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By: Anne M. RasoSure, cupcakes might be all the rage at the chicest New York parties of the moment, and in case you haven't noticed, the bakeries servicing all the finest fetes-featuring cupcakes make them waaaaaaaaaay too sweet (and that includes YOU Magnolia and Crumbs)! Give me some artisan, handcrafted petit fours any day. As a matter of fact, they […]
It was supposed to be a total white out this weekend for my birthday, but instead it started just before midnight on Sunday. It still made for a pretty Sunday morning to wake up to, put on my bean boots and head out to take some pictures. At the end of the day as the sun [...]
I recently made the wonderful 14 hour drive from NYC to ATL (driving the girlfriend to her internship with the C.D.C.). If you haven’t already done it, I’d urge you to. And if you already have, well… hell, do it again! This was a fun road trip. I was kinda lazy and out of it so i didn’t take as many photos as I would have liked to, but I did take a few (sample on left). Unfortunatly flickr is being an e-jackass and has limited my photos to 200 viewable ones (and I’m too cheap to pay $30 a year to have unlimited space). Don’t worry though, I’ll delete some stuff here and there and let you know when I post the pics… all 7 of them lol. Anyway, I believe I’m going to make this drive again sometime within the next three months so I’ll be sure to take a whole lot more pictures then.
The point of this post is just to emphasize the brevity of life, and to encourage you to take advantage of the little time you have on this green (really, multi-coloured, but…) earth, to do the things you like to do. For me it’s driving, taking photos, meeting people, dancing, cooking, frying plantains, eating waffles… the list is pretty long, but I try to do as much of each as I can. This is not to say that you shouldn’t spend your time making the world a better place in whatever way you deem fit; the two do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Remember, you only have one life to live. The following song helps me get my ass out of bed and onto the couch, (and in front of my video games!) whenever I feel unproductive; maybe it can do the same for you:
Another wet spring is here, and along with it comes a flurry of events hosted by the non-profit world, to support (mostly) noble causes. This year I’m attending an event hosted by YAI’s Brighter Futures Soceity (of which I am a member).
Last year we had an amazing event themed Le Grande Spectacle. Below are some pictures from that fabulous night of schmoozing and boozing :
This year’s event is titled Royale. Don’t be fooled by it’s seemingly simple name. Royale promises to be one of the best, if not the best BFS event event to date. You can buy your tickets online at http://www.yai.org/bfs if you’re interested. I hope to see you there.
Over the weekend in chicago, a 15 year old was found hit (with a car), beaten (with a baseball bat), shot (in the head) and burned…for no reason. This is apparently the 35th seemingly random teen murder in chicago this year (don’t quote me on the time frame). And yes, I said random because these kids apparently have NO ties to gangs. And some of them, though drop outs, were relatively good kids.
I’m posting this story because I have younger siblings and I’d like them (and others like them) to realize that there is a very crazy world out there and that simply staying out of trouble is not enough. People have to be extra vigilant about where they go, who they talk to, and who their friends are. For more on this story, please click the link below:
Friday has finally come after a VERY LOOONG week. We had an event this morning which took me out of the house at 7am. What? I hate leaving the house at 7am! Anyway, it was humid and 65 degrees outside and I was slightly miserable.
Our event went well. It was held at the Comix comedy club on 14th St. and 9th Ave. We had people ROFL-ing and LTFAO . Then it was over and we, the organizers, headed over to NOOCH for lunch (I don’t particularly like the Nooch web site hence the NYmag.com link). I hadn’t been to NOOCH before– it was suggested by one in our group.
I really loved the Thai fried rice. And the chicken soup wasn’t too shabby either. I spent sometime in bathroom and found it strangely…. entertaining. So entertaining infact, that I had to take pictures of it (yes, I just happened to have my camera on me to take pictures of the restroom!). The most entertaining piece of the restroom was the mirror I dubbed the “Gay mirror-mirror on the wall”. I won’t go into detail about it– you’ll understand when I post photos in a couple of hours.
All in all, I had a positive experience at NOOCH. I’d go there again. You should too.
On my way back from a wonderful dinner at Ox restaurant, Jersey City (seriously, you can’t do much better than their 4 cheese mac and cheese!) I walked by this barber shop with a completely devil-may-care arrangement of decorations in the window– It was actually quite unimpressive.
Then I saw this:
I got quite a kick out of this. Thought you might too .
I recently made the wonderful 14 hour drive from NYC to ATL (driving the girlfriend to her internship with the C.D.C.). If you haven’t already done it, I’d urge you to. And if you already have, well… hell, do it again! This was a fun road trip. I was kinda lazy and out of it so i didn’t take as many photos as I would have liked to, but I did take a few (sample on left). Unfortunatly flickr is being an e-jackass and has limited my photos to 200 viewable ones (and I’m too cheap to pay $30 a year to have unlimited space). Don’t worry though, I’ll delete some stuff here and there and let you know when I post the pics… all 7 of them lol. Anyway, I believe I’m going to make this drive again sometime within the next three months so I’ll be sure to take a whole lot more pictures then.
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