Posted on January 30, 2012 by missalix
You may have seen a few references on this site to my participation in the 2009 Idiotarod, and though I haven’t written about the years in between, this was actually my fifth year in a row running this costumed shopping cart race. Our team Andrew W.K.art! Not jumping at the same time. Photo by Sam [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2012 by missalix
Last night I attended a class at the Morbid Anatomy Library / Proteus Gowanuson anthropomorphic taxidermy, which is the practice of mounting and displaying taxidermied animals as if they were humans or engaged in human activities. I received an email about one of the first offerings of this class in November, but the class sold [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by missalix
I have never participated in the No Pants Subway Ride. That might seem a bit strange to you since one of the main themes of this blog is doing some weird and stupid stuff within the city. I can’t really explain it, but it just hasn’t really appealed to me. Everyone seems to know about [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2011 by missalix
Last Saturday started off as any other weekend does, I met up with some friends at one of my favorite brunch spots for eggs, bacon and bloody marys. I had no other real plans for that afternoon, but a few friends were heading to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, which wasn’t too far from [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2011 by missalix
The 26th of October was my birthday, and I wanted to get out of the house and do something fun since I had the day off. A few friends had been to Dead Horse Bay the weekend before and I kept that in mind to be my next adventure. I was getting ready to go [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2011 by missalix
This time last year I took a trip to Boston, so I unfortunately missed the first annual Nuit Blanche in NYC (or more specifically, Greenpoint, Brooklyn). This year, however, I was in town and able to catch the event! I was pretty excited since all of the photos I’d seen from other cities’ Nuit Blanche [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2011 by missalix
Last month I attended a random and last minute event at night on the Manhattan side of the East River. Oriana had told me about a granny cart market that was happening, where those who brought a granny cart with them had to have some kind of interactive element to it, whether it be playing [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2011 by missalix
Last Saturday was the Crest Hardware Fest, where bands played and art with the general theme of hardware and tools were presented by many well known and local artists. While I wasn’t able to make it to the actual festival, Crest Hardware on Metropolitan Ave in Brooklyn still has all of the art, installations and [...]
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