A casual tank can be dressed up in any way, just like junior Mi-chelle Greenman's look. High empire-waisted skirts can be used to dress up an outfit or to dress down an outfit. It can also be dressed up or down itself, de-pending on the top with which it is worn. With this particular look, Greenman opted for a longer skirt that matches the colors of her print-ed tank, but you can choose a different and shorter colored skirt for the warmer days. To add a bit of spunk to your look, you can al-ways choose a plain tank with a heavily jeweled necklace, a look that is extremely popular this sea-son. If you want to “divide” your top and bottom, add a belt. This will also show off your curves and make you look slimmer.

Senior John Wilson com-bines the trends from the fall and spring season. Wilson keeps it casual with a plaid shirt, plain tee, khakis, and flip flops. With the breezy and semi-chilly mornings, the plaid shirt is a perfect way to layer. The plain t-shirt can even be replaced with a printed t-shirt that goes well with the plaid shirt. When the weather gets too hot or school seems extremely humid, you can take off the plaid shirt and you can end up with two different outfits in one day. Wil-son’s look comes together with the colors in the plaid shirt and khakis but boys—why not choose denim shorts? Don't go for the baggy look, but there's nothing wrong with a good pair of ripped jean shorts, that come to the knees, of course.

Fashion InsidersColumn by Sylvia Chun and Katie Mandel

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“Can we do this?” my best friend Lily asked. I pouted my lips, anxious; it was 10 o’clock at the Greenwich Station platform and we were waiting for a train that would arrive in 30 minutes. Green-wich Avenue sat silent behind us; the people in the restaurants, their clinking glasses and happy voices a soft murmur, were inaudible on the avenue. Saks and Sephora had long been closed, the streets deserted. We were all dressed up and we had paid for our tickets. I thought, why not take a 10:30 train into the city to go clubbing? We’re 18, we’re adults, we can do this. “Yeah, totally,” she said out loud. “If all those celebrities can dance all night and not sleep, so can we! Just pretend you’re Lind-say Lohan.”

So like Cinderella, we headed to the ball, actually an 18 and up club in Flatiron. Just like the Dis-

ney princess, we had a tight cur-few. We had to be back at Grand Central by 1:53 a.m. in the morn-ing, when the last train to Green-wich left. Either we’d catch that or we’d have to wait until the next one at 5:30 a.m. “What will we do if we miss the train?” she asked. I assured her that we’d leave the club at 1:20 a.m., and in case we missed our train (I took a page out of the Big Apple Bite book), we’d just head down to Koreatown to one of its 24 -hour restaurants and feast until morning.

The train came and we flew into the night, past sleeping towns and into the throbbing heart of Grand Central to a city still wide awake.

If you think the 21 and over crowd gets all the fun, think again. New York City is home to a num-ber of teen clubs. Pacha (618 West 46th Street) and Webster Hall

(125 East 11th street) have month-ly teen nights. Teen nights are a lot more common than teen clubs actually. There are also mixed, 18 and up clubs, like the one I went to with Lily. At the door, after you’ve shown your ID, you’re stamped to show the bartender not to serve you. It’s not often that I experi-ence something new in New York, but this was my first time clubbing and I was very excited.

In the club, we were met by

impossibly thin and nearly nude go-go dancers, working it as the crowd danced to Lady Gaga. The place reeked of sweat and co-logne. It was a lot smaller than we expected, and perhaps a tad less classy. Lindsay indeed!

Regardless, we had a wonder-ful time dancing the night away. We were sad to leave when the clock struck 1:20 a.m., but we

stayed back for just a few minutes for you see, they played my song. The song was In The Zone by Brit-ney Spears featuring Madonna. It was also the same remix that I had a solo to with the dance team at the talent show last year.

It was fate, and we danced like wild. When the song was over, we dashed for a cab with only 20 minutes to make it. Down to five minutes before the train would leave, we ran like mad through

Grand Central, the station’s fa-mous clock looming over us just like in the fairytale. Breathless, we hopped on the train and fell into our seats, slipping back into the black silence of sleeping New England.

As I awoke, groggy and ex-hausted, I couldn’t believe what I’d accomplished. I felt very grown up, and as I write this, I

feel even more grown up. This is my last column. It feels strange. For the past two years, I’ve shared more than my passion for New York with all of you readers; I’ve shared my passion for writing. As I go on to college, I’ll be majoring in writing and writing Bite will definitely prove to have been a great learning experience.

The inspiration to write Big Apple Bite was, believe it or not, the column that Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Carrie, writes on Sex and The City, where time and time again she proclaims her love for the concrete jungle.

September of junior year, I knew I wanted to write a column for The Westword but I had no idea what I’d make it about. One night, I funneled out probably a dozen drafts like Danny Dishes —a celebrity gossip column a la Perez Hilton. I hated every idea, until, late at night, Sex and The City came on the TV. It struck me then to write about what I do, re-searching fun, cultured things to do in the city.

So I leave you faithful readers with a bite of Carrie’s love for the Big Apple: “If... you only get one great love, then New York may just be mine...”

Column by Danny Tehrani

Big Apple Bite

Sophomore Jackie Nelson takes the ruffle and floral trend to a relaxed level with the simple, colored cardigan and shorts. The key to any outfit is to keep it simple. If you match from head-to-toe, it can be a bit too much. Always keep it simple; less is more. Like Nel-son, opt for a printed top and pair it with basic, colored, simple items. But also remember to pick a mellow print if there are ruffles, lace, zippers, or any other hot trends of the year in your outfit. Make sure you don’t pick a top with all of these elements un-less the print is really simple. Nelson pulls her look together with a neutral colored cardigan, but you can be bold and pick a colored cardigan that will go along with the colors of the top. If you want to go even more re-laxed and simple, choose a pair of denim shorts, ripped or not. Denim is always relaxed and can bring the most elegant top to a chiller level.

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I felt very grown up, and as I write this, I feel even more grown up. This is my last column. It feels strange. For the past two years, I’ve shared more than my passion for New York with all of you readers; I’ve shared my passion for writing.

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