On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, 'Do you mind if I mug you here?'.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.
My husband and I met on OKCupid. We went out on our little coffee date, and I knew right away he was my husband. He's a handsome, smarty-pants architect from Tokyo. On our first date, I said, 'I wake up like this. I'm Pollyanna Sunshine, and I'm not for everyone'.
To be honest, most of the time you leave the theater, and you're like, 'Well, that was nice, but where did I park?' It doesn't really stick with you.
I don't smack him around. I don't yell at him. And if he wants to go to the park in his pajamas, I don't care.
I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.
And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.
I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at Roc Nation asking me what I was up to. He asked if I'd been to America, and I said, 'No.' Then he said, 'I'm putting you on a flight to New York tomorrow.'
On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!
I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.'
Anybody who sits and says, 'I know New York' is from out of town.