Hello, New York City!

Ok - I have to admit. I never really saw myself living in New York City.

Sure, everyone always said I’d grow up and become a city girl with a swanky apartment and a splendid writing career (right). But after hopping from Florida to Boston to Florida to Cambridge to New Paltz (where? - exactly) to Florida again, I decided that I needed to stop my shenanigans and pick a place of residence, already. Even my cat felt like she was constantly living out of a suitcase, and I was beginning to annoy USPS.

So here I am: my new home in NYC. It’s not really a posh penthouse, and I’m no Truman Capote (yet). But I do rent a sunny apartment in Brooklyn, and I’m working as a full-time freelance writer, blogger and editor. She’s on her way, folks!

If you’re already familiar with the Style Bard blogs (here and here) you may know that I’m a self-confessed shopaholic who loves a good deal. That might make living in NYC pretty dangerous, since sample sales and shoe stores lurk around every corner (literally).

But you may not know from whence the name ‘Style Bard’ comes. Y’see, I believe that crafting a well-honed personal style is much like poetry. You have to polish self-expression until it becomes a work of art. That’s why I call myself a Bard of Style.

But on this blog, as I write about my findings, experiences and observations on the streets of NYC, I’ll be going by something a little different. Something a tad more insightful and a little more honest: OMNY. Because at the end of the day, despite my ego and delusions of grandeur, when my opinions ricochet into the millions of voices that already rant and wax poetic about this metamorphic city, I’m actually just One More New Yorker.

Welcome to my blog.

~SB