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Rather than settling for a traditional North Pole scene this year, Barneys NY dedicated their entire holiday window display to Saturday Night Live’s 35th Anniversary. While the move may seem semi-sacrilege, it seems to be luring in tons of holiday shoppers (the store was packed to the brim all weekend). If only Chris Farley was [...]

I have to admit that I haven’t been cooking as much as I’d like these days.  I’ve been traveling and dealing with starting a new job part time.  My fiancée and I will be relocating to Portland, OR at the end of next month, where I’ll start full time with the Oregon Wine Board. On [...]

You’d think that because I spend less and I eat less, that I’d have no choice but to weigh less. You’d think I’d be walking around (this isn’t going to be PC) like a barefoot and bloated third-world baby. Not so. Some of us it turns out are pre-disposed to slow metabolisms that require huge [...]

Here’s the thing. This week the rent check bounced, in a few weeks the ivy league is going to want its money, two days from now I have to pay the credit card bill and tomorrow I lose money again when I pay for my unlimited metro pass because getting from Brooklyn to Manhattan is [...]

Apartment Creeper Interview #1 – Are you sh#ting me? A – No, this is every bit as real and messed up as it seems

I still remember the first Walker Evans show I went to. It was nine years ago at the Museum of Modern Art, and it was endless galleries of beautiful black and white prints—stark, solemn, and striking. Evans was providing a visual history lesson, and I was listening. The duality of photography as both expression and [...]

Here’s the thing about water: You can add stuff to it and make it taste really good. We’re not talking Crystal Light or Kool-Aid here, we’re talkin’ turning water into a meal. What? Water into a meal, are you crazy, you ask. I’m not crazy, but I am old school and being old school means [...]

Stencil1 Crafty Book Launch, Saturday, December 5, 2009, 4-6pm, The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn. For more information, go here. Ed Roth is one of those artistic do it alls. He’s a graphic artist, stencil maker, animator, and former gallerist. He’s like a design compass that is continually pointing toward the next trend. [...]

Once my sourdough starter was bubbly and sour I was ready to bake—or so I thought. I still needed a few added kitchen tools for my bread endeavor. First off, I wanted to buy a mixer, otherwise I was going to have to mix this bread by hand. I went the hand mixer route because [...]

It seems as though after a long week of work all I want to do is make something comforting on a Sunday. This past week was busy with social and work dinners, and I wanted to assemble a dish that took little preparation time, but was still hearty. Wishing the weather was a bit more [...]