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#tbt Last Year’s ComicCon
TOMORROW IS NYCC NEW YORK COMIC CON! I hope everyone’s cosplay is finished, have gotten their flu shots, have bought enough granola bars to stuff into their bags, and have slid insoles into their Storm Trooper boots. I am so excited to drool on Artist’s Alley, to finger all the merch on the show floor,…
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To The Infant I Couldn't Stop Staring At In The Laundromat
hi, little guy. I hope I didn’t creep you out by staring at you in your impossibly tiny sweatsuit. I doubt if you even noticed – your eyes wide and flicking all over the room, pausing on each new amazing sight to process and file it away. everything is new and nothing is taken for…
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The Kindness of Strangers
As he stepped up to the cash register I stood behind, he hooked the cane he had used to make his way to me slowly over his forearm. He was strikingly handsome, for a man easily more than double my age. His face hung from high cheekbones, pure white hair neatly swooped to one side…
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#tbt Dance, Dance
This photo is from late August 2007 and the real beginning of my adult life and as such, I am in a toy store. playing DDR. and falling in love with New York City. a year later, I would move to the Big Apple – September 8th, 2008, and from then my life would never…
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#tbt A Tale of Two Robots
On January 19th, 2012, I took this photo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Pay CLOSE ATTENTION the goofy little robots in the bottom, holding up the carnation? I loved this photo and the robots and the flower SO MUCH that I made that photo my lock screen photo for the past, like, two and a half YEARS.…
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The Time I Wore A Snake
Like, I’m always bragging about how New York City is magical and any given night can turn into an amazing adventure and blah blah blah and I think sometimes people roll their eyes and assume that “New York City is a constant adventure!” is just something we tell ourselves to justify paying more on rent…
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Currently…in August 2014
FEELING: Stoked, excited, and sooooo happy! My big vacation was a lot of fun, I’m glad to have gotten away, but I’m also so happy to get back! My life lately is so surreal and wonderful. WATCHING: I’m falling behind on Sailor Moon because I’m just a bit too busy for TV these days! LISTENING…
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The Colossus of New York
Once you read Colson Whitehead’s Colossus of New York, you’ll never look at the city again. His keen observations in short snippets are the perfect bon mot to pepper your conversations with annoy your friends with. “Colson Whitehead says “…you are a New Yorker the minute you say, ‘That used to be Munsey’s, or That…
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Charles James: Beyond Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I am not lying when I say that I was nearly moved to tears at the Charles James: Beyond Fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When people say they are “stunned” by grandeur, this is precisely what they must be talking about. The exhibit does not allow photos (which is okay because it’s…
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Brooklyn Flea
Yes, folks, Brooklyn Flea is bizarre. Uh, a Bizarre Bazaar. And it suits me just fine. I made the schlepp out to BK on a very sunny Saturday morning and was stunned to find first, the Brooklyn Flea is…kind of hard to find. I had to walk several blocks along a highway, through construction sites,…
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Diggin’ on Degas
My favourite collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is unquestionably the Degas pieces. There’s a couple of rooms of sketches, statues, and paintings by the Impressionist master Edgar Degas just close enough to the rooms housing your big names – Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso – but secluded enough that you can stand almost uncomfortably…
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
It wouldn’t be a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden without taking a photograph of the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is free on Saturdays from 10am-noon. That’s the time to get there – the paths aren’t crowded, and you can get close to take photos! The real upside of getting to the…
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Central Park Conservatory (Secret) Garden
The Central Park Conservatory Garden is a tiny surprise located near the Upper East-Corner of the park. With an entrance on Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets, it’s secluded enough that tourists can’t find it, and that makes it feel like a delicious secret. There are distinct separate “areas” to the park. The main…
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Hangin’ Tough at MoMA
If you wanna survive UNIQLO Free Friday Night at the Museum of Modern Art, ya gotta be REAL tough. I mean, the line wraps all the way to the end of the block – even in the rain! So come early, stake out a spot, and don’t let nobody nudge aheada ya in line! Admission…
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Currently…in June 2014
FEELING: What a change from last month! Suddenly I feel inspired and accomplished. My plan to do a ton of little creative projects has meant I’m now having more and better ideas. I feel like I’m back to my creative self. WATCHING: Now that I’ve finished Attack on Titan, I’m loving Sailor Moon on Hulu!…
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Day at the (Metropolitan) Museum (of Art)
Finding myself alone and with no plans on a rainy Friday morning, I swallowed my pride and took myself on a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I had a couple concerns going on a solo date to the museum: Concern #1: That I would feel awkward being alone and not know what to…
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A Helping Hand
New Yorkers get a bad rep for being “rude” all the time. You say “rude,” I think you mean “fast.” Yes, we move very quickly and don’t take kindly to things/people/strollers that happen to be in our way. But ask a New Yorker for help and they will be more than happy to oblige. Ask…
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Ugly Naked Gal
An open letter to the creep pointing and laughing at me from across the alley: Dear Jerk, So you’ve noticed I like walking around my apartment naked. Yes, when home alone, I walk around my apartment naked. I’m sure most people do. I’ve been walking around naked at this particular address since August 2012. Here…
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Dangerous Town
When you decide to make the move to New York City, you will find that the people around you never seem to tire of warning you how dangerous it will be. But, as I like to say, when desire surpasses fear, you will be surprised what you’re able to endure. And you will tune their…
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Poppin' Tags
I first discovered the local Salvation Army in high school. I found this red dress for $16 and I was hooked. Back then, money was incredibly tight, as was my personal style. I stuck rigidly to the tomboy persona I wanted to portray and desperately tried to disappear into my surroundings. I coveted faded, neutral…