Archive for the 'Subway Romance' Category

Finding love on the subway

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Maybe there’s love to be found on the subway after all. (Photo by flickr user your pal Matt)
When Patrick Moberg set eyes upon the cute girl sitting across from him, he shared an experience with every New York male: He fell in love with the cute girl on the subway. As we know, Moberg was [...]

As the subway romance turns

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Remember the wide-eyed innocence during the early days of the Moberg-Hayton Love on the 5 Train story? Well, after a few weeks of speculation and rumors of a movie deal later, Matt Elzweig at the New York Press weighs in with a piece that examines the movers and shakers behind the subway romance. It sounds [...]

Moberg heads to Hollywood

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Anyone else wary of the way this whole Moberg-Hayton subway romance is shaking down? Was it all just a publicity stunt? Despite promising never to talk about it in public again, Moberg and his Australian belle have appeared on the morning TV shows, and the media-savvy Internet Romeo is now shopping the movie rights to [...]

Love found on the 5 train

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Yesterday, I tugged on some heart strings with this tale about a 20-something on the 5 train trying to find his true. While my sister thought it was “too sappy,” I’m happy to report that this story has a happy ending. Patrick Moberg has updated his Website with the news that he found her. A [...]

MTA board member’s got a ticket to ride but she don’t care

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The exciting text message alert news is going to have to wait because we, folks, have a Beatles sighting. An MTA board member has been spotted by the British tabloids canoodling with none other than Sir Paul McCartney. Scandalous, I know.
The lucky lady in question is Nancy Shevell, a 2001 appointee of then-Governor George [...]

Finding love on the 5 train

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Ride the 5 train. While this branch of the Lexington Ave. express may only be worth a C-minus in the eyes of its riders, you’re bound to find love in some form or another.
We start on Sunday night with true love or at least a fairly strong infatuation. At around 9:30 p.m. on the [...]

City may discontinue condom giveaway for all the wrong reasons

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

So this whole condom thing, it’s good public health policy. In an age where those in the White House preach an ineffective abstinence- only program, New York City is encouraging safe sex by distributing millions of free condoms to New Yorkers. Since people will always have sex anyway, those in charge may do their [...]

Catholics call out condoms

Friday, February 16th, 2007

All New York City wanted to do was provide a service for people that promotes healthy lifestyles. In the face of countless studies that say abstinence-only policies simply serve to promote unsafe sex, the City decided to be proactive in the fight against STDs by distributing free NYC-branded condoms throughout the Big Apple.
Sadly, some folks [...]

¿Necesitar un condón?

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Ok. Ok. I’ll stop the condom obsession soon and give you some new material. In the meantime, check out NYCcondom.org for the all the info on these snazzy rubbers you could possibly want. And then some.

Condoms arrive in style

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Via Gothamist comes the news I have been awaiting since January: The New York City subway condoms are here. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to snag one today because they’re being distributed now at the Kenneth Cole store at Rockefeller Center, not near where I work.
In January, I looked at how different subway lines could [...]