I have been very open about my disdain for Oprah. I’m not a fan of the show or many of the messages to her followers. But I have to give her credit for this one…she’s going vegan for 21 days. I’m not sure I could do that. I’ve tried, but being vegetarian seems to be [...]

Our good friends Tom and Heather came up to see us last weekend and we had a blast. We spent a good part of Saturday just walking around the city. In the East Village, we ran into the dance parade (who knew???). I finally saw the depressing demolition construction going on at Washington Square Park. [...]

Thanks to Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands for showing me that Mixwit is so much easier to use than Muxtape.

Congrats to Mars Phoenix and NASA team for an amazing job. Looking forward to more updates!

Have you seen the Pizza Hut pasta ad on TV? A group of New Yorker’s are at a fancy italian restaurant talking about the wonderful food. Then delivery people walk in to announce they’ve been eating Pizza Hut’s new pasta. Three pounds of pasta for $11.99 – three pounds! Even more disturbing – the ad [...]

Remainder by Tom McCarthy Date: Monday, June 23rd @ 7:30 PM Location: Solas Bar

Thanks to a post by Maud Newton, I was delighted to discover that Errol Morris will be discussing his new documentary at the New York Public Library this week. As the director of Mr. Death and The Fog of War, Morris is my favorite documentarian. In addition, the author of We Wish to Inform You [...]

Today I took the plunge into NYC womanhood and had a pedicure. I met Queen Bee at a nail salon near Union Square and got down to business: selecting a polish (Essie Carousel Coral), climbing up into the massage chair, and dropping my feet into the warm bath water. QB laughed the entire time, as [...]

Thursday night, Christian and I went to the Union Square movie theater to watch This American Life live via Satellite. Ira Glass was filming live in NYC, though at a different theater. The event included out takes from seasons 1 & 2 of the TV show, clips from the new season, and interesting tidbits from [...]