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 a flash, I ran through my standard preparation—emptied out my refillable water container, placed my [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘condé nast’
December 14, 2009
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 gathering. The cookbook author was explaining why she wouldn’t necessarily pen a follow-up to her [...]
November 24, 2009
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 my home for a big meal. After we pile our plates with food and pour [...]
October 27, 2009
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 the drama unfolding at the luxury giant. Every day friends and former colleagues tell stories [...]
October 22, 2009
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 starring in a sitcom of his life that he called Alphabet City. In this humorous [...]
