Month: November 2015

Ellie Goulding <i>Delerium</i> is worth it the whole way through

Ellie Goulding Delerium is worth it the whole way through

Ellie Goulding’s third album Delerium just came out not too long ago on November 6th and thanks to my glorious iTunes Music trial on my iPhone, life has been *that* much better ever since. I was a fan of Goulding of course with her track on the 

You don’t need a turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving at Mimi Cheng’s

You don’t need a turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving at Mimi Cheng’s

At this point in my NYC dining experience I’ve pretty much succumbed all sorts of dumplings at any given moment in time (like, if I see the word dumpling, I’m probably walking inside the door). Broiled, pan-fried—dumplings are as delicious as they are affordable, and 

“The poetry of everywhere”: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen at Paula Cooper Gallery until December 12

“The poetry of everywhere”: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen at Paula Cooper Gallery until December 12

“Process is what keeps a thing alive, one thing leads to another. One has to do more to it – intensify color, play with material and scale, subject the form of gravity, make it collide with another object, turn it upside down or bury it 

¡Pintxo Me!: 1st Ave. Spanish spot lightens up East Village

¡Pintxo Me!: 1st Ave. Spanish spot lightens up East Village

I find it actually impossible while in the East Village to try and find a place to eat, as in: there seems to be a new restaurant opening every other week. But I’m one of those inevitable “judge a restaurant by its signage” (and Health 

F*ck Soundcloud volume II: Club Jersey raising middle finger (again) to the music platform

F*ck Soundcloud volume II: Club Jersey raising middle finger (again) to the music platform

Soundcloud is no doubt one of the biggest contributors to music subcultures and independent artists worldwide. And despite the platform’s insistence to producing unique music, certain genres tend to suffer due to various copyright issues, forcing artists who have accumulated an invaluable following to be 

<i>Getting On</i>‘s 3rd and final season debuts November 8th on HBO

Getting On‘s 3rd and final season debuts November 8th on HBO

It’s not just because Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, Laurie Metcalf and Co. consistently brought tears to my eyes in the first two seasons of Getting On that the HBO show has become one of my longstanding favorites; there’s a plethora of reasons why Will Scheffer 

MoMi Internet Cats exhibit: a timeline of the cat meme sensation

MoMi Internet Cats exhibit: a timeline of the cat meme sensation

My favorite museum in the city isn’t the Met, nor is it the Whitney (THOUGH: it does come very close). In fact, it’s not even in Manhattan. But standing out with its simplistic and modernistic design on 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens is one of