April 29, 2023
On a recent trip back from the Jersey Shore to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn by way of the Outerbridge, this location caught my eye. An “eyesore” for many is pleasing to mine… a dilapidated multiplex, covered in plywood, tagged and overgrown with weeds. Ah, such things lure me in, boggle my Read more…
July 15, 2015
What is hard about being a roadtripping blogger is that all your pearls of wisdom–the thoughts and ideas born on the road, inside its motion and pace–are diminished into imperceptible dots by the time you’re in a place you can write. Even thoughts that build into intricate cities of complexity, Read more…
July 3, 2012
I’ve been called a snob many times in my life. But I’ll get back to that. As a budding adult, in weird‘s last true gasp, I found transitional identities that touched each of my developing ideals. Being straightedge was more than a penchant for guys with shaved heads, it was Read more…
April 21, 2012
Pala on the Lower East Side has a great vegan menu. It also has gluten-free options. Given its proximity to the Sunshine Theater, it makes for an easy option for a vegan and a one with gluten intolerance. So we, vegan and one with gluten intolerance, dined prior to Damsels in Distress. Read more…
December 11, 2010
Burning your own dessert with a butane torch is not only exciting, it is an interactive way to spark up a holiday potluck! After committing to this dessert some time ago and purchasing all the special supplies {10 ramekins, butane torch, butane, arrowroot, fruit sugar, etc}, it was time to Read more…
September 12, 2010
Can you figure out what these are? They’re kind of the coolest thing ever to happen to pancakes. Star Wars pancake molds from Williams Sonoma. Yes, that’s an Imperial stormtrooper, Darth Vader and Yoda, a great birthday gift The Electrician received. Of course I just had to break them in Read more…
October 10, 2009
September 28, 2009
“The girls” and I embarked upon dinner and a movie in this past Friday. Our intention was to make VeganYumYum’s fried green tomatoes and watch the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. But a long agenda of topics to be addressed on top of multiple bottles of carefully selected wine, and you Read more…
January 27, 2009
I think the Almighty Sound is a band from Minneapolis. Despite several webpages I am still not sure. Anyhow, they created 2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey, unique film project that pairs Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey with the J. Spaceman’s space rock. The coupling is a fantastic fit, a higher brow Wizard Read more…
December 18, 2008
For that special Spiritualized fan in your life: Let It Flow‘s whoa whoa whoa and pill cross stitchInspired by this, I crafted my own Star Wars cross stitch to be presented to lovely Artsparrow and her dapper gent, hosts of a scrumptious vegan holiday potluck. My annual holiday mix was Read more…
June 25, 2008
In the resurgence of Twin Peaks fever that has swept up me and my peers, I type this blog swaying with the eerie rhythm of The Pink Room. With such sexiness, one must look above to a pixelated Jacques and Laura for more. Here are my Twin Peaks “I am Read more…
March 31, 2008
I toured the beautiful Phang Nga Bay by longtail boat with the aforementioned American couple and a previously unmentioned German couple. (I’m the fifth wheel!) The Americans had recently moved from Seattle to India where wife just got a 2-year teaching contract at a primary school and is now on Read more…