Category: Pop Culture
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Brief Chat With Hofstra’s 2014 Homecoming Queen Hanna Knuuttunen
Hofstra University’s Homecoming Queen Hanna Knuuttunen is ready to head back to her hometown in Sandown, New Hampshire for the Thanksgiving holiday. The 21-year-old TV production major and drama minor just landed an internship with Sesame Workshop’s Domestic TV Distribution Department, which she’s excited to begin in January 2015. I got to catch up with Hanna on campus to…
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20 Facts Tag
I’ve been tagged by Erika of the blog Erika, Eventually to do the 20 Facts tag. The instructions are very straight forward: state 20 random facts and tag 20 people. The people who get tagged start he cycle all over again If you didn’t catch that, it’s in the picture above. And now, my 20…
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CANstruction Presents: Hunger Games, StaTUNA of Liberty & More
Who knew food charity could be so creative! The CANstruction exhibit at Brookfield Place in NYC is a display of can art sculptures created by artists who entered the food charity competition this year. The food charity competition is held every year, and this particular exhibit is open until November 20th. I was really shocked…
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Paras Pumpkins: Because Carving is So Old School
When it comes to pumpkins, there’s a way to decorate a pumpkin and there’s a way to DECORATE a pumpkin. Jeanette Paras of Paras Pumpkins is known for the latter. My darlings, this woman has put our pumpkin carving to shame. Instead of carving a face into a little store bought pumpkin, Paras paints the faces of…
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October Favorites: Demi Lovato’s Engagement, “Froot” & Skittle Milk
It’s the end of October, and you know what that means… Halloween and monthly favorites! This month gave us a taste of the cold weather to come, but October’s pop culture and gossip was enough to warm us right back up! Favorite News Articles 1. Demi Lovato is engaged. Who’s the lucky guy? A 5-year-old…
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September Favorites: RIP Joan Rivers, Goldroom’s Otoño Mix & Future Mrs. Fitz Tees
Fall is here! Time for pumpkin spice, caramel apples and all those great autumn things! This month was a series of ups and downs. Here are some of my favorites for September. Favorite News Articles: 1. Joan Rivers’ funeral requests. In her book I Hate Everyone . . . Starting with Me, she stated that she wanted…
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August Favorites: Miley Cyrus Banned, “Till Sunrise” Premixes & Black Tie Beach
I’ve decided to start doing a monthly favorites series on my blog! Woohoo! As of now, the categories are: favorite news articles, favorite music, favorite TV episodes, favorite celeb Instagram photos and favorite YouTube videos. If you have any other suggestions for categories, please let me know in a comment below! Favorite News Articles: 1.…
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New ‘Hunger Games’ Course Available at American University
Now we know where all the Hunger Games fans in the class of 2019 will want to go to college! Professor Stef Woods at American University in Washington D.C. is set to teach a new course titled The Hunger Games: Class, Politics and Marketing. The course description reads: The Hunger Games trilogy is a publishing…
