New York City

[ficklecycle]

My GF and I really want to go NYC so were postponing our big trip to Europe for even later next year.

[Courtney]

please look at the following schedule, check for updates, be there when required

http://www.treatstruck.com/?page_id=3

Jesus I love you people.

The current issue of Time Out New York has an article that lists restaurant successes and their various clone offspring; one of the places featured is Magnolia Bakery and copycats Buttercup Bake Shop, Billy's Bakery, Sugar Sweet Sunshine and the Little Cupcake Bakeshop. I have been tasked to acquire representative samples from each for a blind taste test. Because really, I'm unemployed and so what else am I gonna do besides cajole friends into doing blind cupcake taste tests?

[Courtney]

Kaki King is playing at Wednesday the 15th at Spiegletent as part of Bard SummerScape 2007. The whole thing involves lots of opera and plays and Elgar and classic movies and it's very confusing.

Some sort of website. And another one. But neither of these seem to say anything about Kaki King. PollStar wouldn't lie, would they?

I also saw this in Time Out New York. And circled it in red sharpie. And it is all to your credit (fault?) for putting her on some mix you made.

Hey wait Bard isn't in nyc. It's like two hours north. Lying magazine.

[mountmccabe]

Aww, that means PollStar lied too. It said she was playing in New York, New York.

Also I will try to be more careful about what I include in future mixes.

[thinnerair]

you're really lucky that the weather in NYC has been great.
Movies in McCarren Pool in Brooklyn tonight.
Tonight's feature: BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

[Courtney]

Yes the weather is quite nice. And I will admit that Greenpoint does smell a bit, but let's not lie, so does all of NYC in the summer.

And I am going to Bonnie and Clyde tonight. Wooohooo.

[thinnerair]

Yes the weather is quite nice. And I will admit that Greenpoint does smell a bit, but let's not lie, so does all of NYC in the summer.

And I am going to Bonnie and Clyde tonight. Wooohooo.

I might be there too.
Look for a kid with a beard and an old t-shirt, maybe drinking something.

[Courtney]

Haha. I thought ironic facial hair and vintage tees were pretty much the Williamsburg hipster uniform? Don't forget your skinny jeans and wayfarers.

[thinnerair]

ugh. i really hate them hipsters and their dumbness.

[Courtney]

I pretty much hate them and their dumbness. Well, except their coffee shops. And their restaurants and bars. And music. And sometimes their haircuts and glasses. But you know, other than that it's total hate.

Ok I'm gonna go out and actually maybe do stuff now. But you should say hi for real if you see me tonight. I'm gonna wear a blue and white striped shirt I think and an indigo denim pencil skirt.

[TomAz]

hating hipsters is such a hipster thing to do.

[thinnerair]

I pretty much hate them and their dumbness. Well, except their coffee shops. And their restaurants and bars. And music. And sometimes their haircuts and glasses. But you know, other than that it's total hate.

the hipsters have changed over the last few years.
it used to just be a bunch of kids that would just throw a temper tantrum in their closet and walk out with whatever clothes happen to stick to their malnourished bodies and just head out the door to take pictures of stuff.

(steady diet of camel cigarettes, black coffee, PBR, and ramen will make you look like a thin dying tree)


By the way, take a stroll down Bedford Avenue. There is a great slice of pizza on Bedford and North 8th, right next to the L train stop (Bedford Ave stop) You can also get a margarita to go(in a styrofoam cup) at the Turkey's Nest on North 12 @ Bedford.

[Courtney]

Ok yay thanks.

PS I was just kidding around before about the hipsters.

[thinnerair]

i like some of their glasses and their jesus beards.

[Tylerdurden31]

nando's as hipster as they come...but he eats food

[Tylerdurden31]

courtney...FYI...

watch out for cabs...my girlfriend just got hit by one backing up a one way street...she's okay, thank god

[Courtney]

I am in Connecticut now. Yay? Thanks again for the suggestions everyone. As discussed:

Richard Serra in the MoMA sculpture garden:


Latte art at Cafe Grumpy, Greenpoint:


Mamooooooun's:


The National, South Street Seaport:


The Treats Truck which I found outside of P.S.1:


Warm Up in the P.S.1 courtyard:


Some other stuff happened too.

[mob roulette]

Hi Courtney. Those are nice pictures. How were the National? Also, whatever you do, watch out for Hartford. It's like the drug-dealing capital of the world. They'll take your shoes, Courtney. Your SHOES.

[Courtney]

Hi Mob. Thank you.

The National was ok. I am a big fan, so I am pretty much mostly happy just to hear them play. And I already was able to see them when the came to Los Angeles, so seeing them again was bonus.

Unfortunately, the Seaport experience was somewhat of a nightmare. I had been in Brooklyn with some friends taking advantage of happy hour at this place Enid's on the corner of McCarren Park where they have two-for-one specials and old school video games like Ms. Pacman and a photo booth, generally having a good time. By them time we decided to take the subway into Manhattan, it was pouring rain so we all got soaked. But mostly that was ok because we were all feeling happy anyway from the cheap drinks. So then we get to South Street Seaport itself which is one of those horrendous outdoor shopping malls with a Gap and Abercrombie and Fitch and who knows what, and there are a lot of clueless tourists who maybe don't really know who The National are but they're gonna stand up front and make a lot of noise and generally be obnoxious. And then the sound quality was pretty horrible and songs with quiet parts like Slow Show which I love on the album sounded really tingy and feedback-y. So that sucked a little. But I still love The National. And Matt's singing seemed together which is good because I hear that he can get wasted and sloppy at free shows, although I haven't personally ever seen that.

Also Hartford is like the scourge of the nation. Worse than New Jersey. Seriously. I interned at the Wadsworth Atheneum there for six months. Scary city. Although they do have a very nice Carravagio painting so it ain't all bad.