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Barbara Bush's Simple NYC Life
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Jen Carlson
Published May 6, 2010
Modified May 6, 2010
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Barbara Bush, spawn of George W., can't watch her twin sis Jenna as a Today show correspondent because she's living without a television set. What's the number to the red phone! She told People, "I live alone, so I'm trying to force myself to get out and do other things." And when her sister's in town, she lives it up at her hotel; Jenna says, "She'll pack a bag and come stay with me. We're in the room, and I'll be, 'Can't we read?' And she's like, 'Nope. Is there a Law & Order on?'" And then they're all, yay television? The 28-year-old Barbara co-founded Global Health Corps in 2008, and is currently working at the non-profit and living (in a 5th floor walk-up, no less) in NYC.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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