Interesting things I spotted on Twitter today: Via @vandalog: An art critic is someone who either sees more in an artwork than is really there, or sees exactly what is there and gets disappointed. Via @honoluluacademy: Owners of a Rockwell and NC Wyeth on loan to us sold them. Two blank spots in American gallery. […]
Breakfast of Architects: Joanne Mattera’s Artful Menu
A week or two ago Joanne Mattera, author of the wonderful art blog JoanneMattera, posted a BRILLIANT response to my photo of Frank Gehry crepes in Toronto when I asked someone to explain to me what was going on. Ok, I realized that it was posted across the street from the Gehry-designed Art Gallery of […]
World’s Strangest Alcohol Shot
Today, I was made aware of the world’s most rancid liquor shot, easily the lowest humanity has to offer…no, really, I don’t think anyone can beat it…it’s called the NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE (though I’m also told it’s called the Santa Monica Freeway) and I had to pass along this bit of useful knowledge: New Jersey […]
“Bizarre” Giveaway at Penn Station
In one of the most bizarre things I’ve seen in a while (which is a lot considering I spotted house pets panhandling on Lex yesterday), a new Travel Channel show, appropriately named BIZARRE FOODS, were handing out salt’n vinegar flavored crickets to commuters this week. It was a promotion with free iTune download tie-ins. How […]
Bushwick’s First Superhero Arrives at Roberta’s
I’ve known Phil since his early year’s in Bushwick in 2000, and yesterday I had dinner at Roberta’s pizzeria in Morgantown and was happy to see that he’s working there. A native of Florida, Phil has the uncanny ability to do the unexpected to save lives. He’s a career bartender and waiter who will stop […]