April 2008
67 posts
March 2008
140 posts
Another diner (the best one) bites the dust
I was just reviewing some of the NY blogs that Rach just posted and I about dropped my coffee when I read via Vanishing New York that my FAVORITE diner in the city- Cheyenne Diner on 33th and 9th is closing. WHAT. THE. HELL!? I’m so sad I could cry.
Everytime I walked into Cheyenne, whether I was meeting friends or going solo to write, I got that THIS is New York feeling. It’s...
“They’re eating rats and they’re frying bugs, and they’re...”
– Nora Ephron via The Huffington Post on the current survivalist state of the democratic race for the presidential nominee ticket
“Pran cared about journalism, but he cared about this one story most of all. He...”
– Sydney Schanberg
“My job is to get people to remember that please everybody must stop the killing...”
– Dith Pran
The Last Word: Dith Pran →
I was sad to learn that Dith Pran passed away today. Pran dedicated his life to educating the world about the “killing fields” a term he used to describe the grotesque heaps of human skeletal remains he witnessed along his 40-mile escape out of Cambodia in the late 70s. Pran travelled to Cambodia with NYT reporter Sydney Schanberg as a translator to cover the fall of Phnom Penh to the...
Saturdays
Nothing is better somedays than spending the whole day outside! The bright sunny skies perfectly match my happy mood this morning. Today’s agenda: picture taking, brunch, flea markets and vintage shops.
Have a lovely Saturday everyone!
mascarah:
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle Why...
Needed: Web Designer!!!!
Hi there! Any NYC-based web developers out there looking for a fun, creative, relatively quick project? I’m working with a film company that would like to add a blog to their existing site—the goal is to create something that will help bring the issues behind the projects they’re working on to life. I should also mention that this company produces documentary films that focus on...
tumblr meetup at Whisk&Ladle
sharingtime:
It’s time for another meetup! Instead of congregating at a bar, we’re doing things a bit differently this time. We’re meeting at the Whisk&Ladle!
You’ll need to RSVP for this so I can email you the exact address. At the request of the folks who run this fine establishment, they ask you not to re-blog the address. Just email me at leetumbls (at) yahoo.com by Wednesday, April...
rach:
Arcade Fire - Haiti (live in NYC, 2007)
...
I'm obsessed with three things right now:
1. PBJs
2. Apple Cider
3. Fruit Leather
I feel twelve.
muxtape:
There’s already some great muxtapes! The ability to discover relevant new muxtapes will be the very next thing I do after a couple bug fixes. Also coming soon: M4A support, RSS feeds (last minute omission from the launch schedule), more customization, many many many other things. In the meantime, check these out (of the people I know, I think they’re more indicative than anything I’d...
jakob.muxtape.com →
jakoblodwick:
About an hour ago, Justin Ouellette solved one of the largest problems of our culture: it is very difficult to discover new music.
Muxtape succeeds where other discovery services fail. Finding and listening to new music is now personal.
It’s also fun, elegant, and hi-fi. Well done, sir.
Interesting… I’m excited to try this out.
30 Great Songs from SXSW from Vanity Fair (free... →
Mama Didn't Raise No Fool!!
I have a few rules when I blog. I don’t write about relationships, or crushes, or dates. I also don’t write about work. Not because I don’t find these topics interesting… it’s just when I started my Tumblr I decided to keep these conversations for my friends/family who I see and talk to day-to-day. I actually love reading Tumblrs with personal, thoughtfully posted info,...
I will be providing more context soon...
Zach: holy crap that's insanely creepy. please be careful, let me know if you need any help
me: thanks... im considering writing on my blog about it..i wasn't going to, but now i'm getting pissed
Zach: i don't blame you. i don't post much to my blog anymore not because i don't want to, though
me: i know, it's a fine line... i want to be open about my life-- particularily because I have friends and family on the west coast who like to check in but now, I feel like I can't be because of weirdo internet lurkers and seriously, i don't need an Internet pimp.
“And by the way, everything in life is worth writing about if you have the...”
– Sylvia Plath
i feel remotely qualified for this →
(via rach)
Two words— dream job.
3 tags
“I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that...”
– - Rob Sheffield, from his book Love is a Mix Tape. Thanks to Lee for bringing this book to my attention! I finished it this morning on the train :) A good, quick read that I, too, recommend. (via rockuboff)
This reminds me… I’m gonna pick this book up this weekend!
Watchmascarah: for Erin. love, Elle.
Awww, I’ll be sure to post videos of our adventures for you when we’re out and about :)
"But it is where we start."
seagull: Obama’s speech made me tear up. I cannot believe it has taken so long for someone running for president to get it. He does. He didn’t have to be the spouse of an American president to get it or be in the Senate for a few more terms. Shit. He just gets it. He understands. We have to make this happen, guys. Very well put. I finally had a chance to watch and read Obama’s...
6 Myths About Organics →
boutofcontext:
Continuing through my clippings file, I found this Marie Claire article (yeah, that’s right, what of it?) dispelling common misconceptions about organics, discussed tangentially by Neurosophy, squashed, tiffany, et. al., here. The myths:
Organic Food is Always Better for the Environment It’s More Nutritious It Tastes Better You Don’t Have to Be As Careful About Washing It...
WatchInternet Power! Oh, such humble beginnings…
via Gawker via Waxy.org
The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography →
On the 1 train this morning...
I counted NINE people who were dead asleep - last night must have been rough!
WatchReally, Elliot Spitzer, Really? I finally had a chance to catch up on SNL and this “Really?!” skit is killing me. Favorite line… “you wanted to have sex with a hooker but you didn’t want to wear a condom? Really? that might not be scary if you’re Client No. 1, but you were Client No. 9! Really?!” HAHAHAHAHA!
Invitation to FFFFOUND
Does anyone happen to have an extra invitation to ffffound.com? If so, it’d be super nice if you sent one my way…pretty please and thank you :) brieflynoted [at] gmail.com