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Brooklyn’s Best Bloody Marys
If your 20’s are all about mimosas, then your 30’s are the decade you finally appreciate the boldness of the Bloody Mary. Clearly the more sophisticated of the brunch cocktails, the best ones come with a kick and so much garnish you can’t even find your straw. If you’re brunching down Brooklyn-way, consider these spots…
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Night Terrors: Sex, Dating, Puberty, and Other Alarming Things by Ashley Cardiff
Last month, I was fortunate enough to be stuck on a train for ten hours (ten hours just read that sentence will you!) to devour this entire book in a single sitting. Ashley Cardiff’s collection of essays all revolve around the subject of sex. Because she is openly talking about sex, her narrative voice takes…
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I Was Told There’d Be Cake, by Sloane Crosley
As soon as I finished the first chapter of I Was Told There’d Be Cake, I realized something: Sloane Crosley was the friend from Long Island I never had in college. Her humorous essays are very conversational, relateable, and then…they take a turn for the absurd. I found myself smacking my forehead at her ditching…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Cheddar and Horseradish Flavored Potato Chips
Trader Joe’s Cheddar and Horseradish Potato Chips Tastes Like: Your new favourite potato chip. Extremely cheesy, with a spicy aftertaste. Look, these chips absolutely deliver on that flavor promise in a BIG way. Great With: Cold beers, seltzer, and possibly plain sour cream as a dip, but these are delicious all by themselves! Perfect For: …
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Greenpointing
My new neighbourhood is the greatest! I’m so excited to be a Brooklyner, especially in such a quaint, adorable part of town. Over the past weekend, I had the chance to explore and photograph just a small handful of places around town (and dine at them). No better way to beat the heat than with…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Gluten-Free Plain Bagels
Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Plain Bagels Tastes Like: These, you guys, are the best gluten-free bagels I have ever eaten! The texture of bagels usually comes from extra gluten, so making bagels that hit close to the right texture without gluten is tough. They usually taste like dry sponges. But these, guys, are so good I…
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Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle
Nightwing may get top billing in this two-part Convergence story, but it’s Oracle (Barbara Gordon) who clearly steals the show. Told mostly from her perspective, the story examines the more human aspects of being trapped under the giant dome. In very few well-chosen words and images, the reader quickly understands the psychological implications of being…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Tomato & Basil Hummus Dip
Trader Joe’s Tomato and Basil Hummus Dip Tastes Like: Sweet, creamy tomato sauce! This is the THING! Great With: Carrots, corn tortilla, maybe even crickets! Just kidding. Maybe. Perfect For: Hummus ennui – when you think you’ve been around and had it all, and can’t tell the difference anymore. This is a game-changer to shake…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos
Trader Jose’s Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos Tastes Like: Tiny little super-crunchy chewy tacos. These were My First Taquitos (awww!) so if you have had taquitos before, you may find them similar to what you’re used to. Flavorful filling, not too spicy, perfect corn tortilla that crunches up beautifully. Great With: Salsa, guacamole, and rice…
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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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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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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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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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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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5 Fandom Friday: Comfort Films
I am so excited for this week because as soon as I saw the prompt, I knew exactly which films I was going to write about. So does this mean “comfort films” are a thing? Because I definitely have some movies I’ve watched over and over again to the point of madness: 1. Earth Girls…
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Sunday Stealing: That One Thing…
That one thing… That makes you smile: Puppies falling down. I’m sorry. It’s the truth. That makes you cry: I cry at reality television. I am that pathetic. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition always got me in the feels. That you love to do on the weekends: It’s my only chance to sleep. I love staying…
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Saga: Book One
I can’t rave enough about Saga: Book One. Because if I do, I’m afraid I’ll ruin the surprises. Saga: Book One is about Hazel. How Hazel came to be alive. And how Hazel is in danger of winding up dead. We meet some complicated characters. Some not-so complicated characters. And live in a world of…