Lanii Be Good

As y’all read this morning in the Wall Street Journal I’m going to be blogging New York Fashion Week! So what does this mean? *cracks knuckles* Here is what to expect From Me To You:

Daily Outfit: What I’m wearing to the tents but with a retro spin to it (come on, who are you talking…

So excited for you and for this!

There are roughly three New Yorks.
There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and turbulence as natural and inevitable.
Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night.
Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last—the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York’s high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.

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—	I love this quote from EB White in “Here is New York” (via thenycnomad)

thesunrisesforall:

For all my fellow city dwellers: Use your Metro to catch the M or the F to catch the vintage, holiday train! THERE’S ALSO A BUS! HERE’S THE SCHEDULE: http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/events/vintage.html

ENJOY!

Photo Credit: http://othersideoftheplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/2008.12_NYC_015.jpg

Hello! That’s cool!

Wonder how long til they find this guy on there….

thatssonyc:

How To Pretend You’re a Real New Yorker

Haha - so true!

flavorpill:

nevver:

Paris vs. New York

Fantastic.

The whole blog is great!

danmeth:

Twin Towers Under Construction

Photo taken by my dad in 1970 of the half-finished World Trade Center.

neighborhoodr-upperwestside:

First, this made us feel good. But then we felt bad.

Now we don’t know how to feel.

Oh, my God, I think I’m going to cry.

When I lived just 4 blocks north of here, I used to go with my friend to read Calving & Hobbes, drink Starbucks and take a break from the grind of our acting school schedule.

I skipped a music theory class to meet Carol Burnett here.

The Upper West Side is changing so much….

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topherchris:

and why see? by *fiveless on deviantART

Ha!

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housingworksbookstore:

“Events alone aren’t enough, even for nonprofits with a volunteer staff and donated books. In Soho, 12-year-old Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, which raises money to prevent AIDS and homelessness, holds an event every night, but doesn’t rely entirely on book sales. “We look at as many revenue streams as we can find,” says programming director Rachel Fershleiser. “Not that books don’t matter. But if 100 people come to an event and buy a beer, we’re good.” In addition to a beer and wine license, Housing Works has a catering service and rents out its space for weddings.”

Ha, that’s me! Promoting reading, philanthropy, and alcohol consumption…