It could be your treasure. One of my best friends from Cape Cod came to visit me a few weeks ago and his first remark when venturing out one morning was, "This city literally reeks of hot trash." The only thing more disgusting is that I don't agree, which basically renders me the Hellen Keller of human waste odors. Much more than in the … [Read more...]
How to do the Lower-LES like an Adult
The Lower Lower East Side - this constitutes as the weird bubble that isn't the Lower East Side, isn't Chinatown and isn't Two Bridges. In my eyes, this is one of the most exciting, happening and quickly changing areas downtown. Rewind three years ago and I regularly made the trek across Delancey to either the black hole of conscious time, known … [Read more...]
Dove a bit too deep into Nationalgeographic.com again…
Under the Sea Edition. Because Finding Dory came out a few days ago and I spent another 5+ hours on Nationalgeographic.com tonight, it's time to dig up another profession from the childhood vault of dead dream jobs: a marine biologist. I'm going to say it was because I wanted to save the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles but essentially it's the closest … [Read more...]
Your Fourth of July Founding Father Spotlight
A - dot - Hamilton. I handle the American Revolution like 13 year old girls handle Vampire Romance Novels...meaning I literally can't. I know I'm not alone in that sentiment because I have a very close friend who has willingly made these her profile pictures: While the 4th of July get's muddied by the hot dog and beer slamming acts of phony … [Read more...]
Update: Mary Lee the Great White Shark
What this gentle giant has been up to... This summer, there will be a lot Samantha's, Jessica's, Rachel's, Emily's and Mary Lee's making the annual pilgrimage to the land where people trot on horses named Sir Edward McCullen; waving your credit card in the air three times in a row magically turns you into Paris Hilton; and during the Great Rosé … [Read more...]