For the Win
How many '80s revivals have their been in the past nineteen years? I think you already know my feelings on the matter (mostly in regard to music, but fashion too) but today's New York Times […]
Not Me
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Speaking of snobs. I could be incorrectly remembering this story (I’ll verify details later) but a friend used to live in a Williamsburg building off the Grand Ave. stop, a weird building that had an […]
Not Grasshopper, Too
R.I.P David Carradine. I will always remember you walking into the sunset, an exemplary wise drifter-loner. As an aside, I didn't realize Martha Plimpton was his niece. P.S. If anyone has any suggestions for additions […]
Solid as a Rock or a Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss?
I just realized that I’m the only one in my immediate family (meaning my mom and sister) who lives in permanent structure (though a rental) and has a job. This has little to do with […]
Make it Big
I was kind of blown away at the gym the other day when out of boredom I was forced to read Glamour with Miley Cyrus on the cover only to discover a photo spread, a […]
Everyone Loves Fried Chicken
Perhaps owners who add the name Obama to their fried chicken businesses might naïve, opportunistic or insensitive but I don't see how it's racist. To me, racism implies malice. I do know that if I […]
At Least I Don’t Wear Mom Jeans
I’ve always bemoaned the lack of short (chin-length not cropped) hair images in magazines. I just like having something to reference when I’m getting a haircut (as I did the week before last in order […]
Shop Till You Drop Off the Face of the Earth
Oh my, I think I’ve seen my future. A mute, unidentifiable elderly woman with Alzheimer’s was found wandering around the Woodbridge Center mall in 1994 and had been institutionalized as a Jane Doe ever since. […]
Carol Channing Brings Everyone Closer Together
“A Reunion, and a Carol Channing Puppet.” Ok, a title like that is begging to be clicked. This ended up being an un-sexual non-annoying funny missed connections story, totally the opposite of that subway sham […]
Hair Apparent
I’m fascinated by all the freaked out Gawker commenters regarding a 1979 Lee Friedlander photo of Madonna at age 19 with full on armpit and pubic hair that just sold for $37,500 at a Christie’s […]