Tag Archives: Instagram
How far would you go for fro-yo?
By: Emilee Youn At the start of an hour of shifting her weight from one foot to the other as she waited for a taste of yogurt she’d seen on TikTok, Maria Kadaba, 18, was the 57th customer in the line. “I mainly came to visit the city because I wanted to try out Mimi’s,” […]
How selfies reshape the concert experience
By Cailyn Williams Concert-goers Lara Afolayanka and Ashley Simplice steadied their cellphones, positioning the camera lens to capture the Barclays Center display screen as it shifted from a WNBA player advertising an upcoming game to a banner touting that evening’s Brooklyn stop on Tyler the Creator’s sold-out Chromakopia tour. “I definitely went on Pinterest and […]
Clotheslines save costs, help the environment
By Shafiul Haque For the immigrant Guventurks of Middle Village, Queens, hanging clothes out to dry is a family tradition. “My wife is from the countryside in Ireland and they always hang the clothes outside,” said Ufuk “Fred” Guventurk, 59, a Verizon technician who lives on 81st Street. “Clotheslines have also existed in my family […]
The good and bad of Instagram influencers
By Julianna Nunez Rows of millennium pink-colored display tables are at the center and line the walls of beauty store Glossier’s SoHo location. Its floor-to-floor ceiling archways frame a back wall whose design puts shoppers in the mind of New York City subways. Wall tiles of different shapes spell out “You Look Good” and, under […]