Naomi and Maggie, bound for Atlantic City.
Choosing someone to guest-blog our Atlantic City press junket wasn’t easy. Entrants included Whitney, who still suffers flashbacks from her last spa visit—to an all-nude German spa with her in-laws (eeuww). Then there was Stella, who begged us to save her and the roommate from another weekend on her “gross old hand-me-down couch.” Jennifer asked us to disabuse her of the notion that AC is “the city equivalent of the Port Authority bathroom.” And we also liked Jeremy from Ohio, who threatened to submit a running diary for a solid 8 hours of the trip: Read the rest of this entry »
Image courtesy of burntfeather on Etsy.com.
Our friends at the brilliant, Brooklyn-based SMITH Magazine are continuing their six-word literature series by inviting readers to submit Michael Jackson obits. A few early Jackson 6 contest favorites: He touched us in different ways (Jeffrey Bryan); Michael, you beat it too soon (Bethe); From ABC to PYT to RIP (Mary Elizabeth Williams). The reader challenge ends today at 5; read what your competitors have come up with and find out where to submit your brilliant words here. Read the rest of this entry »
Congratulations to Peter McCarthy who captured true hideousness at 126 3rd Street in Gowanus. Peter is the winner of our Brokelyn Ugly Building Contest, where we asked for readers’ snapshots of the most horrendous edifices they could bear to photograph around Brooklyn. These are all the architectural uglies that made it a contest to remember. Thanks to everyone who sent in their picks. For his “winning” shot, Peter gets a stylish, and not-remotely-ugly, “6 Million Dollar Home” bag thanks to our friend Adam over at the Crumpler warehouse in Brooklyn. Now feast your eyes… Read the rest of this entry »
Naomi and Maggie, bound for Atlantic City.
Choosing someone to guest-blog our Atlantic City press junket wasn’t easy. Entrants included Whitney, who still suffers flashbacks from her last spa visit—to an all-nude German spa with her in-laws (eeuww). Then there was Stella, who begged us to save her and the roommate from another weekend on her “gross old hand-me-down couch.” Jennifer asked us to disabuse her of the notion that AC is “the city equivalent of the Port Authority bathroom.” And we also liked Jeremy from Ohio, who threatened to submit a running diary for a solid 8 hours of the trip: Read the rest of this entry »
Image courtesy of burntfeather on Etsy.com.
Our friends at the brilliant, Brooklyn-based SMITH Magazine are continuing their six-word literature series by inviting readers to submit Michael Jackson obits. A few early Jackson 6 contest favorites: He touched us in different ways (Jeffrey Bryan); Michael, you beat it too soon (Bethe); From ABC to PYT to RIP (Mary Elizabeth Williams). The reader challenge ends today at 5; read what your competitors have come up with and find out where to submit your brilliant words here. Read the rest of this entry »
