" This paperback is a collection of short essays originally published as two bestsellers in the 1970s (Metropolitan Life and Social Studies). Back then, her books defined knowing, urban cool. Guess what? They still do. If you were a mite too young to appreciate Leibowitz's take on that libertine decade the first time around (like me - I was just a toddler), now is an excellent time to make her acquaintance. The pieces still hold up as good writing and deliver plenty of sharp laughs. Some of the topics she lambasts with sardonic yet laugh-out-loud humor include baggage-claim areas, high tech, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French, and anyone who is unduly tan. "
— Blair, 1/29/2014