Alanna Schubach
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
Last October, when a new gastropub called The Pomeroy debuted in Astoria, a special guest showed up for opening night: Lady Gaga. Her visit generated plenty of coverage from local press, as well as less favorable reactions on social media.
“That’s it,” I saw friends declare on Facebook. “Astoria is over.”
Imagine coming home from a trying commute to a fully decked-out bathroom. You step into your aromatherapy-enabled steam shower to sweat out the stress of the day, then you slide into your tub for a gentle, air bubble massage, flicking on your wireless, waterproof speakers to listen to some soothing music. You step out to towel off on thermostat-controlled radiant heat floors, and as you look into your fog-proof mirror to brush your teeth, your toothbrush sends data to your phone about your brushing habits.
