TRIP TO THE BIG APPLE PLANNED?

This is how you do it like a true New Yorker

I envy them. The effortless way they hail a taxi. The hairstyle that - despite the city's dirt - always seems to look good. Not a moment stressed despite the noise of the busy city. You see, you don't just become a New Yorker. There's a real process that comes before it. How do you do it? Like this.

Get a mani/pedi during lunch break

Very New York-ish. Eating during break? No way, looking good is the first necessity, right? Or maybe a quick blow-dry in between to arrive glam at the office. Eating can wait.

Also stop by the keratin bar

Among other places in the Meatpacking District. Here they can work magic and make your hair thicker, frizz-free, and shiny. Ah, so that's the secret. And a keratin treatment shows off for three months.

Drinking coffee on the street

Whether it's convenient or not doesn't matter, a little New Yorker can multitask with her handbag, coffee cup, phone, and maybe even a dog leash. Oh, and poodles are cool. Just look at our NYC correspondent Bo and her dearest fluff Blue. 

“Hi, how are you?” is the new black

You ask everyone. No bad intentions, shop assistants sometimes add ‘sweety’ at the end. I find that genuinely sweet.

Timing kids‘

Once you start thinking about kids (and you're lucky enough to have them), timing is important. Giving birth around October/November is very hot in the wealthier circles of New York, because then your kids are definitely the smartest, strongest, and best in sports. At least, you hope.

And then keep pushing in the better-off circles...

When you introduce yourself, you also mention that you're the mother of this and that. And that your child goes to this and that school (a very fancy school, of course).

Working out for your job

So just set that alarm for six o'clock and take a quick lap around Central Park before you sit down at your desk fresh and cheerful. Simone, aren't you secretly just a New Yorker?

Whiter teeth than Gerard Joling

Let's just say that teeth whitening is just not covered by health insurance yet, but it's not far off.

Rocycle (or even better: Soulcycle) is hip

You know, spinning (very hard cycling) in the dark with candlelight to hard-hitting hits (think Michael Jackson, J.Lo, Usher, etc.). In New York, you can find a Soulcycling gym on almost every corner of the street and you're not crazy if you hop on your bike at six in the morning.

Clean is the keyword

American women often use too much foundation, but the seasoned New Yorker can do just fine without it. A little shaping here and there: okay, but they don't do Kim K. scenes.

You wrinkle your nose when someone next to you lights a cigarette

Smoking? Totally not cool. No, the New Yorker already breathes in enough exhaust fumes. In fact, there's a good chance she'll call you out if you do smoke.

Look especially disgusted when someone mentions the T-word

Trump,  yes. You should know that most residents of The Big Apple absolutely hate their own president.

P.S.: And yes, I am in New York AT THIS moment. Together with my mom for a grand mother/daughter trip. Soon much more, my friends. Promise.