Category: Pop Culture
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Gallery Mondays: ‘Elevate’ by Joyce Dallal
Since everyone is going on spring break, I decided to pull this gem by Joyce Dallal from my camera roll. I saw this piece at LAX on the way back from Los Angeles in September 2015. Called Elevate, Joyce Dallal uses paper airplanes to symbolize the departures that occur at the airport on a daily basis. What…
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Gallery Mondays: Shout Out to the Bear @ the #Oscars
Last night was one for the history books. Oscars 2016 will go down as the year that the Academy blatantly disrespected Black History Month by leaving all Blacks/African-Americans out of their nominations. It will also go down as the year we were ready to throw the bear from The Revenant at them if they’d also blatantly disrespected…
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Fan Art Fridays: #FreeKesha
Spreading some love to Kesha Rose Sebert for this week’s Fan Art Fridays. I remember when Kesha came to perform Hofstra University for the Fall Fest. I was in my junior year on that Saturday night in September 2013 when she opened the show with “Warrior.” That night was a blast. I went home with…
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Gallery Mondays: “Winter Break” by Adrian Tomine
Mid-winter break is over, kiddos. Last week I found myself wandering into The POWERHOUSE Arena, a bookstore/exhibition space in Brooklyn, where I came across several prints by cartoonist Adrian Tomine. Tomine’s “Winter Break” stood out to me the most for two reasons. The first was the fact that it was actually mid-winter break for NYC public school students,…
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Guest Blog: Simply Melissy Brings Her Favorite Characters to Life
Is New York Fashion Week causing you to want to try your hand at making and designing clothes? Melissa from Simply Melissy is a writer and sewing teacher who creates beautiful gingermelon dolls and clothes for her favorite characters! Read on to learn about her work and how she can help you create your very own…
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Photo Diary: Marisa Perry Atelier Bourbon & Baubles Event
Never did it dawn on me that jewels and spirits might be the perfect combo. I was invited to the Bourbon & Baubles event at Marisa Perry Atelier, a jewelry shop in the West Village of NYC, on February 11th. The event was part bourbon tasting and part jewelry perusing. I’m not much of a…
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Valentine’s Day 2016: Nicholas Sparks Style
*POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS What do you do on Valentine’s Day when it’s 21° F but feels like -10 ° F outside and you don’t want your Valentine to get frostbite? Stay inside with a book or a movie! Although his personal romantic life may be a bit of a mess right now, Nicholas Sparks is…
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Valentine’s Day Dresses in Pantone’s 2016 Colors of the Year
It’s Wednesday and you still don’t have a clue what to wear for Valentine’s Day on Sunday. Let’s try to not make this a first world problem. Pantone’s 2016 colors of the year happen to be two romantically charged hues. Many romantic-style rooms are decorated with pink and blue, which are the basic names for Pantone’s…
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January Favorites: RIP David Bowie, Leo DiCaprio’s Flinch & Liley Reunited
January 2016 was a roller coaster. Between celebrity deaths, award shows, and couples reuniting, I’m amazed I was able to keep up! My list of news articles was way too long for this favorites post, so I selected the best few to share with you guys. I also had a great time picking music this…
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