The two best days of the week.
Hands down... The two best days of the week are Thursday and Sunday. Why? Because those are the days of the week that the New York Times Styles Section is included in the newspaper (and online.)
You may be thinking, "Is she such a bubble-head that her whole world only revolves around fashion?" But you would be wrong to think such a thing. Horribly and utterly wrong.
The New York Style section is a wonderful piece of literature that encompasses much, much more than just news about fashion. In fact, fashion is (I would say) only 40% of the section. "Style" is about so many things...
There are pieces in the section that talk about love and coupling, art exhibits that have become so thought-provoking that they are on the edge of creating a trend, the restaurants around the country that are offering something unique and "can't miss" to diners, there are even articles on skin care.
In today's issue, there's an article about a woman whose daughter is about to begin applying to colleges. The woman writes about how society is completely different now compared to when she was a teenager applying to colleges. And her daughter has turned to the Internet to shop around for schools that may be of interest to her. (It's a very good piece.)
And that's another thing about the Styles Section... The pieces are written so that they are enjoyable to read. They're not hard news, like the front page. They grab your attention at the beginning of the piece and carry you all the way through. Where as with hard news... All the most important information is at the start of the article, and the least important pieces are pushed to the end. With hard news, you often only have to read the first few paragraphs to get the gist of the story. (This is what was called in journalism school "the inverted pyramid method"... All the important facts are at the top and as you go down into the story, the critical components get less and less.)
Every Thursday and Sunday, one of the first things I do is log onto my laptop and call up the Styles Section. It's the only way to start each day.
You may be thinking, "Is she such a bubble-head that her whole world only revolves around fashion?" But you would be wrong to think such a thing. Horribly and utterly wrong.
The New York Style section is a wonderful piece of literature that encompasses much, much more than just news about fashion. In fact, fashion is (I would say) only 40% of the section. "Style" is about so many things...
There are pieces in the section that talk about love and coupling, art exhibits that have become so thought-provoking that they are on the edge of creating a trend, the restaurants around the country that are offering something unique and "can't miss" to diners, there are even articles on skin care.
In today's issue, there's an article about a woman whose daughter is about to begin applying to colleges. The woman writes about how society is completely different now compared to when she was a teenager applying to colleges. And her daughter has turned to the Internet to shop around for schools that may be of interest to her. (It's a very good piece.)
And that's another thing about the Styles Section... The pieces are written so that they are enjoyable to read. They're not hard news, like the front page. They grab your attention at the beginning of the piece and carry you all the way through. Where as with hard news... All the most important information is at the start of the article, and the least important pieces are pushed to the end. With hard news, you often only have to read the first few paragraphs to get the gist of the story. (This is what was called in journalism school "the inverted pyramid method"... All the important facts are at the top and as you go down into the story, the critical components get less and less.)
Every Thursday and Sunday, one of the first things I do is log onto my laptop and call up the Styles Section. It's the only way to start each day.
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