Product Description

I was walking down the street and a homeless person on the corner yelled to me, 'Hey, honey - you having a bad hair day?' Welcome to the wonderful world of Tama Janowitz, New York's wittiest and deader than deadpan social scene chronicler. Littered with idiosyncratic delights and oddities, here are hilarious stories of her eighties blind date club with Andy Warhol; her brief moment of celebrity as an elderly teenage extra in a ZZ Top video; and testing as mentally retarded on an IQ test. Janowitz gives us her unique low-down on hairless dogs and ferrets, babies and Brooklyn, big hair and bad hair days - and survival tips for real life girls. Self-deprecating, funny and often touching, AREA CODE 212 is a sparkling and deeply amusing collection.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1103093 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

The Times, 29th June 2002
"Janowitz is no longer a slave to New York, and this collection confirms her status as, let's say, a city chieftain or high priestess."

About the Author
Tama Janowitz is the author of six books and writes for numerous periodicals including the NEW YORKER and ELLE. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her brutish, handsome husband, malevolent, adorable child, and two six-pound, partially hairless dogs, one of whom is crazy.

Customer Reviews

V.Funny
A hilarious overview of Tama Janowitz's life in the Big Apple. She introduces us to extravert, funny and outrageous characters from her experiences. From travelling to China to adopt a baby then double dating with Andy Warhol we see how her hectic life revoloves around the way other people live their own lives. Swanky dinners and after-show parties are all in her stride, but she feels that somehow she does not quite fit in due to her 'individual' fashion sense.
Definatly a book that you will not be able to put down. 10/10.