March 2008
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Four ways to suck less at vintage & thrift...
I’ve always kind of sucked at vintage and thrift shopping. Two of my former roommates constantly managed to come home with perfectly-tailored, one-of-a-kind dresses or gorgeous brand name vintage steals, while I only added to my endless supply of kids’ t-shirts with dumb sayings that didn’t even fit right. At last, though, I’ve managed to get this down to a little bit...
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Totally gratuitous Peter Sarsgaard hot photo post,...
Those who know me are well aware of my long-standing, big gross celebrity crush on actor Peter Sarsgaard. I’ve been trying to come up with a proper, respectful way to pay tribute to his good looks on this blog. I’ve waited for the right newsworthy event to come along for a blog post tie-in, so I wouldn’t end up simply plastering a bunch of gratuitously hot photos in some giant...
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Ready? OK! for PIMA Group's pep rally Saturday
This Saturday, March 29, Philadelphia’s PIMA Group will perform an After-Hours Pep Rally at Like the Spice, concurrent with the gallery’s Rachel Beach and Nora Herting exhibit (which shows through March 30). My good friend & favorite booty-shaker Jaime Potts — who’s performed with PIMA for a year — shed some light on what people can look forward to from this...
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Pledge to support me in the 2008 MS walk!
A quick time out from all the pop culture fun for something very important to me. On Saturday, April 13, I will be one of the estimated 7,000 participants in Walk MS 2008. I am participating on behalf of my father, who was diagnosed with MS when I was 7. I do so proudly, as over the past 20 years my Dad has remained resilient despite the disease’s many crippling setbacks. Amazingly, I...
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Endeavoring to Save the Polaroid
When Jess brought her Polaroid camera out one night of SXSW, it spurred a handful of separate conversations about Polaroid Corp.’s decision last month to discontinue production of the beloved film. Despite understanding the digital revolution that caused this, everybody we talked to was awfully bummed. Most had already begun concocting schemes to eBay bid on & hoard what remains of...
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Keep calm and carry on
So for a couple of months now, I’ve been checking ReForm School for a restock on their vintage British WWII propaganda “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster prints, but no dice. It’s been one of the more torturous unrequited love experiences I’ve had in a while. But then today! Alas! I found it elsewhere! The lovely Victoria of sfgirlbybay.com has an Etsy shop devoted...
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Dinner dates with me on sale next week for just...
Ohhhh man, here comes Brooklyn Restaurant week! Click here for this year’s list of participating restaurants. (* Cost of dinner date increases to $46 if you plan on eating too. Plus tax and a gratuity hefty enough to impress me.)
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Why can't SXSW be every single day?
My trip to Austin for SXSW might very well have been the best week of my life so far. My friend Jess was a fantastic host, even when I broke important parts of her home (sorry).
Check out the following player — one song each from almost every band I caught! (Two local Austin bands I saw weren’t available through Project Playlist — ecclectic 8-piece band the War Against Sleep...
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In person she is somehow even more awesome
Just got in off the plane from Austin. I plan to recap my whole SXSW experience in the next couple entries, but for now I’ll leave you with one image — a huuuge highlight of my week — the She & Him performance I caught this afternoon just before making my way to the airport (click for full size).
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Hello from Austin! My SXSW trip, day 1
Through Friday, I’m crashing with my friend Jess in Austin for my first SXSW! My hipster-filled plane landed yesterday around dinnertime & after Jess cooked up a yummy meal it was off to Club de Ville, where Lone Star beer flowed free all night. There we caught San Francisco’s super-energetic Scissors For Lefty and the Toronto-based Golden Dogs, who the whole crowd fell in love with during...
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The "Oh, Hello" Opening Credits Game
Me & my college buddy Brendan invented the “Oh, Hello” Opening Credits Game our freshman year to amuse ourselves while waiting for a dorm floor meeting. It’s a fun way to pass time with zero resources at your disposal, as all it requires is your ability to creatively act like a big silly asshole. The objective is to come up with & perform an original and hilarious...
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Zach Galifianakis plays with his hair sooo much
Last night I got to see my sort-of celebrity crush that I’m still a little on the fence about, Zach Galifianakis! Between gigs on the Funny or Die Comedy Tour, he stopped by the UCB Theatre to be interviewed as part of their Inside Joke series. Now, two things were distracting to me during this show. The first was spotting an ex in the audience (apparently escaped from the desert island...
It just might be official
According to today’s Pop Candy reader of the day feature, I “just might be the coolest girl in Brooklyn” !!
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BBQ Club loves Dinosaur BBQ + Hill Country 4ever
As I mentioned in this entry reviewing Justin Timberlake’s Southern Hospitality restaurant, BBQ Club is a monthly get-together of about a dozen of my friends at various New York City BBQ restaurants. Last night we hit up Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and the month previous we went to Hill Country — both of which were pretty awesome for different reasons. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que — way up on...