Artistic License, Offensive Words and Risque Photos

Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under New York, News Break, Not so much | 2 Comments

Well, if that title doesn’t say it all, I don’t know what does.
Let’s get something established off the bat: I consider myself a fairly liberal person - few things offend me. Few things make me blush. And I rarely see something and wonder how that ended up in a magazine or on television or wherever. [...]

Review: Panino Sportivo

Posted on December 8, 2006 - Filed Under Barnard, Near Barnard, New York, Restaurants | Leave a Comment

Before going to New York the other day, I looked for new and upcoming eateries in the Columbia-Barnard area. One that caught my eye was Panino Sportivo, which is located beneath Barnard College’s Plimpton Residence Hall in an area that once held rundown and rarely frequented ethnic eateries.
For starters, just seeing people at this restaurant [...]

Container Junkie

Posted on November 13, 2006 - Filed Under New York, organization, stores | Leave a Comment

Ok. So yes. I am a native New Yorker (however living outside of New York, but still closeby). And yes, I had never been to The Container Store . . . until today. Oh. My. God. I am such a container junky (and no, I actually didn’t buy anything due to an unreasonably long line).
Here [...]

Old Haunts

Posted on November 17, 2005 - Filed Under Barnard, Near Barnard, New York, Restaurants | Leave a Comment

I get reminiscent every so often about all the good food I ate while studying at Barnard College in New York. My friends really opened my eyes to some great ethnic foods that I might not have tried otherwise.
There was Zulu, the Ethiopian restaurant that has since closed, where my friends and I would share [...]