tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85489714846292409582024-03-13T03:30:27.847-04:00What's up NY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-72799207922604204932013-10-13T20:36:00.003-04:002013-10-13T20:37:03.951-04:00Banksy MonthBansky offers New York the honor of his presence this month.<br />
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Some people might be surprised (like the baby in this video) in the next couple of daysif they run into this truck. I love it!<br />
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Here are some of his other pieces. Hopefully they are still up.<br />
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More on his website <a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/">http://www.banksy.co.uk/</a><br />
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I wish we all run into one of them. Look at the walls when you walk around now!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-88488265026349855802013-10-09T23:55:00.001-04:002013-10-09T23:55:10.420-04:00The coconut guy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So believe it or not, there is a guy who sells fresh coconuts, sugar cane and cherimoya on Bedford between Atlantic and Herickmer in Brooklyn!!!</div>
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yes yes FRESH COCONUTS!!!</div>
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The ones that someone cuts for you, pick a straw in and you just go straight to heaven!</div>
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$5 for a coconut.</div>
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If you are lucky, you will get some nice coconut meat inside.</div>
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The guys is there everyday, all day long.</div>
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Very simple : you should listen to <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/">http://www.radiolab.org/</a><br />
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This is the funniest way to learn about science, history, philosophy and ourselves.<br />
You may find some answers and probably new questions to explore.<br />
So what?! it's great. Keep being curious.<br />
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Here is sample of the show<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-48480365841123586472013-08-06T08:11:00.001-04:002013-08-06T08:11:42.130-04:00Rockaway beach, ok but which one?<br />
You want to go to the beach?<br />
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You don't have time or energy to go all the way to Long Beach, Fire Island or Sandy Hook...<br />
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The Rockaways could be an easy option.<br />
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Hop on the A train and go straight to Beach 105.<br />
The subway station stinks, get off and run to the beach.<br />
If it's a week-end afternoon, it might be crowded like any other beach in Rockaway.<br />
However, this one seems nicer thanks to the fresh juices, ice cream and food (Venezuelan arepas) that is served here. No shitty crap, just freshly made produce.<br />
They also have a nice DJ set, beach, music and good food, we don't need anything else!<br />
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To get there:<br />
A train to Far Rockaway. Transfer at Broad Channel to the S shuttle.<br />
Get off at 105th.<br />
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Well you can also try the other ones at 90th, 98th or 116th. At least for <a href="http://umasrestaurant.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Uma's</a> patties on 92st St or the busy <a href="http://rockawaytaco.com/" target="_blank">Rockaway taco</a> on 96th St<br />
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Have fun!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-39978068496633717112013-08-04T12:37:00.000-04:002013-08-04T12:37:48.615-04:00Nature Escape 1h30 from the CitySummer time in New York can sometimes be a bit overwhelming.<br />
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On Main St, take a left on Fair St, go all the way until the forest, the trail starts here : Stony Point Park and you can swim! Yeah, not so sure if it's clean but oh well, it won't hurt for one day...</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-7135138541867657922013-08-02T00:37:00.002-04:002013-08-02T00:37:58.197-04:00Artisan Ice Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you think this photo is a not real?<br />
Well, it is, hell yeah! Get ready, put your shoes on, let's go find these guys!!!<br />
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Seriously, just stop eating all this industrial crap, and get a fresh, locally made ice cream. t's much better for you and for everyone.<br />
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Van Leeuwen was born in 2008 thanks to 3 nice people.<br />
Today, 6 trucks and 3 stores are waiting for you in the City ad Brooklyn. See how spoiled you are!<br />
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One of the best flavor according to me is the sugar cane ice cream, totally unexpected. trust me<br />
Try them all anyway. One a week,why not. It can't hurt in the summer...<br />
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look at the website for more details:<a href="http://www.vanleeuwenicecream.com/"> http://www.vanleeuwenicecream.com</a><br />
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After months of deep meditation, fully sunk into the winter and then lost in rotation, here I am back and fresh. Still in Brooklyn, New York.<br />
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I have recently moved to this interesting neighborhood called Bedstuy.<br />
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It's funny how some people react when I mention this name.<br />
