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14 Jun 2009

Sunday Best at the BKLYN Yard

Last night was supposed to be low key and chill.  I was going to be home by 1 and in bed shortly thereafter if all went according to plan. Alas the best of intentions came to nothing and I didn’t get to bed until shortly after 4. My dreams of

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13 Jun 2009

FREE Music and BBQ at Hooves on the Turf’s Northside Showcase

Yesterday’s unexpected turn from the 20th gray, rainy miserable day in a row to sunny and lovely late spring afternoon evening restored my faith in God and humanity.  Too bad it didn’t last. We’re back to gray and lame again today, but it’s not raining yet, so at least we

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11 Jun 2009

Ten People Who Need to Go Away, Now.

The title of this post is pretty self-explanatory, I think.   So here are the top ten individuals who I wish would disappear from this earth or at least this country’s media coverage forever and ever and ever, starting right now. In reverse order, just like on Letterman!

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03 Jun 2009

The Pages of Your Soul

I read a ton of magazines. I read books too, I swear to God, but as absurd, elitist, and unrealistic as fashion magazines often are, I still love reading them.  On a basic level, it’s just brain candy;  beautiful girls in awesome clothes are fun to look at.  And I

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29 May 2009

New York: Save Fashion! Final Sale Extravaganza

Fashion’s in trouble..and it needs your help!   Ultimate arbiters of independent style, Refinery29 have been hosting their fantastic pop-up shop SAVE FASHION for the past month.  It’s in a glass walled annex attached to Port Authority and the racks of designer dresses, shorts and handbags ensure that the drunk

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27 May 2009

5 Warm-Weather Sartorial Mishaps

This Memorial Day I watched a dear friend place two bags of BBQ charcoal on his skateboard, sit  atop of them and let his Pit Bull pull him all the way home. It was awesome.   Right before that happened, I was in Prospect Park, riding around on one of

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22 May 2009

Memorial Day Weekend in NYC

Last night I went to a SaveFashion event sponsored by Refinery29. Like “Save the Whales”,  Save Fashion is dedicated to supporting and protecting the noblest and most preyed upon  of creatures: the New York Fashion Designer. There was a bunch of  complimentary Alize and Amstel Light and deep discounts on

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20 May 2009

NYC: Sit Your Ass in the Grass

New York is currently in the midst of an on-again off-again springtime. Temperatures have vacillated wildly and we’ve had several chilly rainy days lately, which sucks and has me dreaming about the 88 degree weekend from a few weeks back.  Since New York only has about five habitable months per

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