How To Stare At A Brick Wall
There are four different shades of brick that I can see from the second-story window as I sit on your bed.
The first is the oldest and brightest, a vermilion terracotta exoskeleton for the neighboring 19th cen...
Sunday Brunch
Moroccan Baked Eggs
Merguez is a fresh sausage made with lamb, beef, or a mixture stuffed into a lamb-intestine casing. It is heavily spiced with cumin andchili pepper or Harissa, which gives it its cha...
Intelligent people stay up later.
Artist: Jean Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist.
Basquiat first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti group who wrote enigmati...
Brooklyn Take Me In: On The Evolution of Home
When I was 10 years old I told my dad that when I grew up, I was going to live in New York City, and that I would stay there forever.
We were on an airplane flying home from La Guardia after my first ever trip...
Where Do You See Yourself?
Where Do You See Yourself?
I guess I’m at the age where people suddenly take a liking to asking me about “Where I see myself in X years”. I satisfy them with some cryptic answer like, “Well, still in the...
Pillar of SALT
As dawn was breaking, Lot's visiting angels urged him to get his family and flee, so as to avoid being caught in the impending disaster for the iniquity of the city.
Lot delayed, so the angels took hold of hi...
Drugs by Design
The signature trademark of a Jonathan Adler Design is that it is always full of mid-century adornments and surprisingly kitschy- modernism, as showcased here at The Parker Palm Springs. Jonthan Adler is now a b...
An (Im)material Exploration Of All The Books Lacey Gifted Me
I: WHAT IS A GIFT
I have always been intrigued by the unspoken aspects of people’s actions. The complexity of their motivations and the intentions that trigger their behavior usually serve a dual function, one...
Snuggie Texts with a Stranger
From the It Just Gets Stranger Vault: Snuggie Texts
(Monday, December 12, 2011:)
Snuggie Texts
Perhaps because I've been in a particularly snarky mood lately, I couldn't resist last night when ...
