February 2010
40 posts
January 2010
58 posts
Friendly Fires ft. Au Revoir Simone, Paris...
The Truth About Tom Ford →
DB How was your first stab at directing? TF I read somewhere that a good director does his directing when he casts his film. DB You just give them the intention. TF One of the greatest moments I’ve ever seen on film was Bill Clinton being questioned about Monica Lewinsky. It’s breathtaking. Someone asks, “Did you sleep with Monica Lewinsky?” And Bill says very calmly that he hadn’t. Then he’s...
Jersey Shore Season 2 is confirmed! →
nudawn:
Not returning to Jersey Shore. Keeping my fingers crossed they take over Marthas Vineyard.
Ummmmmmmmm….
To my neighbor loudly practicing operatic scales,
Kindly do all of your neighbors a favor and stop. It’s been 45 minutes. While you’ve mastered the art of projecting your voice, you’re grossly off pitch and ruining our late Saturday afternons.
Best,
5G
I’ve had to say goodby more times than I would have liked, but everyone can say that. And no matter how many times we do it, even when it’s for the greater good, it still stings. And though, we’ll never forget what we’ve given up, we owe it to ourselves to keep moving forward. What we can’t do is live our lives always afraid of the next goodbye, because chances are...
New favorite blog alert: Very Mary Kate →
Dear world,
If any of you have ever seen the gold, blue enamel and diamond snake ring I wear almost every day, then you’ll understand my insane internalfreakingoutohmyGodIwantthismorethanIcandescribe moment happening right now about the above ring from Kathryn Bentley. The ring I wear (seen below) was my grandmothers, purchased in the 1960s and inspired, so she says, by Jackie O. I...
Racked NY: Tavi's Hat Takes Center State at Dior... →
I die. L-o-v-e.
jandro:
Metric - Help I’m Alive (Acoustic.)
...
Lindstrom & Christabelle, Lovesick
WatchEcho & The Bunnymen, Killing the Moon
…the 1984 classic.
Best New York City bars with fireplaces
- Time... →
Why New York City Needs a New Economic Strategy →
A good first step would be to recognize that the world owes New York nothing. The city cannot simply rely on inertia and the disbursements of Wall Street megabonuses to save its economy. Instead, it needs to rebuild its middle-class neighborhoods and diversify toward a wide range of industries that can capitalize on the city’s unique advantages—including its appeal to immigrants; the port;...
New York Times: Honest work means honest pay →
soupsoup:
Speaking as a reader, I want the news for free. I read huge amounts of news from papers all over the country, in particular for my job. I don’t think I’ll be able to do that forever. It irks me to think that, but I know it’s true. I also know that I’ve gotten away with murder for years because of this. Secretly, that’s what makes people rail against the Times and anyone else who wants...
Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce, Telephone
Shiba Inu puppycam is b-a-c-k! →
Laura Marling, Roll Away Your Stone (Mumford &...
I’ve been asked 4 times in 3 days, “why ‘a lifetime burning in every moment’?”
The phrase is from one of my favorite poems, T.S. Eliot’s ‘East Coker’, No. 2 of ‘Four Quartets’. Excerpt below & full text here:
V
So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years— Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l’entre deux...
“No one wants to be the buzzkill at the bacon party.”
– Tara Austin Weaver, author of The Butcher & The Vegetarian
WatchI think it’s safe to say I’m obsessed with Jersey Shore, so please excuse me while I share this gem, Little Jersey Shore, with you.
The Influence Of Fashion Bloggers On Retail - PSFK →
Too many social networks? Try this.
“Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your real neighbours again!”
What shall I do after I’ve killed myself with the web2.0 suicide machine?
Try calling some friends, take a walk in a park or buy a bottle of wine and start enjoying your real life again. Some Social Suiciders reported that their lives has improved by an approximate average of 25%. Don’t worry, if you feel empty...
A friend of a friend is missing, spread the word... →
(via jbrusk)
Hey NYC, go to this. (Opening reception this...
Hannes Bend, CircUmferencesuRprisE, 2009.
Hannes Bend endlich January 15 - February 11, 2010 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Jan. 15, 6-8 PM HALF GALLERY 208 Forsyth Street, NYC www.halfgallery.com
info@halfgallery.com
Half Gallery is pleased to present endlich, the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by Berlin-based artist Hannes Bend. The show will feature several of Bend’s “candy...
Ok, I didn’t plan to write this. I even tried not to but I need to get it out. About a week ago I had dinner with someone I hadn’t seen in over 6 months, someone whose life entails a lot of towncars home and a cab to work each morning - not necessarily because he can afford to but because all he does is work. Literally, all he does. We discussed that I take the subway. I argued that...
Hey ad-world peeps,
and those of you just curious…
Lemonade is screening FREE next Friday (1/22) at the Times Square Arts Center!
Get your tickets before they’re gone.
Amtrak to Add Free Wi-Fi on High-Speed Trains →
mashable:
Buses, cars, planes and now even Amtrak trains offer Wi-Fi for web work or play during travel. Amtrak has just confirmed that they will be providing free wireless Internet access…
This is awesome. Maybe it will make the outrageous ticket prices somewhat easier to swallow. (Assuming they aren’t hiking them up even more…)
Beach House, Norway
Hmmm.
GEMINI [May 21–June 20] This is one of those times when you can get abundant access to insider secrets, unauthorized information, taboo knowledge, and forbidden wisdom. Proceed carefully. As much as I’m an advocate of you getting to the whole truth and nothing but the truth, it’s also my duty to remind you that it could be disruptive to find out all of the truth in one big swoop. You...
Dear Diary:
I was walking into the park at 77th Street and Central Park West in mid-November, on one of those unseasonably warm and sunny days, when around the corner, also headed for the park, came a huge fire engine, full crew aboard. I wondered where the fire was.
Not long afterward, I saw the fire engine again, parked by the lake. And sitting side by side on a nearby bench, their sandwiches...
From tonight's PostSecret Live! talk:
The Hebrew word for secret translates to come closer… How beautiful.
True story.
Guy texts something to the effect of: Okay since you’re on painkillers from your root canal, when we go out tomorrow can you be mobile or do you need to be stationary?
Girl texts back: U can write me a paper letter if you would like lol my address is [redacted] but I’ll have my cell phone on
Unf*ckingbelievable, folks.
On Modern Dating
“He should go to her! Your Poppy always came to me - he walked 3 miles through a blizzard to see me once. I never went to him; the man should come to the woman if he wants to see her. Men these days!”
- my Nanny
This Is What I Keep Trying to Tell People About...
soupsoup:
andrewromano:
… but to my eternal chagrin, I’m not John McPhee. From “Nowheres,” the final essay in McPhee’s fantastic new book, Silk Parachutes, out in March:
I opened a letter from a staff writer at a national travel magazine compiled and edited in Tennessee.
He said, “I would appreciate it very much if you could answer some questions I have about New Jersey… I would like to...
Exceptions you make when you travel:
“One, I will revel in my abject laziness on trips. I can do one activity a day and feel no regret. I need a lot of time to nap and to go jogging and to read and to think about what I want for dinner. Two, I will drink before noon, preferable with breakfast. And three, I will break rules. Not hte kinds that will leave you in prison, Brokedown Palace-style, but I will most definitely sneak...
Genius!
I am SO ordering these. Love it.
[HT @jlny & via]
UPDATE: @jlny reviews them, “this is amazing - they are not ice cubes dude - they are god’s balls ”