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Editor, writer, grad student, resident of South Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York

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Feb
11th
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Kenyon lives in Park Slope!

And so do a lot of other schools … but we get a big font.

Jan
26th
Tue
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Brooklyn dentists

As a person with dental insurance (the few, the proud), I often get asked for my dentist’s info. Dr. Leena Lakhkar is lovely (and always gives me mini toothpastes to take home, so I never have to buy them when I travel), but she’s not in Brooklyn, where many of my friends live - so from now on I’m referring y’all to this awesome roundup from Brooklyn Based. Now go get your teeth cleaned. This has been a public service announcement.

Jan
16th
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You’d think a newspaper would eagerly embrace a pay-for-online-content model … but not when it’s inconvenient for them, apparently. I could go on and on, but the email exchange captured here really says it all. (via Gawker)

Nov
21st
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Who will gentrify the gentrifiers?

  • [Sarah's gchat message: something about how there is no decent chai in Park Slope]
  • me: ugh. it's tough.
  • me: they're all so sweet
  • me: you are talking about chai tea, right?
  • Sarah: Right? And the one at Baked is the absolute WORST!
  • me: as a non coffee drinker this is my burden
  • Sarah: Brittanny and I keep forgetting that it's so bad and ordering it there!
  • me: you know... i seem to remember Ozzy's has a decent one
  • me: there's like two kinds out there. one is the super sweet kind. but then there's this nutty variety... and i think that's what ozzy's uses
  • Sarah: Maybe. I was in Carroll Gardens yesterday, and I thought the Tea Lounge might have been okay--but that Tea Lounge closed too!
  • me: oh sad.
  • me: it's pretty sad when starbucks has the best chai latte around.
  • Sarah: I know! That's where I went instead!
  • me: well, i would check out ozzys sometime and let me know if it's still decent. i actually tried to get one there last sunday but they didn't have running water
  • me: whoops
  • Sarah: Ozzys is kind of a shithole. Their coffee is awful these days, so it would be ironic if the chai is good...
  • me: ugh. well maybe that went downhill too. maybe gorilla coffee has chai!
  • Sarah: Sigh...gentification and its discontents.
  • me: yes it is not good when you need someplace new to come in and gentrify the gentrification
Nov
10th
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“Independent suburban-dysfunction dramas”

I’m not sure anyone has ever summed up my taste in movies so succinctly. Way to go, Netflix!

Aug
27th
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Finally out on DVD ... my beloved Last Days of Disco

“Young? Upwardly mobile? Professional? Those are good things, not bad things!”
Jun
29th
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  • Man on C train: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Homeless Man, but you can call me Homeless for short.
Jun
25th
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  • Stu: You're looking rather rural today.
Jun
5th
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(Note: I did not take these photos! I picked them off the web for a class exercise ‘cause I liked them.)

(Note: I did not take these photos! I picked them off the web for a class exercise ‘cause I liked them.)

Jun
3rd
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In the near future, this tumblr will likely become home to some of the work that I’m doing for the  class I’m taking this summer, Media Practices: Design. Expect some photography and other design-related endeavors (and more frequent posting!).