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Actually, if we look back couple of years ago, Bedstuy was this insane insecure neighborhood were crime was hitting all over. Now, gentrification has taken over, prices have been crazy increasing and young white people have been invading all over like they recently did in Williamsburg, Bushwick.<br />
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In a nutshell, New York is loosing is authenticity while it's gaining in security and wealth.<br />
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I am not sure what's better. Is this inevitable? Are the prices going to rise more and more and this City is going to turn into a VIP lounge?! That would suck.<br />
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Let's hope that the diversity that has always made New York NEW YORK stays alive. <br />
We definitely need to have this melting-pot, at least for the salvation of humanity.<br />
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Seems like it's dying already...<br />
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Music will save us, that's one way to keep dreaming!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-89828362480414470872013-04-29T22:15:00.000-04:002013-04-29T22:21:44.927-04:00Hop Hop Hopper<br />
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Ooooooh yeeee, who better than Hopper draws those magic atmospheres that take you inside the painting just as if you were part of the scene. <br />
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I can't wait to discover the origination of these masterpieces at the <a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/HopperDrawing" target="_blank">Hopper Drawing </a>exhibit hosted by the Whitney Museum. Starting on May 23rd, save the date!<br />
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More than 2500 of his drawings will be displayed and...and... some of his mind blowing oil paintings such as Nighthawks!!!!!!<br />
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+ You have until October 6 to go see it, plenty of time!<br />
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Thank you Life, I love you<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-66059091235437313112013-04-04T00:24:00.002-04:002013-04-04T00:24:46.447-04:00Kobra Street artHave you ever walked by this mural in the City?<br />
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It is perfectly in line with the season. We should feel colorful like this all the time actually.<br />
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Go, go have a look and combine it with a nice walk on the high line as it is located on 25th Street and 12th Ave.</div>
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You want the story behind it, here you go:</div>
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This mural is called « VJ Day in Times Square », VJ meaning Victory over Japan </div>
it is actually a reinterpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on Times Square on August 14th, 1945 when Japan surrendered... <br />
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Not sure if we will see a horde of Japanese people taking photos here ;)</div>
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Anyway, the painter Eduardo Kobratries, who goes with his artist name Kobra, travels all over the world to paint such amazing murals, see his artwork here:<a href="http://eduardokobra.com/" target="_blank"> http://eduardokobra.com/</a></div>
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I like it, I think you'll like it too!<br />
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April showers bring May flowers. But actually cherry tree flowers show up this month as shown in this time-lapse was created from over 3,000 digital photos, one
taken every three minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of Brooklyn Botanical Garden's
Cherry Walk.<br />
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Looks nice, I never thought about it as you can pretty much see trees everywhere in Brooklyn. Mmmh I kind of want to go now. <br />
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The cherry blossom festival itself will take place on April 27 and 28 this year, but you can go visit the park any other day where it would be less crowded.<br />
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All details here: <a href="http://www.bbg.org/">http://www.bbg.org/</a><br />
$10 adults, $5 students, free children under 12, free on Tuesdays<br />
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50 Eastern Parkway<br />
455 Flatbush Avenue<br />
990 Washington Avenue<br />
Brooklyn, NY 11225<br />
<a href="http://www.bbg.org/visit/"><img alt="New York City Subway lines 2, 3, B, Q, 4, 5, S" height="20" src="http://www.bbg.org/img/footer/subways/subways.gif" style="margin-top: 5px;" width="145" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-17255966046936170242013-04-02T08:29:00.000-04:002013-04-03T00:33:11.500-04:00Chanting with monks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hare Krishna Hare Krishna<br />
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare<br />
Hare Rama Hare Rama<br />
Rama Rama Hare Hare</div>
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This whole story started from this : <a href="http://www.sidetour.com/experiences/dine-with-the-monks-at-an-east-village-monastery">www.sidetour.com/experiences/dine-with-the-monks-at-an-east-village-monastery</a>. Yes, it says "Dine with a monk in a monastery in East village", for real!</div>
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So by pure curiosity, I did it and I met this amazing person <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnZd80MY88" target="_blank">Rasanath</a>.</div>
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You should get an idea of this place where an amazing happens every Thursday night from 7 to 9 pm. It is free. Just try, you'll see.<br />
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Open the door in the middle of crazy East Village, jump up to the 3rd floor, take off your shoes, and slowly enter in the Temple...<br />
