Archive for September, 2009
Post Labor Day
“Even old New York was once New Amsterdam…” — we’re apparently celebrating the 400th anniversary of Hudson on the river, with the Dutch monarchy in town. The NY Times on bento boxes. The president making a speech on telling kids to work hard in school and all that stuff — honestly, it’s either going to [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2009 under Brooklyn, Manhattan, San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C..
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Labor Day Weekend!
I wish summer didn’t have to end. Catching up on reading: Time Magazine on one man’s attempt to stop the tide of suicides in Japan, not a great trend in the middle of a recession. Hat tip to Angry Asian Man for some great links, namely: John Cho, in style, Angry Asian Man notes. Not [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2009 under Brooklyn, Los Angeles - Orange County, Manhattan, Queens, San Francisco Bay Area, Tokyo, Washington, D.C..
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Labor Day Looms
A follow up to the story that I linked on the rapper who allegedly got herself an education: I say “allegedly” because a Slate article by Ben Sheffner says it’s all faked. Daily News has some explaining to do. At least Daily News did a correct story on the upcoming closing of the French bookstore [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Brooklyn, Manhattan, Washington, D.C..
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Stuff
Angry Asian Man has some nifty links roundup, including on a NY Times profile on Andrea Wong of Lifetime (ok, granted, besides being the channel with Golden Girls reruns, it seems to be making its way with reality shows… must we continue the track on reality shows?) and an article on the honoring of Cristeta [...]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Brooklyn, Honolulu, Washington, D.C..
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