Nina Lalli on grilling in New York City:

Humans can be divided into many defining sets: cat people or dog people, beer drinkers or cocktail sippers, those who wear gold or those who wear silver. But in New York, the most gratifying and heartbreaking distinctions tend to be real estate-based. With Memorial Day looming in the near future, New Yorkers know who they are: Those who have outdoor space for a barbecue, and the rest of us (we hate you, by the way).

She’s not kidding, the rest of us really do hate you. Yards are too much work but oh what I wouldn’t do for a proper deck or roof to chill out on on slow afternoons, sipping margaritas while I grill some meat and corn. Gah.