I used to write for the NY Times. They got rid of the regional section and us freelancers and, well, the personal voice...not to mention the editors correcting typos. Welcome to the 21 century.
Recently had a moment to read the new Met Home magazine. Is it me, or does pretention scream out louder these days: "Savoir Flair"(please, save me)-Beth Gross invokes to her husband as the proverbial lightbulb goes on...during months of house-hunting, nothing lit her bulb until she saw a "remarkable empty lot on a lakeside street, that came with an equally remarkable building plan for a David Adler-inspired house," Beth gushes. Give me a break, who is David Adler and why does Beth gush throughout the piece. That's it, getting rid of any subscription that uses the words gushes and 'lit her bulb' more than three times in a paragraph.