This Month Natural Selections interviews Lauren Wett, laboratory manager in the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism.
Country/State of origin: USA/NY

1. How long have you been living in New York?
All my life.

2. Where do you live?
Forest Hills, Queens.

3. Which is your favorite neighborhood?
Park Slope, Brooklyn.

4. What do you think is the most overrated thing in the city? And underrated?
Overrated: Times Square. I think that’s a given. Underrated: Hell’s Kitchen.

5. What do you miss most when you are out of town?
Bagels!!

6. If you could change one thing about NYC, what would that be?
I would change the traffic. I hate the traffic in the city.

7. Describe a perfect weekend in NYC.
I would spend the weekend walking around the village going to inexpensive but delicious restaurants and then bar hopping at different dive bars. The weather would be beautiful so that I could spend a lot of time outside. At the end of the day I would have a nice quick subway ride home without any screaming crack-heads.

8. What is the most memorable experience you have had in NYC?
Sunday Fun-day Brunches! That’s brunch with friends on Sundays.

9. If you could live anywhere else, where would that be?
Park Slope. If I had to leave New York it would be for the Berkshires in MA.

10. Do you think of yourself as a New Yorker?
Why? Oh ya! I was born and raised in New York, I have the accent, I’m a Giants fan, and I love New York.