The Sunday Times skipped its usual repeat fashion story to delve into some of the deeper questions New Yorkers ask themselves. Such as, “can I really be friends with a rich person?” Or, “why do people with money take the subway anyhow?”
Apparently, there are so many rich people on the subway — not because it’s faster than taking a cab to Wall Street if you live in Gramercy — but because it’s fun. Like a show. (See, you have to remember now that the really, really rich people don’t actually work, therefore they have time for these frivolities.)
Really, if you don’t have money, you shouldn’t even try to be friends with rich people. Seriously, because all they do is wear the same the clothes, carry the same bags, and walk around.
“I call them ‘money pods,’ ” she said. “Look at a group of female friends walking down the street. They’re often all dressed identically: the same shoes, the same belts, the same handbag.”
That’s so interesting … money pods. Yeah, we just called them Gastineau girls.
Ok, we know how much you????????ve all loved our little Jossy awards so far. Today, however, we thought we shake things up a bit with a ??????? Top Ten List! Yay! We kinda???????? felt left out, being the only ones in the world who totally didn????????t have one. Plus, today????????s awards are all about this grand city we call our own, and so we had to get a bit pickier.
Even though New York can sometimes be a real bitch, we love her. We do. After all, she allows us to live here when no other city will have us. And since New Yorkers are the best people in the world, and nobody can tell us we????????re not, everything we do is so New York (translation: fuckin’ fabulous).
So what if celebrities don????????t get smashed into by paparazzi or get caught on camera snorting mad blow in our city? Some things happened in ????????05 that were so big, they so belong on our So New York in 2005 list. We’ve narrowed it down to 10, and each one gets our love/hate, but only #1 wins the Jossy! (After the jump, blah, blah, blah.)
10. The Westside Stadium, which thankfully never was
9. The 2012 Olympics, which thankfully never will be
8. Pacha, the club of clubs. You can stay there all night — and still shower before work
7. New York magazine’s “Hottest New Yorkers” issue (even though we weren????????t in it)
6. The week in which the 6 train completely stopped running, like, everyday.
5.Per Se giving NYC a glimpse of dining in L.A.
4. Peter Braunstein wiggin???????? out like a maniac on Halloween
3. Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgard, and Maggie Gyllenhaal lunching with Jake’s puppy in SoHo
2. The two shows that make everyone hate women and New Yorkers: PowerR Girls and Gastineau Girls
And finally, the winner of Jossip’s So New York in 2005 Award goes to:
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