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katiebakes: (via mikehudack) Not a Yankees fan, but I “get it”...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:29:58 -0500

(via mikehudack)

Not a Yankees fan, but I “get it” and I love the rest of the copy.

Life Shouldn't Be What Happens When You're Waiting For a Table

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:06 -0500

Life Shouldn't Be What Happens When You're Waiting For a Table:

Today in the New York Times, Bruce Buschel wrote the first installment of his post, “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do.” Having worked as a waitress for many years, I’m just about…

Money Can Buy Everything

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:34:38 -0500

Money Can Buy Everything:

“Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have obtained a total of 1,400 doses of swine flu vaccine from the city of New York, while many pediatricians wait for doses. On the other hand, money is more…

Art For Whose Sake?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:44:10 -0500

Art For Whose Sake?:

Last night I went to an art “happening” at a friend’s gallery . There were a few components to the show, all centered around cake.

The first was a group of topless models, walking around with trays…

True Legends Don't Wear Purple

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:50:44 -0500

True Legends Don't Wear Purple:

My parents, sister and I went to Green Bay, WI this past weekend with a bunch of friends to watch the Packers take on Vikings at Lambeau Stadium. Brett Favre was back in town, this…

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:41:24 -0400

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things:

I’m pretty sure that for as long as I’ve been able to eat solid food it has been safe to say that my favorite dish is easily “Hamburgers and french fries.”

I’m proud to say, almost 27…

Halloween Dog Parade

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:41:02 -0400

Halloween Dog Parade:

I will be attending the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park this Sunday, October 25th at 12 noon.

I have been waiting to attend this event for YEARS. For some reason every year…

A Single Soul Dwelling in Two Bodies

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:15:17 -0400

A Single Soul Dwelling in Two Bodies:

My mom wrote a beautiful article for my Aunt’s new website, Not Done Yet, clothing line she started for the “generation that dreams big, works hard and lives a spirited and healthy…

Things That Go "Bump" In the Night

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:54:44 -0400

Things That Go "Bump" In the Night:

Last night I learned two things about myself.

1. I am really afraid of the dark.
2. I still believe that my bed will protect me from everything that is evil.

I woke up around 4am to a very large…

New York, I Love You

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:11:18 -0400

New York, I Love You:

I will definitely be seeing New York, I Love You — you just can’t beat the scenery in a flick like this.

I will probably cry like I do when I watch Love Actually. Maybe I’ll even …

-kristen: lizlemon: robot-heart:hurricane-k:pegster:shanaynay:w...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:26:25 -0400

-kristen:

lizlemon:

robot-heart:hurricane-k:pegster:shanaynay:whiskeyandgoatsmilk:

Pumpkin Pie Milkshake Recipe

2 cups vanilla reduced-fat ice cream (such as Healthy Choice),

softened 1 cup fat-free milk

2/3 cup canned pumpkin

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice

3 tablespoons frozen fat-free whipped topping,

thawed Pumpkin-pie spice (optional)

Place first 5 ingredients in a blender; process until smooth. Pour 3/4 cup ice cream mixture into each of 4 glasses. Top each with about 2 teaspoons whipped topping; sprinkle with the additional pumpkin-pie spice, if desired. Yield: 4 servings.

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I diiiie.

Goodness gracious.

Where the Wild Things Ought...slideshow

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:32:17 -0400

Where the Wild Things Ought...slideshow:

elgaffney:

Contest entries

Pretty Sure That's Not Ok

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:04:30 -0400

Pretty Sure That's Not Ok:

It’s been reported over the past week that David Letterman was blackmailed for $2 million dollars because of multiple sexual affairs he had with his staff over the years. We’ve heard this…

I enjoyed this comment.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:28:01 -0400

katiebakes:

merlin:

Are we too old to trick or treat? | Ask Metafilter [comment]

I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened the door expecting to see trickortreaters— but what was in front of our open door—was another door! Like, a full-on wooden door, that had a sign that said “Please knock.” So we did, and the door swung open to reveal a bunch of college dudes dressed as really old grandmothers, curlers in their hair, etc, who proceeded to coo over our “costumes” and tell us we were “such cute trick or treaters!” One even pinched my cheek. Then THEY gave US candy, closed their door, picked it up and walked to the next house.

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“When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.”

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:22:41 -0400

“When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.”:

Living in New York City, I find that at the strangest times I feel so lucky to have made it my home. I’m sure other people feel the same sense of happiness about where they chose to live…

Rozie and Sam Have Attachment Issues

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:15:44 -0400

Rozie is my brother and his wife's dog. She's adorable and is too attached to Sam.

Samantha: so i am on the desktop computer and rozie always wants to sit on my lap but it gets annoying, so i brought another chair in and she is sitting next to me on her own chair
Me: thats amazing. she wont even be satisfied to sit on the couch behind you?
Samantha: no
Samantha: she has inched her way so she is partially on my chair

"I Love the Weather and Opera Section"

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:11:10 -0400

"I Love the Weather and Opera Section":

soupsoup: noraleah: Will Ferrell and Don Draper are asking you...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:56:35 -0400

soupsoup:

noraleah:

Will Ferrell and Don Draper are asking you to do your part to protect insurance companies’ profits.

Answer the call, America.

youngmanhattanite: 92y: Ira Glass’s account of his NYC arrival...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:48:47 -0400

youngmanhattanite:

92y:

Ira Glass’s account of his NYC arrival in 1984:

I first moved here when the woman I was with decided to go to NYU law school. We lived in married-student housing, though we weren’t married, and they were really just dorms. We were assigned a freshman dorm, and I was 25 and had never felt older in my life. We split up after a few months.

We had moved from Washington, and I was trying to learn to write radio stories. I wasn’t a terribly fast study, so I did other things, like working as a temp secretary. I remember walking by the Dallas Barbecue on the northeast side of Washington Square Park. I would look at people eating in the restaurant and think to myself, someday I’ll be able to afford to eat in a place like that.

After the NYU dorms, I lived in a series of cheap apartments, the worst of which was at Rivington and Allen. That was a truly dangerous neighborhood. I would get out of the subway on Houston Street at night, and there’d be drug dealers and prostitutes and crack vials on the streets, and I always had to make the decision, should I run? And I thought, well, that’s just going to look so uncool. But often I would run.

I rented an illegal sublet that cost me $145 a month; if anyone questioned what I was doing there, I was under strict instructions to say I was visiting somebody. My roommate had come to New York to do art but then had gotten into a dispute with the landlord, and literally, the dispute with the landlord took up every ounce of brainpower that she had. She was suing him for stuff that got damaged when the roof had caved in, and she was forever going on and on about the proceedings and how unfair he was and how he did one lousy thing to her or another. She became unable to do anything but think about this apartment. She was like a character out of a Tom Wolfe novel—her life had made her crazy—and that just seemed to sum up so exactly something about this city.
[This American Life: Behind the Scenes with Ira Glass and Others at 92Y: Sep 16]

One of the greatest things written about New York, EVAR.

/fosterisms

Corn Muffin With Butter

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:32:46 -0400

Corn Muffin With Butter:

We’ve been calling Rozie “muffin dog” for a while now, because quite frankly, she looks like a little corn muffin. Sometimes we even go so far as to say that she’s made of things like…