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Spit List XI: Tea Party Pat Down

Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul sounds an alarm regarding preparations for The Spit List. Confused by the kooky controversy surrounding TSA pat-downs?  Bored by the bogus buzz around Black Friday?  Then turn your attention to that imminently more critical … Continue reading

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Condé Past?

Today on Alphabet City: With the end of the Condé Nast Times Square era, Jon Paul wonders if Anna Wintour is up to a Freedom Tower makeover. An announcement by glam magazine publisher Condé Nast—my former employer and a current … Continue reading

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Relationship (Re)Kindle-ing

Today on Alphabet City: An airport security snafu causes JP to reconsider his Kindle love-hate relationship. The TSA agent working the early morning shift at LGA scowled at the monitor of the x-ray belt as my backpack passed through.  In … Continue reading

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Something’s Coming, Something Good

Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul takes matters into his own hands becoming a self-made/published man. “Blogs are the new books,” a fellow guest said to me this past Saturday night at my friend (and avid reader) Meg’s annual holiday … Continue reading

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Spit List

Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul’s celebrity hatred game becomes a Thanksgiving tradition. Since I moved to the Big Apple, Thanksgiving has become my all-time favorite holiday.  Instead of traveling to spend stress-induced time with family, I gather friends in … Continue reading

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Condé Conundrum

Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul cheers for Condé Nast’s recovery. Nearly half of Alphabet City is set in gossipy corridors of magazine publisher Condé Nast—my time there I loved dearly.  So it is with great sadness that I witness … Continue reading

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My So-Called Sitcom Life

From Blog to Book, Alphabet City is now available for purchase in print or e-book form.  Support a hilarious emerging voice! Moving from Dallas to Manhattan in his late 20s, Jon Paul Buchmeyer fancied himself a gay Mary Tyler Moore … Continue reading

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