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DIY: Glass Bottle Photo Frames
It’s a pity that plastic is so popular, because glass really has it beat. It’s solid, feels sturdy in the hand, doesn’t ooze any chemicals when you microwave it or get stained strange colors and it’s much more satisfying to use if you have to say… smack a fool down.
Katy B. – Economic Inexpert
Sam Amidon Show and Interview
On Monday, September 13th I have the great honor of opening for Sam Amidon at Café Du Nord. Sam’s a folk singer from Vermont who reinvents old Appalachian folk songs into modern masterpieces. So I’m being a bit grandiose, but everything I hear about the guy is nothing but goodness!
Lookin’ Lovely: Back To School Looks, Part Two!
This week’s fashion column and back to school look is a toast to an obsession that has swept the nation with it’s booze hound attitude, intoxicating aesthetic and it’s smart and curvy women. Mad Men, which is currently in its 4th season, is a cultural force that is ironically influencing
O’Connor’s: Park Slope’s Classic Dive Bar
The world needs O’Connor’s more than O’Connor’s needs the world. I say this because O’Connor’s lets us believe that there are still some things worth romanticizing. How else would you describe a bar that opened in 1931 (prohibition wasn’t repealed until 1933) and who, as of a few proprietors ago,
FREE and Weird U.S. Destinations
As the saying goes ‘œThe best things in life are free.’ While I agree wholeheartedly, my newest interpretation of that adage is that ‘œthe best free things in life are weird.’ I came to this conclusion on a recent trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, where I visited a particularly