Author: meghan
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New York Transit Museum
This post is SO belated but a million years ago, my boyfriend and I and his friends from work went to the New York Transit Museum! Which is conveniently located betwixt our respective workplaces, in “downtown Brooklyn,” whatever that means (NOTE: I seriously do not know what that means. If you’re an “old stuff” junkie…
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5 Fandom Friday: GAMES GAMES GAMES!!!
I lurve lurve lurve games. I was taught card games at an early age by my family, later to share them with friends and become an obsession. My Odyssey of the Mind team were among the first to jump on the Apples to Apples bandwagon. There are so many “secret” rules to my version of…
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Jiminy Crickets!!
To most of us in the 20’s-30’s age range, weekends are a time to do stupid stuff. Stupid, weird, bonkers, ill-advised stuff. We go wild! Like, really wild! Like, eating bugs wild! Well, don’t you? It all started with a conversation between my boyfriend and his roommate about eating bugs. No stranger to bug-eating, my…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Fireworks Chocolate Bar
Trader Joe’s Fireworks Chocolate Bar Tastes Like: HOT, HOT, HOT! First, there’s the crackling popping candy. THEN comes the pepper heat! You want fireworks? You got it, dude! Great With: A glass of milk – to cut the heat factor and help cleanse the palate so that each bite is a WOW! Perfect For: SERIOUSLY…
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Hoping for some light reading? Love in the Time of Cholera is not it. After four hours of reading in a waiting room, I had only made it through the first 30 pages. This wordy behemoth is worth your time, because it will be hard to put it down, I promise. This book is about…
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5 Fandom Friday: RIDES RIDES RIDES
I LOVE RIDES. I LOVE RIDES. I LOVE RIDES. I love getting in line all cocky, totally sure of yourself, trying to show off for your friends how cool and brave you are and then feeling, as the coaster goes up, that you are certainly going to die and this was a horrible mistake and…
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Buffalo Botanic Garden
I took so many pictures in Buffalo for Easter that I’m still dumping them out, can you believe it? The weather is still crappy as hell out here so I’m living for flower shows and Botanic Gardens. We had a little time to go sightseeing in Buffalo and since the wind was out-of-control freezing, I…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Brooklyn Brine Whiskey Sour Pickes
Brooklyn Brine Co. Whiskey Sour Pickles Tastes Like: These are THE ULTIMATE PICKLES. Okay, it’s not necessarily a TJ brand, but I found them here and without a moment’s hesitation, after seeing the look in my boo’s eyes holding them, I knew they were coming home with me. They are sour, garlicky and HOT! The…
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Flutter
I met Jennie Wood at NYCC14 and this review is so beyond late, but trust me, it’s worth it. If you’re a fan of Sex Criminals and coming-of-age comics, Flutter is one to check out. Navigating growing up and figuring yourself out is hard enough when you’re a teenager. Understanding your body and desires is…
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Easter Vacation Recap
“Nothing in moderation” is my motto. So when I had the chance to head upstate for Easter, I made sure to visit four towns in three days. You’ve already seen my Owego and Corning, NY photos! The majority of the trip was spent in the ‘burbs of Buffalo, NY, visiting family all over the area.…
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5 Fandom Friday: Black Magic Woman
This week’s prompt is “5 Magical Items I Would Love to Own.” I’m not actually sure what that even means. Are these items that contain magic? Is this asking about Magic: The Gathering? I’m not sure. So here’s me answering the prompt to the best of my ability: 1. Salt Lamp someone – okay, it…
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Small Town Charm: Owego & Corning, NY
When you live in The Biggest City On Earth (well, at least The Most Important Big City On Earth), sometimes it’s nice to get away from it all. That’s why Brooklyn exists! J/K Brooklyn, you know I love ya, betch. So when I go upstate to visit family, I always insist on stopping in my…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: 100% Cranberry Juice
Trader Joe’s 100% Cranberry Juice Tastes Like: Tart, tart, tart! If Bette Midler was a juice, it would be this bright, sassy, bold concoction. Great With: Seltzer to water it down a little bit – my favourite is the Trader Joe’s Raspberry-Lime flavour, but feel free to use any kind you like. Perfect For: Cocktails,…
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I Have A Crush…
Ever since I first watched West Side Story as a young girl, I knew I wanted to live in Manhattan. I thought that was the place for me, and in my heart, I yearned to be at the center of the Big Apple. And then, I started getting to know Brooklyn. I feel so dirty…
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5 Fandom Friday: Fangirl Out!
Five Times I Totally Fangirled 1. Alan Cumming when I was 19 years old, I worked at the Target on Reno Blvd. One afternoon Sunday shift, customers kept remarking to me offhand that a famous person was in the store. Being a local star of the stage, I assumed they meant me. However, it soon…
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Currently…in April 2015
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FEELING: Confused beyond words! I’m so uncertain of what my future should be like. It’s almost completely crippling! But I’m really upbeat about it! WATCHING: I’ve been eagerly awaiting each new RuPaul’s Drag Race and devouring the entire Broad City! LISTENING TO: Lots of bouncy new wave, especially Morissey! READING: I started Love in the…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Organic Polenta
Trader Joe’s Organic Polenta Tastes Like: Corn sausage. Cornmeal patties? Polenta is kind of a world unto itself. Great With: Tomato sauce, salsa, cheese, curry powder – corn is a great blank-slate to sauce it up on! Perfect For: Gluten-free “pizza bites” – we did this with tomato sauce and black garlic on slices of…
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Girls With Slingshots
Curse me now, thank me later: Danielle Corsetto’s engaging webcomic Girls With Slingshots just wrapped up after ten years. Ten years! Over a thousand strips for your obsessive pleasure. Once you get comfortable clicking your way through the archives, you’ll be addicted to your screen. Curse me now, thank me later. It would be impossible…
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Macy’s Flower Show 2015: Art in Bloom
On yet another grey Saturday in March, I woke up and declared to my still-uncaffeinated boyfriend, “I need to see some flowers.” Behold, the Macy’s 2015 Flower Show. The perfect antidote for chilly, drizzly days! Fight the crowds to feast your pupils on bright colours and awesome installations! This year’s theme was “Art in Bloom”. …
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Street Harassment Selfie
To everyone who actually buys that myth that looking “too hot” and walking alone late at night on the street is the reason women get harassed: below is a picture I snapped of mysself less than 50 feet from where, on Sunday, March 22nd at 5:57pm, a strange man brushed himself against my arm as…