June 2008
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It's not too late for me to rock a Hypercolor tee,...
Leave it to the skeeves at American Apparel to make an 80’s child’s dreams come true. In elementary school, all the coolest kids had Hypercolor tees, but my parents wouldn’t buy me one! I remember even dumb ol’ Ray had one in the 3rd or 4th grade, and I’m pretty sure it’s the only reason he had friends. No fair. (Mom and Dad also refused to appease my...
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Cute Boys! is another blog idea I wish I'd thought...
So this shy French chick wanders the streets of Paris with her digital camera, snapping photos of cute boys to secretly post on her blog. As she explains in one entry: “I often say I’m taking a picture for a ‘style blog’ because the truth is too embarrassing. But then they ask to see the picture and it’s a close-up of their face.” Genius! ...
Please forward my mail to the penthouse of the...
Totally wiiild Italian architect Dr. David Fisher announced plans this week for rotating skyscrapers in Dubai and Moscow, according to the NY Daily News. Fisher says the idea came to him while he was enjoying the view from a friend’s Manhattan apartment (probably nuts on hallucinogens) and imagined a building “where everybody can see the East River and the Hudson River.” From...
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Top 10 books I read this year so far, in the order...
1. A Widow for One Year by John Irving Roomie Joanna’s been pushing John Irving on me for a while, so I finally took her up on an offer to borrow this novel, which the movie The Door in the Floor is based on. Really uniquely segmented story in which twisted familial backgrounds lead to two overlapping characters’ smarmy adventures later in life (I’m keeping the description...
Next-Door Neighbor stories at SMITH Mag (and from...
“No matter how close or how far, we all live next to someone, and we all have a Next-Door Neighbor story,” says Dean Haspiel, editor of the Next-Door Neighbor series at SMITH Magazine. With that in mind, Haspiel asked favorite storytellers and cartoonists to collaborate on a series of true neighbor tales. The first wave of stories launched April 1, with LES urban daymare “Next-Door...
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Facebook in real life
How Facebook would play out in the real world, as conceived by UK sketch comedy group Idiots of Ants…
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"My Baby" by Lil Romeo is one of my favorite songs...
So, during college circa 2002, I worked at the Gap, which, like any other mall store, relies on a monthly “soundtrack” a few hours-long that plays & re-plays all the livelong day. “My Baby” by Lil Romeo — in which the son of Master P samples Michael Jackson — was one such track within the Gap Kids section of our store. Whenever this song came on, my day was...
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How to dine at fancy-schmancy restaurants on the...
Last week my sassiest pal Anna suggested we go out for steak. I was like, “YES.” But we wanted to do it right. No T.G.I. Friday beef kabobs for these chickies. “Let’s fake like it’s an important event in our lives,” we said. “Let’s go somewhere expensive and nice.” Now comes the part of the story where we realize our hugest obstacle: ...
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Sorry I Missed Your Party is my favorite blog...
I also wish I had thought of the idea first. All you gotta do is search flickr.com for “party” and pick out one of 10,000,000 photos of idiots having a party, and post a caption with it that cracks everybody up. BUT it’s a good thing I didn’t think of it first because my version wouldn’t be nearly as funny as this one. www.sorryimissedyourparty.com
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Here is a question about my new plaid dress that I...
For like pretty much ever, I’ve been scoping out this full-length madras dress whenever I walk by the Gap’s window display near my work. The reasons I dig it are simple: (1) I like well-executed instances of non-winter plaid, (2) I like the ocean-y color combo, (3) I like to express my effortlessly carefree personality through my clothing, and (4) I knew this dress would look very,...
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Live acoustic versions of Lykke Li's "I'm Good,...
One of my most overplayed songs the past few weeks has been “I’m Good, I’m Gone” by Swedish songbird Lykke Li [Myspace / Insound] — whose debut album “Youth Novels” placed at #4 on my Top 20 Albums of 2008 So Far post. Lykke Li’s vocals are so smooth & sweet throughout this song about achieving big things after feeling overlooked for a while. I...
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Dine Out for a Cure to breast cancer at...
Throughout June, participating restaurants in Brooklyn will donate a percentage of proceeds to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer through Dining Out for a Cure. Below is the month-long schedule of dates and times that Brooklyn restaurants will participate. See the Dining Out for a Cure site for more information. Fri. 6/13 — 5:30-11pm loulou www.louloubrooklyn.com Mon. 6/16 — 11:30am-3pm...
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Best Guests round-up: I get by with a little help...
Every so often, one of my adorable friends writes a guest post in an attempt to shut me up for just one day. Really, it’s a win-win situation — a vacation day for me, and unlimited ever-lasting fame for them. So, today, an ode to some of my favorite people — a round-up of SARAHSPY’s best guest posts so far.
Life lessons learned from “The Babysitting...
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Neat but scary: Use cell phones to cook popcorn
I agree with James at modsuperstar when he said this creepy party trick makes him want to throw his cell phone away.
Two more videos and some discussion (about this and cell phones’ connection to bird suicides) at the World-News site. An explanation of the phenomenon at the Baseline of Health Foundation site.
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Harvard grad blames wormhole for night spent...
Wasted Harvard grad Kyle Hausmann, 24, spent a night locked in Williamsburg’s Trophy Bar after passing out in the bathroom, according to yesterday’s New York Times. From the article: [The bartender] reached for the doorknob of the second bathroom and found it locked. “Curious,” she thought. Seeing no light coming from the bathroom, and hearing not a peep, she figured that the other bar...
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"Should I Stop Blogging?"
Darren Rowse at ProBlogger recently posted a set of 20 questions for bloggers to evaluate their sites and decide whether or not it’s time to close up shop. Oh my god, I thought when I saw this. Is it time for me to shut up? Am I setting and meeting productive goals?? Am I doing an awesome job??? Obviously I needed to answer some of these questions and find out. Am I interested in the...
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Tailor's absinthe gummi bears get you f'ed up on...
According to this week’s UrbanDaddy NYC, absinthe gummi bears are now available alongside espresso at Tailor on the Lower East Side. From the UrbanDaddy write-up:
That’s right, your favorite recently legalized, possibly hallucinogenic liquor has finally made it into ursine gummi form, fresh from Tailor’s in-house candy shop (aka, mad scientists Sam Mason and Eben Freeman)....
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Usher vs. Showbiz Pizza Place
Funny how my memories of Showbiz Pizza Place from age 3 don’t match up to what the animatronic characters actually look like. For instance, I remember Mitzi being very, very beautiful. Thanks to the always-sunny Evan for the tip.
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Late inventor of Pringles can buried in Pringles...
A brand new way to torment your family, from yesterday’s Telegraph:
Dr Fredric J. Baur, who was 89, had told his family to ensure his final resting place was the inside of one of his most famous creations. They honoured his request by having his ashes buried in a Pringles tube – and a more conventional urn for the overflow – at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr Baur, who...
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And with this post, I promise never to mention The...
We’ve known The Disgusting Show That Will Not Die was coming to Brooklyn for a while now, with most predicting the sweet young thangs would set up shop in Williamsburg. But alas, no. It’s now been confirmed the seven strangers will reside in Downtown Brooklyn — in a $6 million, two-story penthouse on Bridge Street’s 27-story Belltel Lofts, according to yesterday’s...
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Frightened Rabbit tops list of bands I saw in May
The bands I saw in May blow April’s Top 5 Shows totally out of the water. At the top of my list is Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit [Myspace / Insound] whose sold out 5/27 show at Pianos was the best I’ve seen in a long time. Check out the following two videos from the set (both captured by Jessi, who put together a great write-up of the night). First song is “Good Arms vs....