My Funny Valentine |
So, I taught fifth grade yesterday at a charter school near City Hall. I gave the class two options during art time: pen a poem or make a card. One future Otis Redding wrote a surprisingly eloquent po...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:47:00 PST |
86 Bedford St. |
by Rachel B. Doyle for The New York ResidentThe home of the legendary speakeasy Chumley's86 Bedford St.is up for sale again. The 175-year-old building changed hands in 2005 as part of a $6.9 million...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:21:00 PST |
oh, c'mon |
As everyone knows, Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp purchased this website for a $580 million. Clearly a very slick investment, as multimedia sites such as this have effectively and dramatically changed mode...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:50:00 PST |
Berlin |
I'm moving there the second my lease is up in June. It's not beautiful, but the city just has this incredible creative energy. It's like this huge futuristic Bohemian playground. Rent is cheap (150-30...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:07:00 PST |
The difference between NY and LA |
Overhead while crossing the street of E. 7th & Avenue AGuy 1: In New York, you think people are assholes when you first meet them and then they turn out to be really cool.Guy 2: *nods* I see what you ...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:03:00 PST |
These Boots Were Made For Worship |
"Rachel right?"I had just gotten off the elevator 30 seconds prior and was standing in a corridor of sorts when a busty blonde girl with a clipboard spoke to me. She was sitting on a dirty looking sta...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:26:00 PST |
Big in Japan |
I've had my photo taken on the street exactly 3 times in the last year. 1) In Florence, a man asked to take a picture of my shoes for an article on women's footwear for an Italian magazine. As I was w...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:19:00 PST |
I DON'T WANNA HEAR A LOVE SONG: |
I just want my SVU valentine!
Holy fuck, this is GENIUS.
Dear boytoys, get these for me & i'll <3 you forever....
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:33:00 PST |
SXSW needs my life history, apparently. |
Recently I got a free roundtrip voucher from United Airlines because I let some hysterical Asian woman have my seat in a San Francisco to New York flight. (How nice of me!) I figured this meant I sho...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:39:00 PST |
Hangover Helpers: Beyond Sheep Eyes |
I absolutely love it when the NYTimes does these "human interest" stories. Some of these quotes are phenomenal. Happy 2006, everyone! HEADLINE: Hangover Helpers: Beyond Sheep Eyes BYLINE: By AL...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:10:00 PST |
