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• Rosecrans Baldwin "Paris I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down"

  

  “For months, I’d feel like an infant wandering into rooms that filled with tension the moment I appeared: What is the giant baby doing here?” Another ex-pat... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Story a Day with These Collections of Shorts

  

  Read a story a day with these collections of shorts. Danielle Evans explores race and girls entering adulthood in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Matisse- Blue Nude (1952) Using Paper Cut-outs Adhered to a...

  

  Matisse- Blue Nude (1952) Using paper cut-outs adhered to a mostly blank surface, Matisse worked with geometric shapes uniform in color and brightness to... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 CULTURE

• A Separation

  

  In A Separation, lauded by critics, and recipient of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, the title refers to more than just a marital crisis. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Read This Book a Few Years Ago, but I’d Read It Again...

  

  I read this book a few years ago, but I’d read it again tomorrow. I’m sure I was crying in the first few pages, while holding this book closer and closer to my... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Don’t Know Why It Took Me So Long to Finally See This...

  I don’t know why it took me so long to finally see this film. But for the Tribeca apartment, the “post-graduate delirium,” Merritt Weaver in the library, and... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 CULTURE

• “The Business of Books is the Business of Life"

  

  “The business of books is the business of life…” - George Whitman Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 CULTURE

• Alice Eve Cohen

  

  is a little like the hybrid of Wendy Wasserstein and Lisa Kogan. Entertaining, endearing and wise. She works at the New School, so I’m probably biased. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Giverny

  

  Just an hour outside Paris is a tranquil village, which Claude Monet called home. It was there in Giverny, where he painted his famous Nympheas that hang in... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Farewell to Arms Gets a New Release

  

  Scribner is releasing a new edition of A Farewell to Arms next week, with the addition of Hemingway’s 39 endings - one of which, reads, “That is all there is... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Montmartre

  

  One of my favorite, and misunderstood neighborhoods in Paris - Montmarte is known for seedy sex and can-can girls. Baz Luhrmann and Jean-Pierre Jeunet made it... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Exquisite-handbook: The Empire That Ruled the World and Lives...

  

  exquisite-handbook: The empire that ruled the world and lives in culture everywhere. bellecs: Old London Street Scenes, Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 CULTURE

• This is the Book I Bought When I Was at Village Voice on the Rue...

  

  This is the book I bought when I was at Village Voice on the rue Princesse in November 2010. I remember having a conversation with the gentleman working there... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 CULTURE

• W.H. Auden: Leap Before You Look

  

  One of my favorite poems is Auden’s Leap Before You Look - which is incredibly gorgeous and meant for someone you really love. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 CULTURE

• Dubrovnik, Croatia

  

  Up until around five to seven years ago, Croatia was not such a tourist destination. Rick Steves, travel magazines, and probably social media have brought it ou... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hey! That’s My Hometown. I Spent Many Hours in That Little...

  

  Hey! That’s my hometown. I spent many hours in that little book closet. helsinki-syndrome: I found this sweet message outside of a small bookstore in Wheeling,... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 CULTURE

• J.R. Moehringer’s Beautiful 2006 Memoir, The Tender Bar Is...

  

  J.R. Moehringer’s beautiful 2006 memoir, The Tender Bar is a book I’ve only just gotten around to. I love his voice, and his gin-soaked sentimental lilt that... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Greta Gerwig is a Bookish Version of a Drew Barrymore/Kate...

  Greta Gerwig is a bookish version of a Drew Barrymore/Kate Winslet hybrid. The NYC dweller recently gave an interview to New York Magazine where they shot her... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 CULTURE

• I Love Discovering Talented Painters on Etsy. Two of My...

  

  I love discovering talented painters on Etsy. Two of my favorites are Brooke Wandall and Victoria Webb. I’ve been an avid Etsy supporter for several years, and ... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Plane, a Bus, a Ferry, and a Bike Ride to the Gorgeous Blue...

  

  A plane, a bus, a ferry, and a bike ride to the gorgeous blue waters off the southern coast of Croatia. Where the road meets the sun. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL