryant Park subway station this morning and was greeted by the sight of … VERMIN. SO MUCH VERMIN! That is, a giant...

Reason No. 96,754 why I love my job (and journalism): I become an expert on a few random, very specific topics by the end of each...

It was back to work this morning, but considering where I work, that wasn’t too much (or at all) of an issue. I was on the newsroom floor...

Today started off with some great news: I won a free lottery ticket to “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park...

If I can growl like Glenda Jackson when I’m 83, I’ll die happy. I got to meet her after the Broadway performance of “King Lear” I...

Grrrrmrrrrrgrrrrrrmrrrrrrgrrrrmrrrr. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmrrrrrrrrrrgggggggrrrr. That was how my morning started when I awakened at...

Today started off with a bang when I won a lottery ticket for Friday night’s performance of “Be More Chill” on Broadway. This was one of...