The Top 25 Most Viewed Blog Posts

I've maintained this blog for two and a half years now (yikes) and it's kind of a small miracle that it's somehow gone on this long. There have been so many posts in that time that I thought it might be all right to share some of the top viewed posts (thank you Google Analytics) that I've written so far. I don't expect anyone to follow this site along so closely that they've read everything, so hopefully there's a few on this list that are new to you.

Also, it's a huge compliment that the most popular posts have been the meatier/wordier ones - and for that I thank everyone who's ever clicked on one damn thing on this site. This blog is such a fun thing to do and I'll never tire from having an opinion on everything. Here are the top 25 most viewed posts (thus far).

1. The Best Slow Cooker Ribs
2. Tabloids
3. Making Friends As An Adult
4. The Things We Should Have Learned in High School
5. In Defense of Marriage
6. Free (or Crazy Cheap) Things To Do in NYC
7. The Weirdness That Surrounds the Word 'Feminist'
8. Universal Studios
9. Mermaid School
10. When You Fall
11. Dark Knight Rises - Review
12. Healthy Banana Pancakes
13. Broken Foot: Part Deux
14. New Year’s Day Checklist
15. Dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns
16. The 10 Sweaty, Summer Movies I Frequent
17. Valentine’s Day
18. Celebrating 29
19. Oz: The Great & Powerful - A Review
20. Fake Eyelashes
21. The Wolf of Wall Street - A Review
22. The 10 Best End of School Movies
23. The Seinfeld Restaurant & More Gems
24. Lottery Tickets as Gifts
25. Grilled Chicken with Rosemary Aioli

John Oliver on the Confederate Flag

It's insane that it took this long to even get this conversation started.

12 Things I'm Doing This Summer

Summer has officially begun, so I think it makes sense to have a summer must-do list. Is it obvious that I love lists? I have tons of different kinds of lists going - movies to watch, work stuff that needs to be done, etc. But here's what my summer list looks like this year. Keep in mind, a lot of it is food/fun-based (AS ALL SUMMER LISTS SHOULD BE). Also, make one of your own! Otherwise I promise you that this summer will just pass you by.

SUMMER 2015

1. Try the frozen hot chocolate at Astor Bake Shop (Queens)
2. Finally visit the rooftop across the street - there's a hotel across the street from me that has a rooftop bar that I've always wanted to go to but never have (Queens)
3. Finally eat a Nanaimo bar for the first time (Toronto)
4. Go to City Island (Bronx)
5. Go to Montauk (Montauk)
6. See this year's installation at the rooftop at The Met (Manhattan)
7. Successfully grow something in my backyard (Queens)
8. Check out the Jefferson Market Garden (Manhattan)
9. Get the burrata ice cream at Dominique Ansel (Manhattan)
10. See a movie at that gorgeous AMC on the UWS @ 84 street (Manhattan)
11. Try an egg cream in Forest Hills (Queens)
12. Visit the Edgar Allan Poe cottage (Bronx)

Possible Blogs Posts To Do: Photograph Each Hour For A Day, Outfit Of The Day posts, Vlog!

“If your grocery store sells California nectarines, I beg you to get half a dozen. Holy hell, are they the shit.”

— #lizadvice

Jon Stewart on Charleston

I don't know what The Daily Show is going to be without this man, but it won't be the same.

Levain Bakery in NYC

I've been hearing things about Levain Bakery for years now, so when I found myself on the Upper West Side the other day - I had to see what all the fuss was about.

And I get it. These cookies are three dimensional and crazy good. The kind of crazy good that takes you two days to eat to completion.  

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The inside of this monstrous cookie

I got the chocolate-walnut one for myself and the dark chocolate peanut butter chip one for Nathan (which to be quite truthful, took three days to devour). The shop itself is small and vaguely reminded me of the interior of the soup nazi's shop on Seinfeld. There's always a line that goes out the door, but they move so swiftly that waiting in that line is hardly an issue.

Definitely try these cookies if you find yourself nearby!

Mom Says

“A red ribbon should be placed on a child who has been sick to keep the illness from returning.”

Best Part From Jurassic World

http://enerjax.tumblr.com/post/121434947242/its-obvious-who-stole-the-show-in-jurassicworld

“In our exterior life, we can only be one person. But in our imaginations, we can be anyone, anywhere. That’s one of the reasons I read and write. It’s a way for me to have more than one life.”

— Janet Fitch

In The Summertime

I always put this on my iPod in June. Always. It has to be in my summer rotation.