Category: Pop Culture
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Mini Vacay in Austin: SXSWedu, Texas Capitol & More
POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINK* Last week, from March 7th-9th, I took a mini vacation to Austin, Texas with my mom! March 8th was the main day of our trip, which was loads of fun since it was the day of the SXSWedu Expo, National Pancake Day and International Women’s Day. This trip marked a few…
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Gallery Mondays: ‘Holding Out’ by Seward Johnson
I hope this little old lady wasn’t waiting for a cab, because she’s got no free hands to flag one down! Maybe she was waiting for a cab. That’s probably why she looks so upset and annoyed… She also seems to have gotten a lot done. She got groceries, did a little shopping at Talbots.…
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February Favorites: Bernie Sandwiches, #ObamaAndKids & Lucy Church
February 2016 brought lots of great comedy, music and TV episodes. I have a feeling this winter is going to end quite well. I’m looking forward to all the March Madness (minus the basketball because I’m not into sports). I feel quite calm for the first time since this year started, so maybe the March…
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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…
The Whisper Box 