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How Do You Deck The Halls?

How Do You Deck The Halls?

As I mentioned before the twinkling lights of Christmas are really the only things that sustain me during the viciously grey months of a NYC winter. There is something about...
The Alvin Ailey Ballet

The Alvin Ailey Ballet

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a New York classic. Ailey is considered one of the most famous and celebrated ambassadors of American culture promoting black cultural expression. In...
“Ready For The Floor” – Hot Chip

“Ready For The Floor” – Hot Chip

I love the British electro-pop band, Hot Chip. Part of what I love is their videos, which tend to feature simple low-production visuals, great use of color and a theme...
A Tragedy Worth Experiencing

A Tragedy Worth Experiencing

The holiday season is my favorite time for seeing an opera, a theater or a ballet. Last week, I bought tickets for Stephen Wadsworth’s new production of Gluck’s “Iphigénie de...
Surprisingly Spectacular

Surprisingly Spectacular

I also took the family to see some New York entertainment this past weekend. My parents aren't quite daring enough to brave Fuerzabruta, so I begrudgingly bought tickets to the...
Future Snap Bands

Future Snap Bands

This BenQSiemens concept phone can also be a bracelet. Interesting! Katie wants this. Click "Read More" to see other awsome concept phones. (more…)
Run, Don’t Walk to See Fuerzabruta

Run, Don’t Walk to See Fuerzabruta

Since I used to work at a playhouse, you shouldn't find it too hard to believe that I am a harsh critic of theater. I usually find just about everything...
Black & Blue Friday

Black & Blue Friday

Fed up with the crowds along lower Broadway, I ducked out west to see some art and look at books. There was not much to be found in Soho (there...
Design Nerd Vinyl

Design Nerd Vinyl

This weekend, while perusing the records at Academy Records in Williamsburg my roommate Gary came across "Candy Chang's Typography Record." With a great silk screened jacket and an ironic track...
Wedding in Alpine Perfection

Wedding in Alpine Perfection

The weekend before last, I was at my friend’s wedding in Berguen, a small mountain village (520 people) in the Swiss canton Graubuenden, about 2 1/2 hours southeast of Zurich...