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Welcome to kirtan* night. <br />
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A windfall of warmth, peace, good energy, grounding and happiness hits you right away and sticks around for the rest of your night and hopefully more. You are part of it, all together we form this bubble of positiveness, there is no more individuality but an amazing unity of loving and heartwarming state.<br />
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Just by sitting down, closing your eyes, not even singing if you don't want to, you will forget about all the parasites, all the pollution that takes place in your daily life.<br />
By being in this room, you will even forget that there is a world outside, it takes you far away and when you come back to reality, you would probably feel different...<br />
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Give it a try<br />
Namaste<br />
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East Village Monastery<br />
<span itemprop="streetAddress">5 1st Ave</span><br />
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<span itemprop="addressLocality">New York</span><span itemprop="addressRegion"></span><span itemprop="postalCode"></span><br />
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<b>*Kirtan</b> is call-and-response chanting or "responsory" performed in India's <i>bhakti</i> devotional traditions.<i> </i>Kirtan practice involves chanting hymns or mantras to the accompaniment of instruments such as the harmonium, tablas, the two-headed mrdanga or pakawaj drum, and karatal hand cymbals. It is a major practice in Vaisnava devotionalism, Sikhism, the Sant traditions, and some forms of Buddhism, as well as other religious groups.<br />
<i>Source: Wikipedia </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-82338326148771738022013-03-31T20:33:00.000-04:002013-03-31T20:33:05.825-04:00Ha!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Can you feel it?</div>
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Oh yeah </div>
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I'm not wearing any socks at home today</div>
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ha! that's the sign</div>
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Winter is over baby!!!</div>
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I kind of understand people who go "I like the seasons you know" blablabla</div>
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Well ok it is nice to have some snow for Christmas</div>
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It is nice to feel this excitement when spring comes back</div>
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But still why does it have to be cold for so long?!!!</div>
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I just love it when it's sunny and nice out</div>
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Oh well </div>
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This winter has been nice on a way</div>
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By staying in most of the time </div>
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It helped me stand back a bit from the NY hurly-burly</div>
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And discover more about who we are, why we are here, what is life</div>
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Hehe</div>
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I don't have all the answers for sure</div>
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But one thing is sure</div>
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I feel so damned gooood<br />
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Are you ready for this?</div>
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Wake up </div>
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Let's do this </div>
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And to celebrate let's play this tune I fell in love with:</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-70493480351898649132012-12-09T22:55:00.001-05:002012-12-09T22:55:44.112-05:00Brooklyn Art guideOne of my favorite activity in New York? Definitely visiting art galleries<br />
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I already told you about the Chelsea ones.<br />
This time let's stay in the hood and go meet local artists thanks to this simple and suit website : <a href="http://wagmag.org/">http://wagmag.org</a><br />
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Stay tuned and try to make it every second Friday of the month in Williamsburg:<br />
<span class="show">Galleries in are open late with opening events and special performances. <br /><b>Next one:</b> Friday December 14, 7-9.</span><br />
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<span class="show">Nice in line with the season; you don't want to miss Mountainscapes by Doug Kofsky at Art101:</span><br />
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Stoops are definitely a great symbol of New York.</div>
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I wish I could hang out every day with my camera </div>
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and catch those trifling moments which are actually full of stories : </div>
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A band playing innocently,<br />
two girls drawing meticulously, </div>
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a man reading his newspaper, </div>
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a cat laying in the sun, </div>
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kids surrounded with toys, </div>
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a mum combing her daughter's hair<br />
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never ending stories</div>
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every single person has its own</div>
