two-twenty

about two-twenty

Two-twenty is the digital brain-child of two bestest friends, Alex and Joanna, who having exhausted every other kind of association eventually came to live and work together under the same roof in Manhattan, aka 220. The site chronicles their lives as they stop being polite, and start getting... oh, whatever. Adding spice to the chili is Ash, Joanna's boyfriend and real honest-to-god Australian, who will chime in with his unique perspective when not too busy taking photos in scary places like Baghdad for venerable publications like the New York Times. Alex is currently unattached, as attested to by Joanna and Ash's "Date Our Flatmate" project, as is Miss Atlas, two-twenty's Contributing Beagle and former Japanese Newsweek cover-bitch. Everyone at two-twenty, including Atlas, loves beer.

Both Joanna and Alex are freelance writers, and in addition to having the self-destructive urge to proffer their (or each other's) lives for public mockery, derive all too much pleasure from hunting and gathering interesting tidbits of information and presenting them to you through the skewed prism that is their hive mind. The result is sort of an olio of orts, if you will. And if you worship at the altar of Will Shortz half as zealously as Alex and Joanna, you probably will. Judging by the amount of time they devote to this site and to their beloved crossword puzzles, it is clear that Alex and Joanna are both severely under-employed. Please feel free to e-mail either of them as they would be happy to send you resumes, writing samples, or even a bottle of booze if you think that would help.

Lastly, you should know that most of the site's postings reflect the unity of the aforementioned hive mind that is two-twenty. Sometimes, however – most notably in items involving baseball - this is not the case (Joanna is a born and bred New Yorker – read: Yankees fan, and Alex is a Sox-loving Boston transplant). When issues of "authorship" arise, postings are followed by "| joanna" or "| alex" to eliminate any confusion or potential fist-fights.

Enjoy!

joanna@two-twenty.net
alex@two-twenty.net