March 2008
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My pal Ray did not turn in his guest blog again...
My pal Ray is a friendly beer snob who brews tasty coffee-flavored beers & knows all the coolest big apple nightspots. Thus, Ray is going to write me a guest blog called the Beer Geek’s Guide to Brooklyn Bars!!! Eventually. This is the fourth week in a row that he’s promised to turn it in, but instead deprived you city dwellers yet again of such a fantastic resource. :( :( :(...
February 2008
16 posts
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Ben & Jerry's unveils four new yummy flavors
Clearly this is the biggest, most exciting news I will ever post about. I can barely contain myself this morning over the e-mail I just received with the deets (slang for “details”) on FOUR NEW FLAVORS FROM BEN & JERRY’S!!! Check these bad boys out, you guys. These 3 new ice cream flavors and one new frozen yogurt are being released in celebration of Ben &...
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"Conan O'Brien Touched Me" -- Guest blog by Dee!
I’ve never seen my friend Dee more gleeful than last week, when she relayed to me this story of late-night true love realized – an epic tale that is the subject of today’s guest blog! Enjoy. At age 13, while my pubescent peers dreamt about the New Kids on the Block or that dopey kid from Blossom, my affections were more mature and refined. I only had eyes for Emmy Award-winning television writer...
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If you're f*cking Matt Damon, then I'm f*cking Ben...
If you haven’t been following the jokingly adulterous back-and-forth between Hollywood’s hilariously lewd couple Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman, it’s definitely time to get on board. It all started with a running joke at the end of so many episodes of ABC late night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live — in which Kimmel apologizes again & again to Matt Damon for “running...
A wild way to waste 10 minutes
Following a tip from Cait at Not So Awful, I clicked to New York Zoos and Aquariums’ Build Your Wild Self site and created the following animal likeness of yours truly. It was a sweet way to waste a few minutes online while eating my strawberry waffles this morning.
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Directory of NYC museum free/pay-what-you-wish...
Most NYC museums and gardens feature a few hours a week that are free or “pay what you wish,” and for my own use (and now yours) this season, I compiled the following handy directory of places & times to serve as a guide. All information below is accurate as of February 2008, though you’ll definitely want to click to the listed websites for possible scheduling exceptions. Be...
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But more importantly, what'll Smurfette's boobs...
A glimpse at the CG-animation for the first installment of the upcoming Smurfs trilogy was posted this weekend at ComingSoon.net, including a 10-second video detailing the production process (click here for “First Look”). The late 2008 release is meant to coincide with the cartoon’s 50-year anniversary. I doubt I’ll see this movie, though I am curious about how the...
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85% of Us readers agree: Nobody cares about...
Us Magazine recently polled 1083 of its readers and found only 15% are considering purchasing actress Scarlett Johansson’s album when it’s released by Rhino Records’ Atco label on May 20. (It has not yet been calculated how many of the 15% was just Woody Allen voting over & over.) The album, titled “Anywhere I Lay My Head,” is comprised of 10 Tom Waits covers...
Post-Valentine's round-up of stuff I've been...
Single or taken, I’ve never been much of a fan of Valentine’s Day. But what I am a fan of is the day after — when all the high-end chocolate goes on sale! Aww yeah. Now that’s a yearly event worth getting excited about. Here, as an ode to the true holiday this week — a round-up of the people, places, and things I’ve been totally loving recently… with...
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A Million Little Pictures exhibit kicks off Friday
I was supposed to have been a part of Art House’s 3rd annual A Million Little Pictures project — which sent 227 disposable cameras to registrants across the country, assigning them to photograph whatever they wanted within the theme of “Adventure” — but, alas, I am not. My wrongly-addressed camera ended up “returned to sender” way past the deadline (Yes,...
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Frances Bean Cobain hearts musicals and shoes!
So everybody’s freaking out this week about Frances Bean Cobain’s Harper’s Bazaar interview in which she’s made-up as Evita and Rizzo from Grease (more photos here). The pretty mix of Kurt and Courtney’s best physical traits is 15 now and — based on the quotes used in the article — a well-spoken little fashionista who’s totally psyched about...
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The Making of Feist's "I Feel It All" music video
Today MSN posted a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Feist’s new music video for “I Feel It All,” which conveniently happens to be the song I’m overplaying like crazy through the earbuds this week. Being that the video is basically just Leslie Feist messing with explosives for three minutes, I was totally down with viewing some “making of” footage. Here...
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Ode to The State -- $240 Worth of Pudding
me: im just cranky right now, just a quick episode happening, its almost over J.S. i have something to help you cheer up, hold on me: okay J.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XhS80rwjIg me: oh i know what this is! J.S. aawww yeah www.the-state.com
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Rihanna launches line of Totes umbrellas; planet...
What the. This can’t actually be happening. Rihanna has launched her own line of Totes umbrellas? Noooo, come on. That’s too stupid. This is supposed to be fashion week, not the frickin apocalypse. More info at: Dlisted Oh-Rihanna.com BlackVoices.com
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Let Smoove B show you how to talk to a lady
Ladies man Smoove B is a fictional columnist whose smooth-talking antics made him my favorite “writer” at The Onion between 1998 and 2007. I don’t think his column has been officially abandoned, but over the past few years his Opinion pieces have become infrequent (the last one was posted in July ‘07). I, for one, sure hope his reign isn’t over. I think...
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Behind-the-scenes blogging from Margot & the...
It didn’t take them making Popwatch’s list of the Most Anticipated CDs of 2008 for me to realize that Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s are blowing up. It wasn’t their inclusion in SPIN’s “Who’s Next” feature this month, either (click here for the article, which also includes an exclusive video of new song “Flower Pot”). Nope, what...