I had planned to comment on other things today, but it seems Heath Ledger is the name on most people’s lips … including mine.I don’t have much to add, except that I’m still flabbergasted.
I found out as I rode the elevator, heading home tonight: CNN: Heath Ledger dead … reports NYPD. I looked away [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 22, 2008
Say it isn’t so …
January 17, 2008
Cheap Eats in NYC
Still recovering from the financial setbacks of a college education, I’ve spent the past four months dipping into the great pool of cheap eats in New York City. Here are the five best I’ve happened upon thus far:
5. Alice’s Tea Cup
www.alicesteacup.com for locations
I was hesitant to try this place at first, after having [...]
January 16, 2008
Bloomin’ Babies!
If “preggers” was the word on everyone’s mind in 2007’s Hollywood, “poppin’” might be the one in 2008. In the two weeks since we turned the page, two young pop icons have popped out two young’uns, and at least two others have announced that they are going to reproduce in the coming year.
Here’s my [...]
January 14, 2008
The Sorbitol Diet
On Friday, news spread about an article published in the past week’s “British Medical Journal” on sorbitol, the artificial sweetener. Sorbitol is the latest and greatest artificial sweetener found in gum, most notably Orbit and Eclipse. Apparently there have been two cases of excessive weight loss (following chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain, natch) [...]
January 10, 2008
Goodbye, Gossip Girl
I don’t watch Gossip Girl for a peek of the ‘hood in which I spent my adolescence, not for the wholesome beauty that is Leighton Meester, not for the mousy one that is Blake “Blair sounds too much like Blake” Lively, and not for the attractive Abercombie & Fitch models-cum-Upper East Siders (or, in the [...]
January 9, 2008
Class of 2007, the playlist
My posts have mostly been making me sound like I have a stick up my ass, so today’s entry is just lighthearted nonsense. Imeem.com has been publishing celebrities’ favorite songs of 2007. I’m no celebrity, but here are some songs that I think defined 2007:
[Photo courtesy of bethelwholesale.com]
10. “Umbrella”, Rihanna
Okay, no one [...]
January 8, 2008
On Hillary
A couple of my friends will have my throat slashed for saying this, but I can’t help but question Hillary Clinton’s motives behind the teary-eyed sincerity she displayed at a campaign stop on Monday.
This is the woman who allegedly planted people in Barack Obama’s Q&A sessions. This is the woman who mixed male students [...]
January 8, 2008
Arriving: Eventually
[Photo courtesy of jovovich-hawk.com, from their Spring 2008 Collection]
In an uncharacteristic turn, Target’s Go International is keeping mum about its next designer, who fashion aficionados know – and have known for upwards of four months – to be the design team Jovovich-Hawk. In the past year or so, Target has lined its designers back-to-back, [...]
January 7, 2008
TV Running Dry
[Photo courtesy of NYmag.com]
Leno and Conan chose a good time to return to their posts in late night television; television is gradually running out. The first casualties of the writer’s strike were Women’s Murder Club last Friday (a huge loss?), Desperate Housewives yesterday and Gossip Girl tomorrow – followed by more favorites: CSI, Grey’s [...]
January 5, 2008
The New Hampshire Debates
Maxine is thinking … Facebook is changing the face of politics among youth, and for once in a good way.
I’ve hated all of the previous youth voting campaigns, “Vote or Die” being the worst offender. My thoughts on that have always been that I’d rather have an informed youth voting than one who is [...]
