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…I’m remembering another Maurice Sendak classic: ‘Really Rosie.’ I used to watch this “movie” (in quotes because it was really only a 30 minute special on network TV a long time ago that I used to have on VHS as a kid). And I heard a snippet of “Chicken Soup With Rice” on The Today [...]

I really like this audio compilation because I imagine/remember myself in all of the stations. It’s like nostalgia for something I still experience everyday. NYCSubwaySounds1.alexreisner.com.mp3 From the author’s blog entry… Part of the job of a subway conductor is to announce station names and explain delays and route changes. But some conductors do much more. [...]

The video below gives you an idea of where Jay-z stands on the issue. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJaztSVfOs&hl=en&fs=1&] I wonder if he’d feel differently if he watched autotune the news… Tweet

I really really want to see this movie about a librarian and a postal worker who collect millions of dollars worth of minimalist/conceptual art in their tiny one bedroom apartment. Looks adorable. Read the New York Times review of it HERE, below is the trailer. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vma2T5luy08] Tweet

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The Whitney is hosting some fun bands in honor of their exhibit on Dan Graham. I thought you should know. I kind of love Vivian Girls- I might try and make it to that show. WHITNEY LIVE: FOUR FRIDAY EVENING CONCERTS IN JULY Titus Andronicus / Real Estate Friday, July 10 at 7 pm Abe [...]

This is our pal Steve’s blog – and I loved his last post on the top five NYC subway ads: Dr. Zizmor and 1888 Margarita are classics – but this may be my favorite ..about which the BoHF says “Good cause, but scary. I wonder if the person who got his eyes knows all the [...]

This blog might only be interesting to the Museum Studies and  Library and Information Science crowd, but Suggested Donation is an great blog about museum and archive related things in NYC and beyond. I’m a little jealous that I don’t have my own museum blog but I know I wouldn’t be able to  keep up [...]

Found this blog’s author on Yelp – but it’s totally awesome and I think it will re-vamp my shopping in the city.  Here she reviews one of my favorite boutiques in the city, Pippin – where I found my clocky and favorite topaz ring. “Pippin Vintage Jewelry is like entering a flea market without the [...]

I recommend that everyone stop by the Museum of American Finance on 48 Wall St. and check out the new exhibition that is opening tomorrow, Women of Wall Street. I am totally excited because I helped in it’s creation- I wrote a couple of the labels, did some research, picked out some of the featured [...]