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own your stoop</div>
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enjoy it</div>
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as long as you can</div>
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what else do you need!<br />
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For those who like History, Stoop comes from a Dutch word (stoep) which means small porch.<br />
I kind of want to learn Dutch now, it's a cool word, right?!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-58389510201160200792012-10-29T12:39:00.000-04:002012-10-29T12:39:38.585-04:00Storm King Art CenterOne thing I love in this country is how much space you can find. While some people are just wasting it, others hopefully still do very smart things.<br />
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The best example I have seen lately is called Storm King Art Center.<br />
Founded as a non profit art center in 1960, it is now an amazing museum of modern sculptural art.<br />
And the best part is, it is in total immersion with the surrounding nature.<br />
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Expanding on more than 2000 acres, Storm King Park is a very interesting, relaxing, mind-growing place to visit. I am telling you, you will definitely feel smarter and better once you have been there. Look:<br />
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Plan a day trip, it opens from 10 am to 5 pm.<br />
It will cost you between 8 to 12$.<br />
It is upstate New York, not to far from the Catskills.<br />
All the details to get there and everything : <a href="http://www.stormking.org/visit/">http://www.stormking.org/visit/</a><br />
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Respect!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-82017403251573858782012-10-28T19:46:00.004-04:002012-10-28T19:46:53.765-04:00Tchou tchouIf you have a kid or if, like me, you still remain a child at heart, you might love this:<br />
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<em></em>Until January 17, within Grand Central Terminal you will have the chance to see the
New York Transit Museum’s ninth annual Holiday Train Show, an ode to all
kinds of locomotives.<br />
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You will certainly feel giant while wandering
around the 34-foot-long display, festooned with miniature versions of
city landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.
They travel over the river (the East River, to
be exact) and through the woods to reach their final destination, the
north pole.<br />
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Nice! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-88723656336758813102012-10-28T14:40:00.000-04:002012-10-28T14:40:12.280-04:00MoMa + Munch = must do it!You cannot have missed this news:<br />
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The only painting of Le Cri owned by a private collector is now exhibited on the 5th floor of the MoMa until April 29th.<br />
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If you remember, this painting has been sold last May 2nd for 119,9 millions dollars in less than 12 minutes at Sotheby's. this is the most expensive art piece ever sold to a private collector via an auction.<br />
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Munch did 4 paintings of Le Cri. This one is the most colorfoul one. The 3 others are owned and exhibited at the Munch Museum in Oslo.<br />
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So unless you personally know the happy owner of this masterpiece, you better not forget to step by the 5th floor if you are around!<br />
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Thanks for sharing mister unkown millionaire !<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-89173085769629083402012-10-28T14:22:00.002-04:002012-10-28T14:22:27.579-04:00Ethiopian food, go for it!"Life is a mysteryyy", that's what she said.<br />
Anyway, we all know that. And the beauty is to discover those little secrets hidden behind the daily ugliness thrown in our faces. Hopefully, things like a good meal, good friends, simplicity are here to help us hang in there.<br />
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Ethiopian food is definitely part of the things to be tried once in your life. You will probably want to experiment it more.<br />
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A good way to start if you ever are in fort Greene is this place on Fulton St called Bati.<br />
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Yes, don't be shy! Try one of their combo so that you get a taste of everything. This is a fun meal, you can party with your hand dipping the injera (this flat bread made from teff, a cereal grown in Africa) in the different wat (the curries).<br />
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Bati<br />
747 Fulton St<br />
(between Elliott Pl & Portland Ave)<br />
Subway: Lafayette Av (A, C)<br />
Fulton St (G)<br />
Atlantic Av (B, Q)<br />
<a href="http://batikitchen.com/">http://batikitchen.com/</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-29040795792484608182012-10-07T19:31:00.004-04:002012-10-07T19:54:47.761-04:00Beyond a sushi<div style="text-align: center;">
Beyond a sushi, there is the sky</div>
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And there is Beyond sushi...</div>
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Am I silly?</div>
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still wonder why?</div>
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This is just a sample of the wonders you can find at this place cleverly named Beyond sushi.</div>
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This is the best sushi I've ever had for such a low price.</div>
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And there is not even fish in it!! Can you believe this?! </div>
