 This began his long association with the newspaper; though not officially on staff, he was alternately a restaurant reviewer and columnist, book reviewer and travel writer, and the editor of the paper's travel magazine, "Traveling in Style".In 1978, Andrews, was hired as an associate editor at "New West" magazine, a bi-weekly California publication started by Clay Felker as a parallel to his seminal "New York" magazine.He was promoted a year later to senior editor.