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Day 2: It’s time to write your story. The joy is in the details.
Ed Shanahan has been the editor of Metropolitan Diary for 10 years. Agnes Lee has drawn more than 2000 illustrations for the weekly column since 2017. June 28, 2026 Welcome to Day 2 of the Metropolitan Diary challenge, part of our celebration of the column's 50th anniversary. On Day 1, we gave you tips for identifying your New York City story. Today, we'll help you write it. (Missed Day 1? It's not too late to start.) What makes for a good Diary?
Day 1: You have a Metropolitan Diary story. Let’s find it.
Ed Shanahan has been the editor of Metropolitan Diary for 10 years. Agnes Lee has drawn more than 2000 illustrations for the weekly column since 2017. June 27, 2026 Welcome to the Metropolitan Diary challenge, part of our 50th anniversary celebration for a column that, by design, could only have gotten this far with readers’ contributions.
The living trees
Sweet pine o' mine! It's time to pick a tree. (Fifty of them, in fact.) Try to find all the sentient Tannenbaums. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. By Alla Dreyvitser and Agnes Lee Illustration by Gus Morais NaN Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time. Please try again later. Tap on one of the living trees below to start the timer. Can you beat our readers' average time of 0:45? Trees found 00:00
Week in Review, July 8th-12th
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14 Best March Books for Young Readers
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Make your own (DMV-edition) Valentine’s Day card to share your love
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Make your own DMV-edition Valentine’s Day card to share your love Forget to grab a Valentine’s card for your DMV lover? We’re not here to judge. We’re here to help. Just pick a color and your favorite message, and we’ll make you a card that brings a smile to even the grumpiest Valentine. Editing by Madison Walls and Tara McCarty. Copy editing by Jeremy Hester and Rebecca Branford.
49 Days, by By Agnes Lee.
Illus. by the author. Mar. 2024. 352p. Levine Querido/Arthur A. Levine, $24.99 (9781646143740); Levine Querido/Arthur A. Levine, paper, $18.99 (9781646143757). Grades 9-12. 741.5. REVIEW. First published February 1, 2024 (). If you read the New York Times’ “Metropolitan Diary,” you’ll likely recognize artist Lee’s minimalist, often whimsical illustrations that have been gracing that section (and others) since 2018.
Can you find all the nutcrackers in this Christmas search game?
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Absorbing YA Graphic Novels
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Inogen to Present at 43rd Annual William Blair Growth Stock Conference
Companies Mentioned SymbolLastChange INGN $10.81 -0.37% Inogen to Present at 43rd Annual William Blair Growth Stock Conference Today 5:37 PM ET (Business Wire)Print Inogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: INGN), a medical technology company offering innovative respiratory products for use in the homecare setting, today announced that management will participate in the William Blair 43rd Annual Growth Stock Conference.
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Drawn Away, but Not to a Close
New York|Drawn Away, but Not to a Close https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/agnes-lee-metropolitan-diary.html The author didn’t feel a strong connection to New York City when she began illustrating Metropolitan Diary. Now that she’s leaving, the bond is powerful. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Dec. 25, 2022, 3:00 a.m. ET Image A self-portrait of the author.
Drawing New York City, and Drawn to It
Metropolitan Diary’s illustrator reflects on three years with the column and describes a few of her favorite assignments. Dec. 26, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET This is my third year illustrating Metropolitan Diary, and I’ve done close to 1,000 drawings for the column so far (about half unpublished). That’s a lot of paper and grease pencils.
An East Side Sondheim Story
An East Side Sondheim Story Agnes Lee✍️ Illustrating your New York stories An East Side Sondheim Story Agnes Lee✍️ Illustrating your New York stories Dear Diary: One Sunday night in the early 1980s, I dropped by my office on Park Avenue and 48th Street. As I was heading across Park Avenue to a parking garage in my small two-seater, a car ran a red light and T-boned me.
