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 [...]
Entries Category is 'NY Finds'
Now That You’re Broke: Soup!
December 3rd, 2009 No Comments
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 [...]
Ed Roth
December 2nd, 2009 No Comments
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. In [...]
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Baking Sourdough
November 23rd, 2009 No Comments
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 [...]
Now That You’re Broke: LIFE ON MARS
November 18th, 2009 No Comments
When you’re low on funds and can’t afford premium cable, you still have options. Fill the cable void by watching old DVDs, borrow rom-coms and slasher flicks from friends or do what all the tech savvy dirties do, rip and burn TV shows. (I’m not sayin’ we do that in our household…I’m just sayin’)
Our latest [...]
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Sourdough Starter
November 16th, 2009 1 Comment
After reading Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food (see last week’s post), I’m trying to eliminate processed foods from my diet. It’s hard and weird and not so easy when you’re starving and all you want is macaroni and cheese. But I’m trying, and I realize that until I move off the grid, it might [...]
Now That You’re Broke: THE RETURN OF GAME NIGHT
November 11th, 2009 No Comments
These days being broke means giving up the late nights and the heavy drinking that come with the New York nightlife. For the average New Yorker, say me for example, a 33-year old graduate student working two jobs to stay afloat, the prospect of no social life is depressing. Dealing with poverty is isolating enough. [...]
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Michael Pollan
November 9th, 2009 1 Comment
Books that have made their clear and concise mark: Island of the Blue Dolphins (love stories of survival), A Wrinkle in Time (as sci-fi as it gets for my taste though space and time travel will always be a childhood dream), Demian (weird affinity for German coming-of-age tales), Franny and Zooey (love sibling stories), The [...]
Baggu
November 2nd, 2009 No Comments
When I moved to New York, one of the first culture “shocks” I felt, or rather that my shoulders and back felt, was the fact that I had to carry everything myself. I no longer had a car to stash and transport gym clothes, groceries or laundry. I bought a little granny cart for the [...]
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No Rest For the Wicked
October 26th, 2009 No Comments
In August, one of my best girlfriends was in town from Los Angeles. (I’ve known her since 7th grade!) She was here for work and, lucky for me, had an extra ticket for the musical, Wicked. It was one of those evenings that turned into a fun and funny night. We had dinner at Asia [...]
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