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- Dinosaurs Attack Starbucks: Improv Everywhere
Public pranksters and guerrilla actors, Improv Everywhere, have again befuddled many an unwitting New Yorker. Creators of the infamous fake U2 concert, as well as other public displays of joy and chaos (see: the comical suicide jumper or the equally laughable/amazing cell phone symphony), Improv Everywhere is continually generating projects that are subversive, thoughtful, [...]
- Post of Summer Longings: Grom Gelato NYC
Sitting here in the cold and austere Michigan winter, I often find myself almost salivating to be back in a sultry New York summer. Yes, salivating. It’s one of my quirks, but my memories are almost always inexplicably linked to food. So thoughts about summer = thoughts of heat = thoughts of [...]
- Cat vs. Mouse: A Portrait of Graffiti and the Vandal Squad
The vandal squad (and ghost squad) was a thing I heard a lot about while in NYC last summer. This NPR clip does a nice job with an expose on their relationship to the world of graffiti and how the two interact. I’m not sure the laws are still the same. Either [...]
- NYC Food Retrospective (Pt. 4: Freemans)
Freemans could be said to be one of the more reclusive restaurants found in New York. Nestled in the alley behind Freemans Sporting Club (which should also be noted — they have a beautiful selection of handmade suits and a distinctly antique men’s barbershop in the rear) Freemans might easily be missed by the [...]
- NYC Food Retrospective (Pt. 3: The Donut Pub)
I recently made a trip (I’m ashamed to admit it) to a pop-nut shop out of desperation. It has been so long since I have had a good donut. The altogether lack of donuts was manifesting itself in physical withdrawal. Dunkin’ Donuts was scarcely satisfying, but got rid of the shakes. [...]
