January 4, 2007

Bugs Vs Crips In Clinton Hill

The barrage of comments on Brownstoner's 2007 Market Predictions thread cover every possible conversation topic you'll need for living in New Brooklyn: real estate prices, Atlantic Yards, and Park Slope sidewalks clogged with "doublewide Bugaboos." Yes, Virginia, Brooklyn is a...
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Well, Glutes DO Usually Travel In Pairs

So how's the book going, you ask? [hey, thanks!]. Well, until new dad Matt Leinart totally threw off my chapter headings by making out with new mom Britney Spears, it was going great. Totally expected, though, since their kids are...
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In The 1980's, Jamie Lee Curtis Focused On Glutes

It's well known that Jamie Lee Curtis immerses herself in the worlds of her characters. While her sweaty scenes with John Travolta grabbed our national imaginination in the 1985 aerobics thriller Perfect, they also tend to obscure the empathetic...
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Eames Solar Toy Does Nothing, And Very Well

While researching Richard McGuire's The Solar Toy, I stumbled across The Solar Do-Nothing Machine by Ray and Charles Eames. They created it in the late 1950's for Alcoa, who was just launching a Forecast Collection, a series of artist-...
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