My neighbor who has the most adorable tub of a baby sent me this video – which has sweeped with internet making lovers of babies, Beyonce and dancing all happy.
Laughs »Beyonce Dancing Baby
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TV Shows »Brick City
Have you heard about the Newark airport? It's like the Newark of airports! That's the kind of joke that the optimistic and inspiring mayor of the city, Cory Booker would like to see fade away. Once a thriving community, Newark has become a symbol of crime, drugs, and everything people once feared about the “inner city”. To see the real life struggle to turn that around is harrowing, uplifting, heartbreaking, and intense.
The documentary series Brick City is definitely going to be touted as a real life version of The Wire and the similarities seem intentional on the part of the makers (including producer? Forest Whtiacker). Each segment begins with a quote from one of the main characters and every aspect of the city is explored – from politics, schools, families, and police.
While it may seem too close a structure to the popular fictional series, I think it was wise for the filmmakers to structure this in a familiar way. Looking at the real life darkness and struggle of such a torn apart area is not always easy and any way the film makers can get our attention is fine with me.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Places to Visit »Hick?s Nursery
While there are quite a few lovely gardening shops in the city, most tend to be a tad on the expensive side, and as we were working on the finishing touches to our sidewalk tree project, we decided to look for more affordable places. The suburbs of Long Island offered Hick's – a massive nursery that has been in business since 1853!
Clearly visible from the Jericho Turnpike, (and very close to the depressing Source mall that houses an Oshkosh – the new Fall stuff we've done is adorable!!), the nursery is almost overwhelming in its enormity. Staff is helpful, if not a bit on the grumpy old lady side, and we found amazing deals.
Our trees will be surrounded with an ivy like plant called periwinkle, that will hopefully bloom in the spring. We got each plant for half of five dollars, which let us go a little wild with some pretty flower bulbs too.
If you have kids, make sure to show up for the hay rides, and this fall there are plenty of event planned for adults like bulb planting seminars, the 7th Annual Pumpkin Weigh Off, and Houseplants for Beginners.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Web Sites »Violet Books
The treasure trove of gorgeous, vintage dust jackets of supernatural, fantasy, western, adventure and mystery novels to gaze upon on the exhaustive website Violet Books is remarkable. I've posted a mere small portion of my favorites at RC, please take a look at the original website for many more.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Spend a Couple Minutes »Bold Lipstick
Even if you are conservative with the color in your clothing this Fall, it's time to go a little bolder on the lips. Usually not a lipstick-centric kind of girl, I've been inexplicably drawn to dabbing some on the past few weeks. Sephora offers a great array of fuchsias (I believe the one I am currently wearing is Funny Face). If your complexion doesn't do bluer shades, try an orangey red.
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Spend a Couple Hours »Wardrobe Makeover
Look at that photo! It's like I am the angel of shopping! No one's ever asked me to help them buy an entire new wardrobe but from the way it went so swimmingly this weekend, maybe people should more often.
Within a couple hours at the Rockefeller Center H&M (which is absolutely the location for their affordable mensware) and Tony had three pairs of pants, three shirts, a cardigan, a sweater vest and a winter peacoat that all look great. Any men in your life needing a wardrobe makeover on a slightly limited budget? I might just be able to help.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Drinks »Old Overholt
I was so pleased with my superb old fashioned at Rye that I made a note to myself to buy a bottle of Old Overholt Rye as soon as possible. It makes for a pepperier drink and costs a mere twenty dollars a bottle – (I found it at Uva in Brooklyn). It's one of the few straight rye whiskeys available. Rye in general faded away largely during the prohibition. Lucky for us, it's making a comeback.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Desserts »Moomin Licorice
Those wacky Icelanders! Mixing black licorice and sugary pink ganache in one dessert? Well, to my surprise – the result is pretty delicious and even pickier eaters than me (read almost everyone) agrees – my whole office rejoiced in the treat which Grace brought back from a trip to Helsinki.
Added bonus – the adorable packaging featuring the beloved Moomin characters! I cut off the box top to save, but it was the one thing on my desk the cleaning crew decided to throw out, boo
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Restaurants »Rye
Rye has the speakeasy trend down pat, right down to the omission of a sign to indicate the dark space as an unusually located dining destination. Chef and owner Cal Elliot comes off the success of Dumont, Dumont Burger and Dressler with this oaky restored restaurant.
The bar is well staffed and (as you'll read more about in this weeks drink category) they pour a mean old fashioned with, what else but rye. The menu offered many intriguing options. We shared oysters, house smoked sturgeon, and a meatloaf sandwich. All were very good, though the sturgeon felt a little light on the amount of fish and the sandwich (which I highly recommend as a shared dish with it's piles of crispy onion rings) was a bit too much on the sweet side.
The staff is extremely friendly and they are also open for a yummy sounding brunch which I would like to try soon.
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Posted on September 28, 2009
Style Icons: Male »Duro Olowu
If you lined up my wardrobe next to the Duro Olowu Spring line, it would be no surprise that I am an immediate fan. Mixing brights, prints, and shapes is a practice I adore, but know first hand that it's not always easy to pull off.
A newish name to me, and fairly new to the entire fashion scene – Olowu represents everything I particularly love about London fashion week, it's so much more vibrant and wild than ours. It makes me make me giddy just to think of his daring ditsies, African prints, geos and lace. But it makes me sad that he's such an exclusive designer with the price tag to match. Guess I'll just have to take cues from his designs and start mixing up my own clothes.
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