What Are Your Hopes and Fears?
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. The professor I worked for in college would often ask me, “what are your hopes and fears?” It was something one of his college professors would often ask him....
View ArticleSpotify Playlist: Literal Summer Songs
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Last year I put together a playlist that consists of literal summer songs. Every song title mentions “summer” “ocean” “beach” “hot” “sun” “surf” “ice cream”...
View ArticleBell’s Oberon on Tap in NYC
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Bell’s Oberon On Tap NYC Map Using the site Beer Menus, I’ve rounded up an on-going list of bars in Manhattan and Brooklyn that offer Bell’s Oberon on tap....
View ArticleBrooklyn Half Marathon 2015
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. This was my third Brooklyn Half and sixth half marathon in total. Last year, I began training too early and had lost a lot of my momentum by the month of the...
View ArticleFive Graphic Memoirs You Should Read
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. When I first started reading Graphic Novels, I started with memoirs. I loved reading an illustrated autobiographical story. I’m a sucker for personal stories...
View ArticleEurovision! (A Guide for Americans)
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Eurovision 2015 will be streamed live Sat 5/23 at 3p (est)! What Is Eurovision? Eurovision is campy, over-the top, EuroPop performances. It is very...
View ArticleWhere To Buy European Treats in NYC
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the campy song contest Eurovision, I hosted a party and wanted to stay on theme. This being NYC it wasn’t to...
View ArticleThe Problem with Being Perfect 365
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. (Another title for this post is “Everything is Terrible”) (Also, the girl above is photoshopped on both sides!) This post will probably be a soapbox of old...
View ArticleMad Max is On Fire & Tomorrowland is Ayn Rand
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Any movie that has explosions or robots or both is my favorite movie. I love “dumb action movies” and I am not even apologizing for that. I prefer when...
View ArticleBeing Part of a Flash Mob
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Here’s the video of our flash mob crashing a swanky party at the Central Park Zoo! (I’m hiding in the back right corner in a green dress). A year ago, Tonya...
View ArticleWalking Manhattan’s 32-Mile Shoreline
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. The Great Saunter The shoreline of Manhattan is a 32-mile walk taking at least 12 hours at a 3mph pace. Every year the Shorewalkers organization puts on the...
View ArticleWhat is Metlife’s Total Control Account (TCA)?
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Metlife is an insurance company that also deals with life insurance policies. For beneficiaries, they offer a Total Control Account (TCA). This is a draft...
View ArticleHow To Legally Change Your Name in New York State
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Order for Individual Adult Change of Name – Kings County (Brooklyn) New York Since grade school I’ve wanted to change my name. My last name was not a family...
View ArticleNew Way to Get to Rockaway Beach
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. If you live in NYC and still haven’t made it out to the Rockaways, I highly recommend it. The beaches are beautiful and there is lots of access to the ocean....
View ArticleBook Review: Queen of the Night / Historical Fiction
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee is a historical fiction novel set in 1800’s Europe telling the life of an opera singer and her journey to high society....
View ArticleBook Review: Sleeping Giants / Contemporary Sci-Fi
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel is a contemporary sci-fi novel that interweaves the possibility of alien life with current International politics. It is...
View ArticleShipwrecked NYC is an Amazing Mini Golf Interactive Pirate Adventure
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Shipwrecked NYC is an indoor miniature golf course located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY. Featuring a storyline, prop design, and a hill course, this mini golf...
View ArticleBook Review: How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big / Business...
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Scott Adams is the creator of the comic Dilbert. As a successful entrepreneur, he wrote this memoir/business/self-help book to provide examples of life...
View Article2016 Christmas Movies to Watch on Streaming
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. Every year I re-watch some of my favorite Christmas & holiday-themed movies in the month of December. Thankfully, many of these are available on streaming...
View ArticleSnapchat Spectacles Are Completely Ridiculous and I Love Them
Thanks for being a subscriber. I love you. I just said, out loud to my empty apartment, “Echo, turn the living room light to 50%”. Then my living room light dimmed. Of course I said Thank You to this...
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