June 2010
NY Mag - Vulture: Woody Allen’s Six Favorite... →
And they are:
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Match Point
Bullets Over Broadway
Zelig
Husbands and Wives
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Aaaaand he is wrong. But still, not a bad list.
NYT - Diner's Journal: Al Yeganeh, the Soup Man,... →
“…I didn’t get any bread.”
WatchKaty Perry - Hackensack (Fountains of Wayne cover, Unplugged)
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MMAde: Fedor Loses: The Fall of the Last Emperor →
You’re doing yourself a disservice if you’re not reading my friend Jason’s fantastic mixed martial arts blog. In this piece, he discusses why Fedor’s loss now makes this Saturday’s Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight the most important match in the history of the sport. MMA is not going away, kids, and it’s quickly becoming as relevant as boxing was in its...
WSJ. Magazine: Mickey Drexler: Retail Therapist →
A great profile of the mastermind behind J.Crew. This guy is awesome.
NYT - Bats: Ike Davis’s Real First Name Has a... →
Davis’s real first name is Isaac and it has its origins in the Jewish tradition of naming children after deceased relatives.
Davis’s mother, Millie, is Jewish, and she named her son after her grandfather. Davis said a large portion of his family on his mother’s side, which was from Lithuania, perished in the Holocaust. He learned about his family’s history by doing family trees as part of...
NYT: If the Hall Calls, Piazza Wants to Enter as... →
“The bulk of my career was with the Mets,” he said, “and after going through the trade, then the drama of 9/11. I’ll never forget my Dodger days. But my time with the Mets is what I’ll remember most about my career.”
NYT - City Room: Take the Tomato 2 Stops to the... →
The N, R, Q and W lines sport a shade called “sunflower yellow.” The Nos. 1, 2, and 3 trains use “tomato red.” And the No. 7 line, proudly purple, is actually a hue known as “raspberry.” (Those are usually heard on the 7 only when the Mets are having a bad day.)
Related.
WatchHow to make the perfect egg cream, courtesy of the newly opened Brooklyn Farmacy in Cobble Hill.
[via Cobble Hill Blog]
NY Observer: BroBos in Paradise →
I’m late to posting this absolutely amazing piece by Leon Neyfakh. There are some choice sections in here. As such:
James Atlas, the president of the publishing house Atlas & Co., lives on the Upper West Side, and until relatively recently, when his daughter moved to Fort Greene, he didn’t really know Brooklyn existed.
The hardscrabble Brooklyn of Saturday Night Fever...
NY Mag - Grub Street: Mile End Expands Hours,... →
Oh, good. Now I can eat Mile End for three squares a day, including fake meals like brunch today.
NYT: Wave Goodbye to W and V in Subway Signs,... →
On that Monday, disappearing trains (goodbye, W) and redrawn routes will render thousands of existing signs and maps throughout the system obsolete, a hidden cost of the drastic service cuts brought on by the subway’s budget problems.
To avoid chaos, New York City Transit must replace some 3,000 signs and 25,000 maps, all to be switched out within the span of about two weeks before the...
Put This On: The Essential Man's Wardrobe →
Jesse is like a fine wine. Better the more he blogs.
putthison:
The Essential Man’s Wardrobe
Solid gray or navy suit.
Navy blue blazer.
Good straight-cut blue jeans.
Khaki pants.
Mid-gray wool pants (preferably light weight).
Trim khaki shorts.
White and light blue oxford shirts (oxford is a heavier, textural cloth that is inherently more casual - in this case the collars would be...
WatchMates of State - True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston cover)
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“Many people say they have been a fan of their favorite team since birth, but...”
– Me, pg. 128, Leitch’s Are We Winning?
Happy Fathers’ Day, Dad.
PERFECTION.
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Warning: for sports radio nerds only.
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