“A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen.”
Fan Catches Baseball While Holding Baby
Why in the hell were people not mad about this guy catching this ball when it so clearly could've been caught by that player? People cheer on this idiot while the sweet Steve Bartman suffered for years?! Go to hell, anyone-who-clapped-for-this-guy.
“Popularity means people think they know you.”
The Importance of Cinema Etiquette
“When Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ premiered on Broadway, a sign hung over the cinema entrance that read, “No one... BUT NO ONE… will be admitted to the theatre after the start of each performance of Psycho.” According to Hitchcock, this was for the audience’s own good. But it was also part of a beautifully orchestrated marketing campaign that created excitement for the movie by driving home the importance of seeing it from the very beginning.”
Before Psycho hit theatres, apparently it was common culture to just waltz into a movie screening at any old time. As maddening as that is, this type of behaviour became less and less popular after Psycho's release and it suddenly became important to see the beginning, middle and end of a movie. Isn't it strange that it was ever acceptable to miss the beginning of a movie?
Keeping that in mind, why the hell do we allow late-comers into movies in this day and age? If a movie has begun, those doors should be locked at far as I'm concerned. Or at the very least, get some pimple-faced kid who works there to man the door and refuse entrance to anyone who shows up past the publicly displayed showtime.
I hate when I need to shuffle my coat and purse around on the grimy floor, just because some late loser needs to shimmy on by me to sit down. That's bullshit.
Why is lateness not more penalized in our society? It's weird that it's not. We shouldn't be as casual about it as we are because it's a sickness. And if we continue to just look the other way, it's only going to get worse.
There's really so little you need to do in order to be a basic, decent human in a movie theatre.
Show up early.
Shut the fuck up.
Shove your phone up your own ass if you can't go for less than two hours without looking at it.
The three S's! Pretty simple stuff. And honestly, I really just think it comes down to having manners. Where the hell did the importance of having good manners go over the past few decades?
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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).
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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
Try the frozen hot chocolate at Astor Bake Shop (Queens)
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)
Finally eat a Nanaimo bar for the first time (Toronto)
Go to City Island (Bronx)
Go to Montauk (Montauk)
See this year's installation at the rooftop at The Met (Manhattan)
Successfully grow something in my backyard (Queens)
Check out the Jefferson Market Garden (Manhattan)
Get the burrata ice cream at Dominique Ansel (Manhattan)
See a movie at that gorgeous AMC on the UWS @ 84 street (Manhattan)
Try an egg cream in Forest Hills (Queens)
Visit the Edgar Allan Poe cottage (Bronx)
Possible Blogs Posts To Do: Photograph Each Hour For A Day, Outfit Of The Day posts, Vlog!
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“If your grocery store sells California nectarines, I beg you to get half a dozen. Holy hell, are they the shit.”
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.
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!