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Ouiiiiiiiiiii, I'm not kidding at all here: from 6.50$ for a roll (8 pieces), you will have a blast.</div>
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Green Machine, mighty mushroom, Sweet tree, spicy mang, La fiesta...</div>
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It's like a party in your mouth!<br />
Try them all, see which one you prefer. Go crazy, be happy, as long as we have Beyond sushi!!</div>
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14th street between 2 & 3 Ave </div>
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<a href="http://beyondsushinyc.com/">http://beyondsushinyc.com/</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-65864194099317231212012-09-18T07:23:00.002-04:002012-10-01T22:00:33.771-04:00Hope with Hopper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nighthawks, still my favorite painting</div>
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I like this man and woman: deeply thinking </div>
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While the whole world around seems fading</div>
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Simon said "Finding your way by getting lost"</div>
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I am afraid everyone around looks like a ghost </div>
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Lately, I've been closing my eyes in the subway</div>
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Up, down, over, I can't breathe during the day</div>
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I wish I was on a beach far away</div>
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What happened to you Big Apple?</div>
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Please get rid of those useless people</div>
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Move on, be simple and real</div>
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Hopefully I live in my bubble</div>
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Where my heart is open</div>
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But my mind is broken</div>
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I need some glue</div>
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Let the magic happen</div>
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Maybe keep a weapon... </div>
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New York, mon amour</div>
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T'aimerais-je encore et toujours? </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Paintings such as <cite>Nighthawks</cite>
(Art Institute of Chicago, 1942)
convey a mood of loneliness and desolation by their emptiness or by
the presence of anonymous, non-communicating figures. But of this picture
Hopper said: `I didn't see it as particularly lonely... Unconsciously,
probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.'
Deliberately so or not, in his still, reserved, and blandly handled
paintings Hopper often exerts a powerful psychological impact. (<a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/">http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/</a>)</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-73104768178059765232012-09-18T06:22:00.001-04:002012-09-18T06:22:24.605-04:00Dé Nimes ou D'GênesOne thing we would often find in a tourist's suitcase back from the US, would be this:<br />
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Yes, the brand has been created more than a century ago and <i>despite les aléas de l'économie</i>, is still pretty strong. But did you know its interesting story?<br />
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So Levi Strauss, a jew immigrant from Germany, comes to San Francisco in 1847 with a stock of blue kind of canvas sheets. He starts cutting them to make pants. Gold seekers start buying them because they like their strongness.<br />
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The tissue imported from Nîmes gives denim in English. Likewise, the word jean comes from Gênes, this italian harbor where the tissues are being imported from!<br />
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You know the rest of the story, a piece of it is probably in your closet...<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-60059455260551573192012-09-04T18:26:00.001-04:002012-09-04T18:37:19.751-04:00Yayoi! You have until Sep 30, 2012<div class="MsoNormal">
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known for her more than original exhibits and art happenings such as
nude polka dots painted models in the subway to denounce how people
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The
Withney Museum is holding your hand for a little journey. Starting from her early drawings, already very powerful, you will fly through the depiction of a struggling life of a Japanese woman during and after World War 2,
not to mention in a predominant world of male. On the way, you will realize how
tremendous her work is. And the best part is, it never ends. I am telling
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Kusama’s depictions of seemingly endless space have been a central
focus of her artistic career. Kusama’s Fireflies on the Water
(2002)—with its carefully constructed environment of lights, mirrors,
and water—is one of the outstanding examples of this kind of
installation, which creates a space in which individual viewers are
invited to transcend their sense of self.</i></div>
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Who said accessing to Art in NYC is expensive?!</div>
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The Whitney Museum</div>
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945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street</div>
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General Information: <a href="tel:%28212%29%20570-3600" target="_blank" value="+12125703600">(212) 570-3600</a></div>
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General admission: $18<br />
