Maeve Brennan is famous for her sharp eye, and what she sees—sad and funny, ordinary and bizarre—comes together to create astonishing, unforgettable stories. From 1954 to 1981, she wrote columns for The New Yorker. In the "Talk of the Town" section, she shares her New York—about life in the small restaurants, in the affordable hotels, in the parks, and on the bustling streets around Times Square and Greenwich Village. Maeve Brennan embarks on a journey through her neighborhood, capturing impressions and observations as if with a butterfly net. Her insatiable curiosity is directed towards a city in constant change and the people who are visiting or calling it home: like the man who always combs his hair, the lovers in the park who have nothing to say to each other, and a small farmhouse that has to move downtown. Maeve.