Plastic Bag Graffiti
Biking over the Pulaski Bridge into Greenpoint the other night I spotted this amazing graffiti. Woven out of plastic bags into the fence it is the NYC skyline. If the...
Mini-er
Smart Cars are finally cropping up on the streets of New York—I've spotted three so far. For all you naysayers (ahem... Marc), I like to think of the Smart Car...
2007 NYC Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report
The 2007 NYC Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report arrived in our mail the other day, so I read it. In it I learn helpful factoids such as, "drinking 2...
City Scraps
Here at MSLK, we're trying to educate ourselves on city composting. We're just beginning an initiative to instate an office compost. To be frank, none of us here have much...
Waist-Deep in the Hula-Hoopla
While I am more comfortable being a spectator throughout much of life's activities, Sheri dives head-first into whatever interests her. And if she doesn't know how to do something, she...
Nastrovje! Thoughts After a Little Odessa Night Out
Last weekend, we went to a birthday party for our Russian friend, Andrey, at the Tatiana Restaurant on Brighton Beach’s boardwalk. I’ve been to Coney Island before, but this was...
Dear MTA,
Why do you choose to torture the graphic designers of New York with the crazy "O"s in the signage on your N/W trains? Do you think this is funny? Are...
The Swedish MSLK Chair
To Celebrate the opening of an Ikea in Brooklyn (finally) I thought I would share the Swedish Furniture Name Generator. Kinda fun, kinda stupid, but as an Ikea fan, I...