Inside the Life of a Manhattan Escort
By Nancy I met Sarah on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in a coffee shop near Union Square. She was younger than I expected, with careful makeup and designer sunglasses perched on her head. When she ordered her latte, the barista smiled at her like they were old friends. No one in that café would have guessed what she does for a living. That's exactly how Sarah wants it. "People think they know what my life looks like," she told me, stirring sugar into her cup. "They imagine somet
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How NYC Escorts Navigate Their Double Lives
By Nancy There's a moment that Jessica describes as "the split." It happens when she walks into the lobby of a luxury hotel, when she steps into the elevator and watches the floor numbers climb. In those seconds, Jessica from Queens, the woman who argues with her roommate about dishes and watches reality TV in sweatpants, begins to disappear. By the time the elevator doors open, she's become Amber, the escort her clients have booked for the evening. "It's like I have a switch
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Retirement Planning Strategies for Working Escorts
By OrientalNY Natalie is thirty-four years old and has approximately six years left in her escort career. She knows this with the certainty of an athlete calculating their prime or an actress watching younger women book the roles she used to get. The escort business has an expiration date that nobody likes to talk about, but everyone knows is coming. When we met at a wine bar in the Village, Natalie had spreadsheets on her laptop showing exactly how much money she needs to s
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