Pretend It's a City

Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.

Knowing that some are annoyed that shes still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.

Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she cant throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.