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I was - jogging? Let's say trotting - down Sixth Avenue on Thursday, frowning at the neckline of my dress and wondering if I should have worn a bra after all, when I stubbed my left foot on an uneven seam in the sidewalk and almost went ass over teakettle. How embarrassing would it have been if I'd wiped out because I was distracted by my own ( ( Read more... )

Forty-sixth Street between First and Second Avenue has been posted with signs announcing that the block must be clear of cars on Tuesday, July 27, for White Collar. If I can find a working camera, I will try for pics.

I wonder if the episode involves the UN?

I'm watching the wind up to the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on ESPN.

• A field reporter standing beside a platter bearing 68 hot dogs held up an inflated balloon representing the average human stomach.
  
• "Gustatory athletes!"
  
• Vintage Coney footage! Every one of those rides looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, and I would give an eyetooth for ( Read more... )

Behold! My plans.

Tonight: Dances of Vice “Enchanted Menagerie” at Desire: A Masquerade, hosted by Capitale

Saturday: The Bubble Battle in Times Square and after party in Brooklyn

Sunday: The Doctor Who New York Series 5 Finale Party1

...and somewhere in there I'm hoping to see Toy Story 3 in IMAX ( Read more... )

Toward the end of True Stories, David Byrne, acting as the narrator, has a monologue about how one way to appreciate a place is to leave and come back, so you can rediscover the details that familiarity have made invisible. Doing this vicariously is almost as effective, which is why I enjoyed playing hostess to my little brother, B, who’d come up ( Read more... )

The ticket-taker gave me my stub and asked, “What’s wrong with your foot?”

“Oh, my foot’s fine. My shoe, however-”

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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Nine hours earlier...

...the waves rose high, great clouds gathered...Ah, they were in for a terrible storm...The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is held on the Saturday nearest the solstice to ( Read more... )

Rare footage from the zombie invasion of June 7, 2009.

Next Saturday Sunday (arrgh, calendar FAIL), June 7, aspiring zombies are invited to report to the Governors Island ferry terminal by 11:45 a.m. to take part in a film called Isle of the Dead, which is being made by the Bruce High Quality Foundation. RSVP by June 1, here.

From the New York Times:
On Aug. 26, Marvel will release the first issue of “Models Inc.,” a sartorially minded mini-series that unites some of its fashion-friendly supporting characters and pushes them into new starring roles ( Read more... )