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NYC

• NYC

  beagles.

  02.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I grew up in, and occasionally return to, a house full of beagles. With that in mind: congrats to Uno.

• NYC

  in which I post a link to an illustration done to commemorate an upcoming romance-themed holiday.

  02.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This? Amazing.

• Books, Music, NYC

  arms and the man: your late monday/early tuesday links

  02.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: this made me laugh a lot.
  Two: Gothamist interviews Brendan Canty of Fugazi and the Burn to Shine DVD series.
  Three: Achewood, romance novels, and organic food.

• NYC

  a quick word on beverages

  02.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Olamendi’s Coffee is damn tasty stuff.  I’ve been drinking their Cafe de la Olla for the last week or so, and it is delicious.

• NYC

  I learned something tonight.

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Specifically: moving one’s office (i.e. desk, music shelving, and computer) from one’s bedroom into a separate room takes a lot longer than one might expect. Hence: late.

• NYC

  a quick word on this evening’s football match-up

  02.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  …okay, three.
  Nice job, Giants.

• NYC

  things I have learned over the last few months

  01.28.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  #114: I cannot sleep worth a damn on Sunday nights.

• NYC

  the bread experiment, con’t

  01.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  So I cut myself a fresh piece of the first loaf of bread I’ve ever cooked by my lonesome…
  …and I can say with some certainty that the second will be better. Strange thing, this “yeast”. Strange and unpredictable, yet powerful.
  That said, with some blueberry jam atop it, it ain’t half bad.

• NYC

  tactile.

  01.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I am currently enmeshed in some late-night cooking — making some fresh biscotti* for a planned weekend of writing, and trying my hand at some breadmaking as well, for the hell of it. It’s been a while since I last handled dough, and….wow. That’s a mildly disorienting feeling, kneading is. Though the lack of flour [...]

• NYC

  it warms my heart…

  01.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  …to see that Mr. Zip has made the jump online.
  Incidentally, if there isn’t a band called Mr. Zip, there should be.

• NYC

  I have never seen “Rent”…

  01.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  …but nonetheless, the news of its closing seems a little bittersweet. Said musical opened at around the same time I first arrived in New York, and given my freshman-year-of-college status in early 1996, it was something I heard about quite a lot in the dorms, from classmates, etc. Were I looking for symmetry, I’d pack [...]

• NYC

  umlaut abuse hurts us all

  01.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Having seen the ad in question over the weekend, I am very glad that the people behind this umlaut abuse (note the first “E”) are being rightfully chided.

• NYC

  retail & life in nj

  01.08.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  When I was a kid, I had only one goal for myself in life: to someday live in a penthouse on top of the mall.
  With that in mind, this (via Nervous Acid) warms my heart.

• NYC

  1.1.08

  01.02.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  My first coherent thought upon waking up this morning was that Lisa Loeb’s “Stay” was running through my head. Not entirely sure what this signifies as a theme for the new year — Reality Bites nostalgia? Collaborations with members of Ida? — but hey, I’m not complaining.

• NYC

  acting!

  12.28.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Just got back from seeing August: Osage County. (See also: this.)
  Brief take: believe the hype. (Though be warned: that hype kinda lets you in on certain plot elements.) It’s hilarious at times, and utterly harrowing in its implications. And the crowd responded to it in a way I’ve never seen a Broadway audience react.
  My mind’s [...]

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