Life
Sk8boarding is the new baseball
Skateboarding seems to be the new official American pastime. We’re literally seeing guys on skateboards everywhere: Harlem, Lower Eastside, Nolita, Bedstuy, you name it. And we’ve seen all types: Euros, hipster dudes, little Puerto Rican kids, thugs, and so on. We came home yesterday to find a gang of little dudes videotaping themselves do tricks [...]
[read more]Posted: July 18th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: 1 comment#
On today’s playlist, 4th of July style
“Deeper Waters,” by Recloose featuring Joe Dukie
This song has nothing to do with America, patriotism or the colors red, white and blue. It doesn’t talk about democracy, politics or war. It’s simply a swinging, lazy, summer cookout jam with a beat that’s constant enough to do a slow, two-step to as you stand in line [...]
[read more]Posted: July 4th, 2008 Category: Life, Sounds Comments: 1 comment#
A random Memorial Day rant
Where have all of my friends gone? Today is a beautiful one with sun, not-too-hot temperatures and a slight breeze. And I’m realizing that all of my friends are in stages of life that don’t allow for Memorial Day spontaneity. They’re either living elsewhere, married, permanently attached at the hip to their lovers, or minding their kids.
[read more]Posted: May 26th, 2008 Category: Life, Musings Comments: No comments#
15 minutes with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Orange Prize winner and author of “Half Of A Yellow Sun” on art vs. qualifiers
by Kenya Hunt
MUSE: You studied medicine at the University of Nigeria and then shifted to communication at Drexel, political science at Eastern Connecticut State and then creative writing at John Hopkins University. What led you to finally deciding to study [...]
[read more]Posted: May 15th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: No comments#
LIFE: R.I.P. Mildred Loving
Mildred Loving, an often overlooked and accidental civil rights pioneer who was banned from Virginia after marrying a white man (she was black), passed away on May 2 at age 68. You may have read her backstory in a history class or two in school (depending on where you’re from): she married Richard Loving [...]
[read more]Posted: May 6th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: No comments#
LIFE: Exposed double standards
Today’s Sunday Times features an interesting article that reveals that John McCain has a Jeremiah Wright of his own and explores the double standards that surround the controversy.
[read more]Posted: May 4th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: No comments#
LIFE: Risk-taking can be good
How inspiring was Barack Obama’s speech today? The idea of race in America is an incredibly complicated and loaded one. But we love that he tackled it so directly and honestly. His speech felt like a definitive political and cultural moment. And we’re not just saying that because of the gang of emails and text [...]
[read more]Posted: March 18th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: 1 comment#
LIFE: On our to-do list this week
Friends tell us the Whitney Biennial is “underwhelming” this year. But we’re going to check it out anyway. But we’re even more excited about heading downtown to Deitch Projects afterward to make like Mos Def and Jack Black in “Be Kind/Rewind” and film our own boot-leg movie. While the idea of using an art [...]
[read more]Posted: March 6th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: No comments#
More fashion week recovery
We’re totally craving sweets right now. Lemon italian ice will suffice for now. But tomorrow we’re hitting up How Sweet It Is, a new pastry bakery owned by two women
[read more]Posted: February 9th, 2008 Category: Life Comments: No comments#
LIFE: Disturbing Super Tuesday moment of the day
Setting: #2 train headed downtown. A middle-aged Jewish mother explaining politics to her son and daughter who looked to be about 10 and 5 years-old.
Mom: “Here’s the thing, if the race ends up being between Obama and McCain the Republicans will win. There’s no way Obama can beat McCain.”
Son: “Why?”
Mom: “Because you just have [...]