Vote For The Best Metropolitan Diary Entry of 2021
Every week since 1976, Metropolitan Diary has published stories by, and for, New Yorkers of all ages and eras (no matter where they live now): anecdotes and memories, quirky encounters and overheard snippets that reveal the city’s spirit and heart. This year, for the column’s 45th anniversary, we’d like your help picking the best Diary entry of 2021. We’ve narrowed the field to the five finalists here. Read them and vote for your favorite.
‘Then I Felt a Tap on My Shoulder’
‘Then I Felt a Tap on My Shoulder’ Agnes LeeIllustrating your New York stories ‘Then I Felt a Tap on My Shoulder’ Agnes LeeIllustrating your New York stories Dear Diary: At around 6:30 on an unusually warm October evening, I was standing near the QM2 bus stop at 55th Street and Sixth Avenue. I was holding a bouquet of flowers I had bought for my grandmother’s 82nd birthday.
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Cancer-What Hospitalists Need to Know
During the past decade, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have emerged as the new standard of care in the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Clinical trials and real-world data have shown that these agents are more convenient and safer than traditional treatment with a parenteral heparin followed by warfarin therapy.
Treatment of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients: the dark side of the moon
Highlights • Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication in cancer patients. • Several international societies released clinical practice guidelines on VTE treatment. • We present a critical overview on VTE management in special populations not specifically addressed by international guidelines. Abstract Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication in patients with cancer. The risk of emergent VTE is four- to seven-fold higher in cancer patients compared to non-cancer patients.
What The New York Times Metropolitan Diary Taught Its Illustrator about New York
Three years ago, I uprooted myself from California and moved to New York City. Like many New York transplants, I moved with the idea that the city would bring exciting opportunities and I’d experience new culture, food and sights. This was a big milestone in my life, but when I got to New York and my boxes were unpacked, the change was harder than I expected. The lifestyle in New York is very different from what I was used to.
Bids, Blocks and Fun: A Weekend at Ultimate Nationals (Published 2019)
By Agnes Lee It’s a warm and sunny day in Southern California. The players are lined up waiting for the disc to fly! Yes, this a Frisbee, but since Frisbee is a toy that was trademarked by Wham-O in 1957, we'll stick with "disc." For the same reason, the sport is Ultimate, not Ultimate Frisbee. Got it? The players streak down the field and set their positions. The disc starts to move. A player on offense goes deep, looking to score. The disc is thrown her way. But a defender is closing in.
‘Too Far Away to Grab Onto the Pole, She Caught My Eye With a Panicked Look’
I got on a No. 4 train at 86th Street at rush hour. It was crowded, but there was enough room to stand comfortably. By the time we got to 59th Street, hands were covering the car’s center pole from top to bottom. It was a rough ride. The train was going fast and rocking intensely from side to side. Everyone was holding on tightly to keep their balance. When we got to Grand Central, the competition for a spot on the pole was fierce.
Trying on a New Role: Fashion Writer
Trying on a New Role: Fashion Writer In this issue of T magazine, the part of the author of a cover story on the top designer at Gucci will be played by an op-ed columnist who buys plain blue dress shirts in bulk. The set up for T magazine’s Alessandro Michele cover shoot in May. Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. Magazine editors often talk about “casting.” It works pretty much the way it does in movies.
‘A Woman on the Platform Said That Her Glasses Had Just Blown Off’
I wear a large, striped straw hat in the summer, and it’s a showstopper. Not only does it protect me from the sun, people all over the city shout things as I pass by. One day when I was waiting for the No. 1 train at 168th Street, a gust of wind blew it off my head and onto the platform. A second gust blew it onto the tracks.
Using Maps to Tell the Story of How Americans Live
Using Maps to Tell the Story of How Americans Live Two graphics editors with graduate degrees in geography saw an opportunity in a database of satellite images released this summer. A special section in Sunday's New York Times featured maps showing nearly every structure in the country. Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. A special section in Sunday’s New York Times is unusual.
In Medical Reporting, the Impact of Patients’ Stories
In my story, I included two patients, Mackenzie Ames and Rodney Scheidel, who had very high levels of LDL cholesterol (the dangerous kind) and were at high risk for heart attacks — in fact, Mr. Scheidel ha d already had a heart attack. They needed the drugs, known as PCSK9 inhibitors. But their insurers had denied them coverage.
