Forty-seven Omelets

Little Dragon, “Blinking Pigs” Thanks to Aaron for...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:42 -0500

Little Dragon, “Blinking Pigs”

Thanks to Aaron for the band recommendation. I’ve probably already missed them coming through NYC but next time they’re in town, let’s go.

Someone else please join Jetsetter so that I can pretend that I can actually take advantage of any...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:37:27 -0500

Someone else please join Jetsetter so that I can pretend that I can actually take advantage of any of their amazing deals? Even if we never do, at least then we can pretend. It’s been teasing me since the beta launched. I was especially tempted by a recent offer at all three Ace Hotels.

New Niemann! Bio-Diversity - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:11:40 -0500

New Niemann! Bio-Diversity - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com

100 Greatest The Wire Quotes (via everything by now by I saw...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:15:49 -0500

100 Greatest The Wire Quotes (via everything by now by I saw here first)

The opening whistle is perfect. Tons of huge spoilers (duh, but seriously) and some notable omissions, but DAMN! The Wire is so good! I’m reading Price’s Clockers so this is great timing. The complete series is on my Christmas list; I’ve been itching to watch it all again, a rarity as usually once is enough for most TV dramas.

A gentoo penguin chick peeks, checking for patrolling leopard...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:53:03 -0500

A gentoo penguin chick peeks, checking for patrolling leopard seals before tempting fate. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula.
Photo from Paul Nicklen’s recently released book, Polar Obsession, the culmination of 15 years of work photographing wildlife in the arctic and Antarctica. The book celebrates the arctic and Antarctic ecosystems and discusses the urgent need to halt global warming, which threatens their existence.

Paul Nicklen’s “Polar Obsession” (9 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Staying in town for Thanksgiving? MonkeyTown is serving a...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:55 -0500

Staying in town for Thanksgiving? MonkeyTown is serving a 5-course Indian dinner with raga-chamber-jazz, “not the exotic fusion of your neighborhood deli but New Music that transcends the ancient future traditional.” Saturday 11/28 and Sunday 11/29 at 7:30 pm, $35, reservations recommended.

New monthly reading series starts tonight, 8 pm, at...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:59:00 -0500

New monthly reading series starts tonight, 8 pm, at Franklin Park in Crown Heights. Tonight’s lineup:

Amy Sohn (Prospect Park West, My Old Man, Run, Catch, Kiss)
Said Sayrafiezadeh (When Skateboards Will Be Free)
Jobie Hughes (I Am Number Four/young adult series, Agony at Dawn)
Lianne Stokes (Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Canceled, comedian)

“The horse show descends upon New-York again this week,...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:41:21 -0500

“The horse show descends upon New-York again this week, certain of a hearty welcome” (via The Library of Congress)

Still from Who’s Afraid of The Wolf? (Kdopak By Se Vlka Bál)...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:52:31 -0500

Still from Who’s Afraid of The Wolf? (Kdopak By Se Vlka Bál) playing soon at BAM’s New Czech Films series

Free Downloadable Guides | Fodor's Travel

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:00 -0500

Free Downloadable Guides | Fodor's Travel:

FREE downloadable “instant guides” to ten major U.S. cities. Good to have on hand for visitors! Keep ‘em occupied on their own for four hours or so.

"[Puddles] and Happy seem to have hit it off. They have been seen licking each other, although hippos..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:24:00 -0500

“[Puddles] and Happy seem to have hit it off. They have been seen licking each other, although hippos are also known to lick the floor.”

- Thoroughly amusing article about Happy the hippo’s move from DC to Milwaukee.
For Happy the hippo, moving from Washington to Milwaukee has been a pleasure - washingtonpost.com [via]

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros,...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:42:42 -0500

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, “Home”

Can’t get enough of this song right now. Really bummed I didn’t get tickets to the show next week before it sold out. Anyone got an extra?

The Unwanted: An NYC guide to getting rid of all your old stuff | Brokelyn

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:13:56 -0500

The Unwanted: An NYC guide to getting rid of all your old stuff | Brokelyn:

Brokelyn’s been doing some really useful guides lately. This one covers how to dispose of everything from furniture to batteries.

Friday, November 13, 7:30 PMGreenlight Bookstore, Fort...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:03:31 -0500

Friday, November 13, 7:30 PM
Greenlight Bookstore, Fort Greene
NYRB Classics 10th Anniversary Celebration
Featuring publisher Edwin Frank with authors Matt Weiland, Jhumpa Lahiri, and L. J. Davis

Brooklyn Based » G-Train Tour through Pumpkinland

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:59:18 -0500

Brooklyn Based » G-Train Tour through Pumpkinland:

Like most sane people, I love pretty much anything pumpkin flavored. This is the best list ever.

The NYPL Digital Gallery has some amazing stuff. Staten Island...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:59:12 -0500

The NYPL Digital Gallery has some amazing stuff. Staten Island in vintage postcards, landscapes of the American West, (here) pictures of science. Bookmark it.

The assignment: redesign Vladimir Nabokov’s book covers,...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:23:31 -0500

The assignment: redesign Vladimir Nabokov’s book covers, all twenty-one of them. The solution: twenty-one specimen boxes, the kind used by butterfly collectors like Nabokov, each created by a different designer.

Project directed by John Gall; above, Invitation to a Beheading, Helen Yentus and Jason Booher

The Nabokov Collection: Slideshow: Observatory: Design Observer

During my only visit to the divided Berlin, in 1988, I had...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:53:00 -0500

During my only visit to the divided Berlin, in 1988, I had experienced the city in all its terrifying absurdity. I vividly recall the so-called ghost stations of the subway: Some Western subway lines passed through Eastern territory, resulting in a surreal commute. Imagine getting on the uptown 6 train at Union Square, but instead of stopping at 23rd, 28th and 33rd Streets, the train just slows down, and you are peeking out at dimly lit platforms patrolled by heavily armed soldiers from an enemy army. Then you get off at Grand Central to buy the paper and a bagel as if nothing had happened.

Over the Wall - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com

From May 2009, but appropriate for a resurrection today, exactly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall: Christoph Niemann explores his experience in Germany in the late ’80s and today.

My friend David made this gorgeous short doc about the...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:54:13 -0500

My friend David made this gorgeous short doc about the installation of a Swoon project at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. The installation is up until December 18.

‘Merchant of Venice’ and ‘Winter’s Tale’ Are Next for Shakespeare in the Park - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:08:12 -0500

‘Merchant of Venice’ and ‘Winter’s Tale’ Are Next for Shakespeare in the Park - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com:

“You got Leontes in my Shylock! You got Hermione in my Portia! For its next season of Shakespeare in the Park, the Public Theater plans to attract audiences — one hopes without perplexing its performers — by staging two of the Bard’s plays in repertory with the same company of actors. On Monday, the Public said that it would mount productions of The Merchant of Venice and The Winter’s Tale that would run from June 9 through Aug. 1.”