February 2010
January 2010
littlelg asked: Thoughts on Jersey Shore getting picked up for a second season?
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Treadmillionaire.
Since that first hellish cold snap a couple weeks ago I have frequently retreated to my apartment building’s basement gym to log miles. I love to run outside, but I also love to not be chapped or freezing. The treadmill beckons, but it also bores. Below are some of my tricks to keeping it fresh…although hopefully not to death.
Vary speed and incline. Some people (I assume) can hit the...
Cary is hungry. Feed her questions! →
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“You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to...”
– Sister Jane, quoting Alan from the Hangover on my Facebook wall
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Y'all know I love a good pair of Jacks. →
And apparently I’m not the only one. That rad gent at A Time To Get just waxed rhapsodic about my favorite sneaks, blowing my own ode to the great American kick right out of the water.
When I bought these in May I sat on a bench in Rockefeller Center and looped the laces just so and fantasized about a summer spent getting them dirty, hellishly filthy, covered in beer and Kool-Aid and...
Hall and Oates: “Private Eyes” (via)
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“What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a...”
– J.D. Salinger
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For your Sammi Sweetheart. →
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“If you’ll be my Dixie chicken, I will be your Tennessee lamb, and we can...”
– Little Feat
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Huey Lewis and the News: “Hip To Be...
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T.G.I. Shoesday!
On Friday the gentleman, Samantha, and I wandered into the Lower East Side for our usual round of vodka-based cocktails and Reagan era one hit wonders. Since a fair amount of walking was planned, I wore my favorite flats and tucked black suede heels into the oversize handbag. At the corner of Ludlow and Rivington I switched from low to high. All present found this ridiculous.
Fast forward a...
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Britney Spears: “Stronger” (via)
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I saw DJ Pauly D spin his steel wheels at Sutton... →
Also present: a Snooki impersonator wearing a hot pink corset and hair poof who posed for photos and repeatedly screamed, “You guys, honestly!” and whined like a dying Furby. She should take that show on the road.
I would say the highlight came when some wannabe guido pressed himself against Sara’s roommate Whitney and said, “I’m gonna use you as a shield,”...
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“Oh, wind,
if winter comes,
can spring be far behind?”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Runners, take your marks!
Now is the time to start training for spring marathons or planning summer races. New York is experiencing a burst of (relatively) warm, sunny weather, making today’s 14-miler much more pleasant. If you want to run a long distance race but still need to choose the when and where, here are some great options, both big and small, to consider. All are Boston qualifiers. Remember that sixteen...
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The Temper Trap: “Sweet Disposition”...
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LADIES AND GENTLE-GUIDS, I BRING YOU THE TANNED,...
As if you needed one more reason to eat dessert first, behold the Situation, a cupcake created by the one and only Cupcaketologist of beautiful Philly, P.A. It’s gelled. It’s juiced. It’s an over-the-top, boardwalk hop, protein powdered cupcake stop for the juiciest of juiced-up stallions, and the best part is that with buttercream icing and the brightest of Technicolor confetti...
Fleetwood Mac: “Hold Me” (via)
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I totally forgot about Shoesday.
Funny how these things come back around. I would have given my first-born for a pair of these as a sixth grader at North Middle, when the mompiece bought me a “that’ll do, pig” pair of fake Docs, and Lindsay the seventh grader crucified them. (Orange stitching that wrapped only halfway around the boot betrayed my designer imposters.)
Now I am twice as old as I was then. I blog...
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Laid off means never having to say you're sorry.
Sam: I think I'm boyfriend-less on Friday. I desperately want to do something fun, something swankster, and get all dressed up.
Me: Well I just got a fat unemployment check so I feel like a baller.
Bob Marley: “Buffalo Soldier” (via)
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My autobiography will be divided into three parts:
Part One: When I Loved Ice Cream
As a wee tot I accompanied Dad on trips to Smitty’s (my favorite grocery store, much nicer than Consumer’s). Dad, being quite dad-like, let me run amok in the freezer section, up-ending stacks of Stouffer’s lasagnas and grabbing as much ice cream as my mitts could handle. I always requested Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip. (If you aren’t...
Cary: She's dating some dude with earrings in both ears. So gross.
Tyler: Where did she find him? 1998?
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Ke$ha and Cyndi Lauper: “Ke$ha Just Wants To...
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Be a good guest with Gilt. →
If you still don’t have a Gilt Groupe membership, ‘tis time to jump on the bandwagon. This is 2010, folks! Join the revolution! Jump through the hoop above to do so with a little help from your friends at Guest of a Guest.
Bruce Springsteen: “Born To Run”...
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THIS JUST IN: January 23 at Sutton Place, Jersey... →
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Click. Vote. Be awesome. →
I was recently tapped by friend and fellow New Yorker Adam Braun to help launch a blogger initiative for the charity he founded in October 2008 called Pencils of Promise. A little background:
PoP raises money to build schools in emerging nations. By partnering with the community in which the school is built and by including residents to help raise money, build, and maintain the schools, each...
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Us, weekly.
ADS: Please tell me we just passed Vin Deisel.
CR: Let me check! [backs up, stares (im)politely] Yep! That was definitely Vin.
ADS: Thought so.
CR: I don't know what the big deal is though. Didn't he just play a tooth fairy?
ADS: That was the Rock.
CR: Oh.
ADS: Same thing, I guess.
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dazzlingdelta asked: are you still wearing those white jeans? its after labor day.
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“You know what’s going to happen to you? I’m going to march you over...”
– Mag Wildwood
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"Tan means never having to..."
EVG: Wait. Does that mean "tan" and "thug" are synonyms?
CR: Is "love" also synonymous? This could get existential.
EVG: I thug you.
CR: "For God so thugged the world..."
EVG: But wait. "Every love needs a lady?" Does it work the other way?
CR: There must be a grammatical rule for that.
EVG: A non-complete transitive property or something.
CR: Shit. Is "nerd" also synonymous?
EVG: No, nerd is the antonym.
CR: ...
EVG: NERD MEANS ALWAYS HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY.
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