The Seattle Post-Intelligencer calls Seattle’s fledgling bad art museum which just opened at Cafe Racer in Seattle the equivalent of a shelter with a no-kill policy. And their acronym couldn’t be more inappropriate. Its called OBAMA - Official Bad Art Museum of Art (www.officialbadartmuseumofart.com/).
OBAMA opened last month and hosts its first annual party for itself Friday, […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Thomas
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This is intolerable. Its no big secret that Black Friday holiday shopping in New York is more of a contact sport than a leisurely activity, but how frenzied do you have to do be, in order to trample and kill a poor man doing his job, so that you can get in first and get […]
Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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There’s been a lot of stories of air rage of late, but this one beats em all. Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, NY, went bonkers abroad United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago.
She slapped a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand, then stood and feel onto the back of a […]
Posted on November 6th, 2008 by Thomas
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The NYT has announced that the 2009 New York Times Travel Show will be held Feb 6-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, featuring about 500 exhibitors from 100+ countries who will be hawking their hotels, destinations, things to do on vacation, packages and special offers. More info here - www.nytimes.com/travelshow.
Whether you’re looking for a weekend getaway or an exotic […]
Posted on October 4th, 2008 by Thomas
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So the U.S. House of Reps rejected the $700 billion bailout package and the DOW crashed 777 points. Wall Street is crushed that it won’t be getting a free lunch after having gambled (and lost) other peoples’ money on leveraged derivatives and junk mortgage securities. Asian markets are tanking and the Europeans have their cockamamie heads […]
Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Thomas
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If you’re a film fan, start searching for New York vacations and deals around Sept-Oct. The 46th New York Film Festival runs from September 26 through October 12, 2008.
And the complete 28 film line-up has been announced, with Clint Eastwood’s Changeling making its North American debut as the centerpiece of the festival. The film stars John […]
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Thomas
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Since I’m thinking about New York, I wanted to write about the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum now makes its permanent home in lower Manhattan thanks to Tokyo architects Sejima+Nishizawa/SANAA. The building design is creating a bit of buzz and as always, opinions fall on the love it or hate it […]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Thomas
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Since I covered Haunted California as a possible excursion for Tomo, I got to thinkin’ about his hometown of New York. Wondering, naturally, about its ghosts, goblins, witches, and hauntings. Once I had the idea in my head, I had to know more.
What I found is that NYC is full of terrifying ghost […]
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Thomas
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