‘As I Waited at the Corner for the Light to Change, I Stepped Into the Sliver of Shade’
I was walking in the shade of a two-story building as I made my way to the Kings Highway subway station. It was hot, 80 degrees, and a few older women on the sidewalk had their umbrellas out. I ducked out of the way of one of them as I tried to share the shadow. As I waited at the corner for the light to change, I stepped into the sliver of shade provided by the light pole. It didn’t protect me much, but the clouds didn’t either.
I’ve Gone to Look for America. Here’s What I Found.
Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. It usually went like this: In a compact rental car considered midsize only by some rental company’s dubious standards, I would adjust the driver’s seat to fit my question-mark frame.
A Boy Named Chance in a Land Without Heart Surgeons
Chance was among the lucky ones: He was judged a good candidate for surgery. But a few days after I first met him and his mother, I found them sitting huddled under a tree outside the King Faisal Hospital in Kigali. Chance was a portrait of misery; Alphonsine was holding back tears. Hospital officials had refused to admit Chance unless Alphonsine paid a fee — which she did not have. She had come so far and struggled so hard to save her son’s life, only to have the door slammed in her face.
We’re now more likely to tell our daughters they can be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie girl. But we don’t do the same for our sons. Even as we’ve given girls more choices for the roles they play, boys’ worlds are still confined, social scientists say. They’re discouraged from having interests that are considered feminine. They’re told to be tough at all costs, or else to tamp down their so-called boy energy.
Poignant Paper Trail From the South Texas Border
Manny Fernandez, The Times’s Houston bureau chief, has spent part of the last two months reporting on the travails of migrants attempting to cross the border into South Texas. (Read his article, about the remains and personal effects of hundreds of unidentified men and women who didn’t make it.) Below is a story he stumbled upon along the way. ENCINO, Tex.
Designer Gowns Without the Wait or Drama
We’re now more likely to tell our daughters they can be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie girl. But we don’t do the same for our sons. Even as we’ve given girls more choices for the roles they play, boys’ worlds are still confined, social scientists say. They’re discouraged from having interests that are considered feminine. They’re told to be tough at all costs, or else to tamp down their so-called boy energy.
Comparative effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in real-world practice: a population-based cohort study protocol
Ethics and dissemination The protocol, data creation plan, privacy impact statement and data sharing agreements have been approved. Dissemination is planned via conferences and publications as well as directly to drug policy leaders. Information on the overall comparative effectiveness and safety of DOACs versus warfarin in a country with high quality anticoagulation management, as well as for vulnerable subgroups, will be an important addition to the literature.
How a Vague Hunch Led From a Nursing Home to an Island of Mass Graves
Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights from The New York Times. In this piece, Nina Bernstein, a reporter for The Times’s Metro section, describes the research behind — and some of the results of — her recent investigation into Hart Island. An image taken by a drone of inmates burying bodies on Hart Island in March. Sometimes it is hard to say precisely when you began working on a story, especially one that takes more than a year to reach the readers of The New York Times.
1878 | Adolph Ochs’s First Times (The One in Chattanooga)
The Ochs-Sulzberger family’s involvement with The Chattanooga Times began in 1878, when Mr. Ochs bought an interest in and full control of the newspaper, and ended in 1999. As a reminder of that era, Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, the former publisher and chairwoman of The Chattanooga Times, celebrated her 95th birthday recently. Other reminders can be found in The New York Times’s headquarters.
Metropolitan Diary
‘We Would Pile Into the Convertible and Head to Chinatown’ The writer Jean Hanff Korelitz, the comedian Roy Wood Jr. and other notable friends of Metropolitan Diary share their New York City stories as the column marks its 50th anniversary. ‘I Lifted One Arm, Palmed the Ball and Shot It Straight Back’ More Metropolitan Diary friends, including the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and the actress Rebecca Wisocky, share their New York stories to help mark the column’s 50th anniversary.
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