Category: Pop Culture
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2015’s Best in Music
Guys, my favorite moment of the year is here! I absolutely love looking through my Starred playlist on Spotify to curate my list of the best songs, artists, and albums of the year! This year’s list got pretty lengthy, so I decided to be very selective (which was almost impossible thanks to Spotify’s Discover Weekly)…
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Gallery Mondays: Walking Across the Brooklyn Bridge
Last week I went to Tavola on 9th Ave in NYC with some coworkers for our holiday party. On the wall near the window of the restaurant there was this lovely painting that looked like a photograph. I honestly would have went on thinking it was a photograph if I hadn’t gotten closer to it.…
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Green Tree Jewelry Review
SPONSORED*This post is sponsored by Green Tree Jewelry. All opinions are my own.* Green Tree Jewelry is a San Diego, California based company that makes wood-cut earrings, pendants, bracelets, and even clocks using thin, recycled multi-layer wood. Their jewelry is both fun to wear and eco-friendly. I was sent three pairs of earrings to review. My…
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Gallery Mondays: Frank Leslie’s ‘Illustrated Newspaper’
As a journalist, looking at old newspapers excites me. I love looking at the typeface used and the old photographs placed on the paper’s yellowing pages. But perhaps most of all, I love learning about the history of the publication. While I was sipping on some white wine at Cooper Union during Ada Calhoun’s book…
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November Favorites: JLaw’s 3rd Fall, ‘Memento’ Remake & Sofia Vergara’s Wedding Dress
November was a terrible month in serious news. Watching the evening news was hard, but when it came to pop culture there always seemed to be something uplifting to read. As I say time and time again, pop culture news is always there for ya. Here are my favorites for the month of November. Favorite…
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Gallery Mondays: Landfill
This painting hangs on the wall in the lobby of the building I work in. I’m always rushing in and out through the revolving doors, so I never get a chance to appreciate it. There’s a lot going on in this painting of four men in a landfill. To be frank, this could actually be…
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Brief Interview and Collab with The Amna Ali Boutique
A few months ago, I found out a fellow Her Campus Blogger Network member named Amna Ali started her own boutique online. Amna is a Chicago-based blogger, engineer, fashionista, and jewelry designer. Her boutique, called The Amna Ali Boutique, sells gorgeous handmade bracelets in fun vibrant colors. I asked her if she wanted to be featured on…
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Gallery Mondays: ‘Body and Matter’ @ Dominique Lévy Gallery
Back in March I visited Galerie Perrotin with some friends to see Xavier Veilhan’s wooden Daft Punk sculptures. On the second floor was the Body and Matter: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Satoru Hoshino exhibit at the Dominique Lévy Gallery. The abstract art in the exhibit looked much like the one above, some with varying colors. Apparently…
The Whisper Box 