Ages 19–25: $14<br />
Ages 65 and over: $14<br />
Full-time students: $14<br />
Ages 18 and under: FREE<br />
<a href="http://whitney.org/Membership" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Members</span></a>: FREE</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-90402460480960653232012-09-03T21:51:00.002-04:002012-09-03T21:51:56.088-04:00Say Hi to Brooklyneur!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last two months have flown I don't know how</div>
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New York, New York, I still love you</div>
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Not the same way I use to do</div>
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One thing is sure:</div>
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I am not leaving you</div>
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For now</div>
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No more burgers</div>
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No more fat stuffs</div>
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I hate you guys</div>
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I don't like the smell of nail spots anymore</div>
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I don't care about you hispters neither</div>
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I just want to be here, one among the others</div>
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Living my own dream</div>
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Keep crossing the path of some rare pearls</div>
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Making friend with the ones</div>
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Who are down to heart</div>
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With their head in the clouds</div>
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Just being myself</div>
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The one I am still discovering </div>
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Thanks to you New York</div>
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Or I should say thanks to you Brooklyn</div>
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And for those who want to follow the adventure</div>
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Come with me to the next step</div>
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New, fresh and French though</div>
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<a href="http://www.brooklyneur.com/">www.brooklyneur.com</a></div>
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& Never forget</div>
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Keep having fun</div>
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Keep being crazy </div>
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Every single day</div>
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Life is short</div>
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Don't worry...</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-58257183737289315892012-07-08T20:53:00.000-04:002012-07-08T20:55:09.680-04:00the graffiti Mecca<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you are a fan of street art, you probably already know this place.<br />
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In any case, if you are in New York, you HAVE to make a trip to 5 pointz, Long island City, Queens, New York.<br />
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Created in 1993, the 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center is an outdoor art exhibit center where aerosol artists from all around the world come and paint on this 200 000 square feet (19000 m2) factory building wall. The building itself hosts around 200 artists who can rent a studio here. The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by
his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story,
block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street,
formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.<br />
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No need to tell you, once there you will be turning your head all over admiring this amazing concentration of street art. Also, if you have a chance to take the 7 trainm you will be able to take even more pictures of that hidden side.<br />
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and as you might have guessed, the name 5Pointz refers to the 5 boroughs of New York. Here, the 5 points come all together as 1 such as all those artists coming from all over the world and making this place the Mecca of graffiti.<br />
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Your turn to go check it out!<br />
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you can also book a guided tour, let's do it!<br />
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45-46 Davis Street<br />
Long Island City<br />
Subway : G Court Sq - 7 45 Rd Court Sq<br />
<a href="http://5ptz.com/" target="_blank">http://5ptz.com </a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548971484629240958.post-21014260287195012332012-07-04T15:50:00.001-04:002012-09-04T18:41:05.614-04:00Wild night at the flat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The best nights are often the ones without any plan.<br />
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This becomes totally true at this bar : the Flat, in the middle of nowhere in Brooklyn.<br />
Try, just tell few friends to meet you there anytime from 10 pm and let the night makes it show...<br />
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I kind of don't want to tell you anything about this place, like the website which basically just shows the adress and few weird photos...<br />
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The only thing i can tell is : Yes you can.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theflatbkny.com/">http://www.theflatbkny.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2