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Yearly Archives: 2009
The Week in Links (Say Cheese!)
“Cheese, glorious, cheese…” I got a copy of The Cheese Chronicles, a new book about cheese by Liz Thorpe from Murray’s Cheese Shop.
Bill Wadman, the photographer who the wonderful 365 Portraits project, now has a book. I stopped the book party at a lovely apartment in Chelsea.
Thursday, I went to the Girl Geek Dinner which was so much fun. Cathy Erway, Vanessa Bertozzi of Etsy blog, The Storque, and Jessica Faye Carter were the speakers.
I’m working on a new website that will launch this week. Check out We Inspire.
Saturday, I stopped by Nadine’s birthday drinks. She is working on some cool stuff.
Vote for my SXSW panel, “The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs and Twitter to Live On The Cheap”.
The Week In Links (World Record, Going Home)
It’s Sunday, and I can’t wait until the season premiere of “Mad Men”. I just ate homemade pound cake with butter pecan ice cream at my parent’s house. When I get back to NYC, I am going to work on losing weight and making lifestyle changes to get rid of my spare tire. But first, I am going to recap all the food I ate this week.
Saturday, I went to Birmingham for a big family fish fry. My dad and uncle fried fish (tilapia and whitening) as well as shrimp. It was delicious.
Friday, I had a little sweetup at Sweet Pockets in Atlanta, and I really enjoyed our small group. My mom and her friends came.
Rachel, Nora and I set a world record building the longest cupcake kebab for URDB. BTW, I highly recommend watching Food Party, Thu Tran’s show on IFC. She’s hilarious.
The Belated Week in Links (Wedding, Social and The Kid)
Above is the best picture of me since I got chubby. Anyway, it is August and hot. I am going to the movies more to keep cool. Watching “Funny People” last week kept me cool, bu I did not enjoy the movie. I did enjoy attending Publishing Meets Tech Meetup last Monday. Fraser does a great job bringing together people from both industries. Thursday, I went to the Purple Rain Singalong at Prospect Park. It was so much fun. Wednesday, I saw my friend Lee Ann Westover sing at Cafe Steinhof with her talented friends. Saturday, I attended the picnic, wedding and reception for Cat and Kap. Sunday, Cupcakes Take The Cake had its annual collaboration with Jon Friedman and hosted the Delicious Sandwich Social and Cupcake Picnic at Prospect Park. See pictures of the fun on my Flickr.
The Week In Links (MJ Tribute, Watermelon Salsa, DUMBO)
It’s been a humid, rainy and sticky week weatherwise.
Monday was the Hyatt Manhattan Ballroom for Mashable event.
Wednesday, my friends and I went to Joe’s Pub for Our Hit Parade’s tribute to Michael Jackson. It was brilliant, irreverent and I almost cried when the kids did a medley of Jackson 5 songs. Alan Cumming did “You are Not Alone” and “Smile”.
Thursday, I sweated with the best of Brooklyn at Digital DUMBO.
Saturday, I made watermelon salsa.
Lastly, I have a new blog which is a Tumblr about food. Check out Niche Food.
The Week In Links (Parties, Brisket and A Wedding)
The dog days of summer are here. I thought the social activity would slow down but no!
Monday, I attended the Dachis Group meetup at the Church Lounge of the Tribeca Grand.
Tuesday, I stopped by the Agency Spy party and then went to see Carolyn’s show at 59E59. Read a great review.
Wednesday, I ate beef brisket and hung out with friends at Buddy Media’s event at Hill Country which they announced the launch of their very cool and comprehensive Twitter analytics product.
Thursday, I sauntered down to Soho to the Peek party. I met Peek Founder Amol Sarva and chatted with Greg Gallant about Muckrack’s new one line press release service.
Saturday, I was a guest at the lovely morning wedding of Colette and Sean. The reception was at Brooklyn Botanical Garden. In the afternoon, I went up to Harlem for another of Matt’s BBQs.
The Week In Links (Hot Diggity Dog)
The pickled radishes pictured above may look like watermelon, but tastes like a pickle.
Tuesday, I went to the Universal Records Database (URDB) event and it was fun. Erin and Her Cello was the special guest performer and I got to sing backup on a couple of her songs. Yay!
Friday, I got a pint of Jeni’s Salty Caramel ice cream. So good.
Saturday afternoon, I competed in the 4th Annual Hot Dog Cookoff. I didn’t win but I had a blast! Later that night I competed again—in the Housing Works Spelling Bee. I didn’t win but I did well considering I was near delirious from an afternoon of soaking in sun, hot dogs, and Kelso Beer.
Sunday was mellow with shopping at Re/Dress, brunch with the girls at Robin Des Bois and dinner with the Boy at Brookvin. We ate pickled radishes, country pate and lardo.
The Week In Links (Melancholy and the Infinite Cupcakes)
Tuesday was the July NYTM. Loved Zagat’s App. Afterwards, there was beef brisket to eat at Hill Country.
Wednesday, the Boy and I went to see Medicine for Melancholy. The film is excellent. Later, we went to Habana Outpost.
Thursday was the “meat and greet” for the upcoming Hot Dog Cookoff.
Saturday, Cupcakes Take The Cake had a meetup in Hoboken.
I got my necklace from Wendy Mink in the mail and I love it.
Sunday, I went to Bastille Day on Smith Street, danced at the Afro Punk Block Party in Fort Greene and had dinner at Toby’s Public. Best Brooklyn Day Ever!
The Short Week In Links (Afropunk, Hot Dogs,Twitterbook)
Monday, I went to the CD release party for Adira Amram’s “Hot Jams for Teens”.
Tuesday, I went to a book event at Agency 16 for The Twitter Book by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein.
Wednesday, I stopped by Blip.tv party.
Friday, I went to Joe’s pub for Erin and Her Cello’s show. It was great! Adira Amram, Carla Rhodes and Shockwave (who is a cast member for PBS’s The Electric Company) were guest stars.
Saturday, I celebrated the 4th of July with friends.
Sunday, I went to AfroPunk Festival at the BAM parking lot. I saw Sweetie, Apollo Heights, Tamar Kali, Peekaboo Theory and Earl Greyhound. I heard a rumor that Living Colour may perform, but it didn’t turn out to be true. All the bands rocked. It was FREE!
The Week In Links: Zines, UnFancy Food and RIP
What a crazy week was last week! First off, I want to send my condolences out to the families of Neda, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays.
Sunday, I went to the Unfancy Food Show at East River Bar in Williamsburg. It was so much good food. I ate pickles, beef jerky, ice cream and a shepherd’s pie-like beef pattie. UPDATE: I was quoted in the New York Times.
Saturday, I stopped by the NYC Zine Fest at the Brooklyn Lyceum and was amazed at all the cool zines. It was nice chatting with Ayun Halliday who is the founder of the zine East Village Inky.
Thursday, I drank jargaritas at Obliterati.
Wednesday, I listened to David Carr read from his memoir, The Night of The Gun.
Tuesday, I attended the Microsoft Preview party. The HTC Snap is the phone I would love to get and the “Inner Circle” button is cool.