As someone who can be a total sucker for preciousness (see also: my love letter to the Ace Hotel), I also adore it when other writers stick a pin in it:
“There’s nothing that represents the ongoing degradation of the very soulful soul of New York than the invasion of cookie-cutter-branded theme eateries. ESPN Zone! Hawaiian [...]
Entries Tagged as 'New York City'
The Pastiscake Factory
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Wary of the advice of others
Cities Can Be Magic
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Urban archipelagos
I have a deep and abiding love of cities. Some people long for wide open spaces. Not me. There’s nothing better for filling up the novelty-meter than time spent walking a city end to end.
Which is why I love this announcement about freely available pianos sprinkled all over New York City, part of an art [...]
Fail ‘o’ the Day: Sex and the Dhabi
May 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fail 'o' the Day, Urban archipelagos
Sometimes there’s a fail that’s so spectacular, it needs double the action, double the fun, which is why we’re giving you a fly-on-the-newelty-wall approach with the messiness that is the Sex and the City 2 trailer.
Microwave yourself a 100-calorie popcorn pack, watch the insane trailer for Sex and the City: Because SJP’s Townhouses Don’t Come [...]
Tags:Abu Dhabi·New York City
I ♥ New York
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Recommended sights, Transportation bliss, Urban archipelagos
I had a fabulous long-weekend trip to New York. Recently, I overheard some Seattleites discussing how they hated New York–the crowds, the noise, the general dirtiness you feel in your hair and on your shoes at the end of the day.
So here’s my passionate defense of the city as an awesome place for travelers to enjoy, and why [...]
Tags:New York City
Loved Sleeping with You, Ace
April 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Good design, Novelty
First off, that joke isn’t mine–it’s how they sign your checkout paperwork at the Ace Hotel: Thanks for sleeping with us xox –Ace
Can you believe that no one has been savvy enough (or sassy enough) to use that before? Welcome to the first Gen X hotel.
My love of novelty drove me to the Ace Hotel in [...]
April Reading List
March 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Celeb spotting, Reading List
While it would be better to be out traveling, unless you’re Andy Jarosz, you might be at home, like me, dreaming about your next trip. I get my at-home travel fix with the one thing I don’t want to lug around in my carry-on: Books!
Here are the four I’ll be reading this month.
Pagan Spain by [...]
Tags:Japan·Kate Moss·London·Madonna·New York City·Paris·Peggy Guggenheim·Spain
6 Steps to Rock Your NYC Trip with Google Maps
March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Good design, Transportation bliss
When you look at customer reviews for New York City hotels on TripAdvisor and other sites, lots of reviewers say something like: “This hotel is really close to the subway!”
Guess what? In Manhattan, just about everything is close to the subway. But with a little fiddling around with Google Maps, you can figure out how [...]
New York Biking…with New York Attitude
March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Dutch bikes
One of the most life-changing ideas that traveling taught me about was the beauty of a bike.
I love the idea of bringing Dutch-bike-love back to U.S. cities, but New York seems the most daunting place of all to contemplate biking through. (Although I also thought NYC would be the last place for a Siena-style pedestrian-friendly [...]
Piazza Times Square
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, The point of travel, Urban archipelagos
This recent piece in New York magazine about the new, pedestrian-friendly Times Square had me thinking: Why don’t more American cities think of creating something similar? It’s not like New York is a natural.
Metrosexual Is to Vampire as Lumberjack Is to Wolfman
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Urban archipelagos, Wary of the advice of others
New York Magazine is cracking me up with their guide to how to actually go outdoors.
As a former East Coaster, I used to think going for a hike meant a walk down a paved pathway in a park, so I get where they’re coming from.
But now that they’ve also created a guide to the Urban Woodsman — the omnipresent look for most of Portland’s men for quite some time, from what I can tell (see also the Doug Fir Lounge).
