The Doorman | With Cecily Strong

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Saturday Night Live's Cecily Strong reads a story about a woman's friendship with her doorman.

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0:49.0	From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
1:05.0	Stories of Love, loss and redemption. I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.
1:12.0	When it comes to family, there's the family you're related to by blood,
1:22.0	and there's the family you bring into your life by choice.
1:25.0	And sometimes you find those people in unexpected places as Julie Margaret Hogband did.
1:32.0	Saturday Night Live cast member Cecilia Strong reads Julie's essay
1:36.0	When the Door Men is Your Main Man.
1:41.0	It was summertime in Manhattan. Dark and balmy, almost midnight on the Upper West Side.
1:48.0	Drinks had gone well. Walking me home, he held my hand.
1:53.0	Tipsy, I said, you can't come up and stop near a stoop.
1:58.0	I don't want to, he said coily, placing his hands on my waist, drawing me close.
2:03.0	But I do want to see you again. He smiled, I smiled.
2:08.0	What I mean is, if you want to kiss me good night, it has to be here.
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