January 2012
32 posts
there will be time, there will be time
The end of the year.
It makes you think. Makes you sit and ruminate. Makes you stare out windows for long moments at a time. It makes you pine for what is over. What is ended. What is inevitably lost forever to that dreary old miser, Father Time. And it makes you puzzle, makes you ponder, makes you worry and wonder. About all the question marks and...
December 2011
48 posts
“My witness is the empty sky.”
Loving the quirky kooky cover of the Vince...
Holiday specialty
It was a tough call.
To rod, or not to rod.
Thanks to all the festivities and cheer this season, I just never found the time to make the labor intensive but much adored (by myself especially) white chocolate peppermint pretzels that have become quite the holiday tradition in these parts. What with Christmas parties and Hanukkah parties and end of year parties and party parties. When could it be...
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FOODIE FILES: ROBERTA'S
So not only did I finallllly do Roberta’s last week, but I did it twice. In one long weekend. Nothing like a little self gifting, a little self lovin’ (especially by pizza), during the holiday season. (Yeah so, that sounds dirty, but it kind of was.)
After an exhausting year and a half of plans and cancelled plans and daydreams of brick oven pizza and wine pouring hipsters and all...
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Happy Holidays
From Esquire to you.
Haiku for the Single Girl
Of a Kind: Casting Call with Orly Genger and... →
ofakind:
Two old friends tell us about their newest design.
The strong, feminine mood board in the Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer studio. As far as Orly Genger and Jaclyn Mayer see things, jewelry doesn’t have to be about glitz. Instead, they’ve shaped their line around appealingly tough hunks of…
Of a Kind: Jaclyn Mayer and Orly Genger Borough... →
ofakind:
Who says you have to choose between Manhattan and Brooklyn?
The Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer collaboration—a range of strong, streamlined rope jewelry—is more than just a story of two friends. It’s a tale of two cities—or, well, two boroughs, to be exact. Jaclyn, an accessories designer,…
Of a Kind: Meet Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer →
ofakind:
These two know how to rope ‘em in.
In 2008, Jaclyn Mayer (right) got together with Orly Genger, who she had met years before at a gallery in Chelsea, to talk about a necklace. Orly, an installation artist who makes giant, knotted rope sculptures, needed something unique to wear to an…
SANTACON NYC 2011
Occupy the North Pole.
Occupy Brooklyn.
Occupy the Brooklyn Bridge.
Occupy the naughty list.
Occupy the Christmas Spirit.
Tonight at Lincoln Center.
Jazz concerto with my jazzy pal in this jazzy great big Christmasy city.
Monty Alexander: The Music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
Master pianist plays his two musical heroes.
“It was Frank Sinatra and pal Jilly Rizzo who first brought Alexander to New York while in his late teens. But prior to that adventure, as a boy in his native Jamaica he...
this happened
in my home town.
during the christmas parade.
frosty.
busted.
...
“Let people surprise you.”
– An old best friend.
WatchOrly Genger by Jaclyn Meyer. An awesome New York-based art/jewelry collab. Friendship bracelets on steroids. Stay tuned for more…
that being said
For perfection:
2 ounces Bulleit rye whiskey 1 ounce sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Cocktail glass. Crushed ice. Shake. Strain.
Plop in a maraschino cherry.
Now, cheers.
You deserve it.
For a lovely weekend....
…much respect must be paid.
To Manhattan.
Both the city and the cocktail.
As they equally intoxicate and inspire you.
And you can, or should, drink them both up, whenever the mood strikes, to the very last drop.
Indeed, they should both be tasted at least once in one’s lifetime.
But you need them in moderation…
Too much of either can leave you with a killer headache in...
Beautiful pieces by Sarah Lamb. Currently at the Spanierman Gallery. On 58th and Madison.
FOODIE FILES: EL ALMACEN
You sit at a tiny wooden two-topper, one of only maybe ten. Your back against a narrow wall, covered loosely in dark, peeling wallpaper…flowers almost gone…and framed photographs left askew. Nestled in nicely, warmly, to your neighbors. Above you hangs a rake, left useless by a coat of rust, and a fraying woven basket, some old wicker chairs, seats burst through years ago.
At your...
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