January 2011
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As part of the ongoing series “Doree Becomes an Adult,” I made a non-emergency doctor’s appointment today!
“Eat less.”
– 2010 Dietary Guidelines Finally Get Tough on Obesity
In Character: Audrey Rouget
ofakind:
Sweet, virginal, achingly naïve Park Avenue princess Audrey Rouget is the heroine of Whit Stillman’s 1990 film Metropolitan. When I first saw the movie I must have been around 12 or 13, growing up in the Boston suburbs, and the world that Stillman presented—one of debutante balls and boarding schools and the joys of New York at Christmas and 11-room apartments and taxis,...
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Sunday
I was walking home from Trader Joe’s late this afternoon as the sky was beginning to turn pink thinking about how I had spent the day: I slept late and sat around my apartment drinking coffee, and I read a little bit of the paper online and decided I was going to make lentil soup in the slow cooker, so I went out and got some lentils and an onion and a yam (because why not) and a couple of...
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WatchGirl Walk All Day Kickstarter project
I love this so much.
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theadventuresinblunderland asked: I think you wanted to see this:
http://wittytwitty.tumblr.com/post/2964811492/its-movie-thursday-tumblrs-so-im-posting-the
http://wittytwitty.tumblr.com/post/2964811492/its-movie-thursday-tumblrs-so-im-posting-the
“We’re a restaurant that’s about: ‘Let’s play the music loud, let’s have fun,...”
– Gabe Stulman - NY Times
Gabe is hospitality embodied. (via christmasgorilla)
Love how this Gabe guy operates.
(via emilyqualey)
My feelings about Joseph Leonard are well-documented and Jeffrey’s Grocery is also charming. Want to go to Fedora ASAP.
Brief Talks With Men in Bars: The Med Student:
MSD: You seem really interesting. What do you do?
You: Oh, not much. (Here you describe in as few words as possible “what you do”, to which, as long as you are not a med-student also, he will always respond in an incredulous tone.)
MSD: Wow! That’s so interesting. I’m in med-school, but I’ve always been amazed by...
Bright Eyes, “Haile Selassie” (from...
“If you are a man, putting a picture of yourself on the cover implies some...”
– In Which We Pay Mind to Author Photographs and Facebook: This Recording
More brilliance from Molly Lambert.
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La Sera, “I Promise You”
Been...
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More New York Fiction Suggestions
Wow so I got a ton of suggestions for more New York fiction. I should also clear up some apparent confusion about the original list—it was meant as a list of MY favorite fiction set in New York, not as some kind of definitive “best of all time” list, and as such I only included books I have actually read, not books I thought “should” be on it, but as people’s...
“Not entirely terrible.”
– A.O. Scott on ‘No Strings Attached’
By the way! So many great suggestions for more New York fiction. I am going to put them together in another list that I will post in the next day or so, but let me preemptively say that I can’t believe I forgot From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, one of my most favorite books of all time, and one that inspired many late-night fantasies/plots of how I could hide out in...
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Okay, so, this story in the Times about college grads living in Murray Hill is fine and all, but really the only Murray Hill piece that anyone needs to read is 2005’s “Welcome to Murray Hell!” by the brilliant Lizzy Ratner in The New York Observer. Let’s take a peek:
The strip of Third Avenue that runs between 29th and 38th streets in Manhattan is more than 1,500 miles from...
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Favorite New York Fiction, In Alphabetical Order...
- Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy - Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City - Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote, Summer Crossing - John Cheever, The Collected Stories - Junot Diaz, Drown - Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the Goon Squad - Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy - Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections - Mary...
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Current obsessions: the slow cooker, swimming, running again, pears, Patti Smith, Zoe Kazan, the Kindle, the Lil Wayne profile in the new issue of Rolling Stone, the “did you read” Portlandia sketch, My Biggest Regret Ever, waking up early, bringing lunch, the steam room, dark chocolate covered almonds, not drinking in January.
molls:
I talk a lot about putting your best foot forward and empowerment because I don’t think it’s worth it to spend a lot of time concentrating on lows. We all have them, rising above them is more difficult than wallowing and staying positive is the key to a happy life. But you guys? Lately I have been feeling so so so low.
Why, right? It seems as though my life is going better than...
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Favorite New York Fiction, In Alphabetical Order...
- Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy - Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City - Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote, Summer Crossing - John Cheever, The Collected Stories - Junot Diaz, Drown - Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the Goon Squad - Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy - Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections - Mary...
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Current obsessions: the slow cooker, swimming, running again, pears, Patti Smith, Zoe Kazan, the Kindle, the Lil Wayne profile in the new issue of Rolling Stone, the “did you read” Portlandia sketch, My Biggest Regret Ever, waking up early, bringing lunch, the steam room, dark chocolate covered almonds, not drinking in January.
gotagirlcrush:
Got a girl crush on: The Babies -...
“So what does the ice cream cone mean? According to Gucci’s spokesperson Kali...”
– What Does Gucci Mane’s Ice Cream Cone Tattoo Mean? | Rolling Stone Music (via rollingstone)
joyengel asked: What do we make of the "new" zodiac symbols? What would Susan Miller say? I am having FEELINGS about this.
joyengel asked: What do we make of the "new" zodiac symbols? What would Susan Miller say? I am having FEELINGS about this.
Letting Her Get Away
mybiggestregretever:
My biggest regret ever was letting “her” get away from me. She was everything I could ever ask for. She had the looks, the brains, the witty personality, the smart-ass and sarcastic jokes. I loved her then, and I still love her now. I hope he makes her as happy as I did. That’s all I really want.
[Male, 18]
Just what the world needs: another dude for whom no woman...
Wanted: A New Best Friend For The Dog Who Survived...
thecranium:
A cruel person left this dog chained to the pedestrian walkway on the Williamsburg Bridge during the massive snow storm the other day. A nice person noticed her on his way to work and rescued her. Now he needs someone to give her a forever home! Read the whole story here.
I think you mean fur-ever home.
Dom interviewed by Pitchfork:
Strangest Display of Affection from a Fan
In Michigan, [bassist] Erik got breastmilked by a fan— it’s a pretty complicated story. After the show we were all just hanging out with Ratatat and this pregnant woman walked over to Erik and just sprayed her breastmilk all over his face. This is the god’s-honest truth. And then her husband came over, and...
Magnetic Fields, “You And Me And The...