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Anna

I only mark the hours that shine

About Me

I'm a journalist and write for a lot magazines & newspapers you read. I'm a native New Yorker, but I'm never in town. I like running around McCarren Park with my 3 dogs. I'm into cooking for dinner parties with lotsa wine, design, travel, classic cocktails at beach bonfires. I believe in falling in love every day. The best realizations I've ever had happened in taxis in Europe. My father was a pirate; in other words, I'm trouble.

My Interests

Writing, Getting out of town, Interior Design, architecture, Splash Mountain, old school hardcore shows, Ron & Fez & Bar9 parties, jazz, triphop, NYT, Post, Newsweek & various mags, First Saturdays at the BK Museum, Farmers markets, Spike Jonze, PT Anderson, Michel Gondry & Charlie Kaufman, The night sky, Learning new languages and eating new foods. Sites worth visiting: TripAdvisor, design*sponge, Ed2010.

I'd like to meet:

People who don't take themselves too seriously; Chef Robert Irvine; traveling buddies; Edie Beale; anyone who appreciates the 1967 "Florida Project."Word of the Day Word of the Day provided by The Free Dictionary
Article of the Day Article of the Day provided by The Free Dictionary
This Day in History This Day in History provided by The Free Dictionary

Music:

Shai Hulud, 25 Ta Life, H20, Indecision, Autumn to Ashes, Cursive, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Bayside, Nora, Mc Solaar, Bright Eyes, Thursday, The Used, Thrice, Unearth, The Faint, The Sleeping, the Bronx, Her Candane, As Tall As Lions, Poison the Well, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Cure, Morissey, The Pretenders, the Smiths, The Who, Portishead, Tricky, Joss Stone, the Roots, Pharoach Monch, Mos Def, Uffie, Amy Winehouse, Ingrid Michaelson, Goldfrapp, Sara Bareilles, Roxy Cottontail, Lily Allen, Postie...

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Pi, Amelie, Momento, A Clockwork Orange, Last Night, A Bronx Tale, Citizen Kane, The Science of Sleep, Bottle Rocket, Fight Club, Life is Beautiful, Apocalypse Now, Donnie Darko, Royal Tenenbaums, Vanilla Sky, Magnolia, House of 1000 Corpses, Kill Bill, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Warriors. Independant films, local filmmakers projects, documentaries, anything in 3D, and cheesey pulp/horror.

Television:

First and foremost, LOST parties every Thursday evening totally rule my life right now. Friday mornings are for checking out screencaps, making timelines on whiteboards at work, and interrupting actual meetings to discuss Smokey.Also, Travel, Food, History Channels, and Dexter.

Books:

The Picture of Dorian Gray, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Dr. Faustus, A Comedy of Errors, Shoemakers Holiday, Philaster, Volpone. Dylan Thomas, Irvine Welsch, Jonathan Safran Foer, Chuck Palahniuk, Sophie Kinsella, Oscar Wilde, Kafka, Marlowe, and Candace Bushnell.The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Domino, Blueprint, Nylon, Missbehave, Paper, Harper's, Lucky, & New York Magazines.

Heroes:

My grandparents for stowing away in barrels to come to this country. My mother for teaching me to keep a light heart with authority, and that nothing is so bad that it can't be fixed.

My Blog

Just in time!

For Memorial Day Weekend, my article on Hersheypark.http://dancingmeatballs.com/new_york/weekend-at- hersheypark...
Posted by Anna on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:37:00 PST

Oh, what the hell

right? http://718transient.blogspot.com/Comments are appreciated, as it still needs helppppppp.
Posted by Anna on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:19:00 PST

Almost there...

After several years of struggling to work on my own blog, or other people- and many failures due to my own lack of tool knowledge, or people not being able to pitch in or do their part, I've been give...
Posted by Anna on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:51:00 PST

I hate doing this

I really find bragging tacky, and I write for this website every other week, but I’m so super proud of my Two Boots reviews because it marks the first of many new restaurant and trip reviews the...
Posted by Anna on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:51:00 PST

New Orleans

My New Orleans design guide is up on the main page of design*sponge today. I put a ton of work into it so enjoy!http://www.designspongeonline.com/
Posted by Anna on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:49:00 PST

Getting used to my hood & the others

I have to say, after admitting renovation defeat on my beloved Rosebank condo, and selling to the Jennifer Sammartino (ick), I yearned for my baby. Not only did I work my ass off at just 22 years old ...
Posted by Anna on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

Dreams

It's a tall claim to say that new art trumps the classics. After all, they are the Master's, and without then we'd be scribbling dots on paper and hanging it behind glass. However, in the world of MyS...
Posted by Anna on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:58:00 PST

Local HazMat drop off

As a repost from ApartmentTherapy.com (whose 8-week Cure I am reading and following religiously), here is the Staten Island dropoff location for hazardous materials. For example: your probable current...
Posted by Anna on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:38:00 PST

My new favorite thing

To sum up the weekend.But my new favorite amazing thing issparkling wine in a can. I am stocking my house with it as we speak....
Posted by Anna on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:15:00 PST

Sophie

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Posted by Anna on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:52:00 PST