Cat Hat February 27, 2009
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I don’t have anything new to post today, so here’s a picture of a guy in Union Square with a cat sitting on his head.
I love New York.
Happy Valentine's Day! February 14, 2009
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This might be the best valentine ever.
Nothing has really happened recently. I decided online dating was a bust and got a haircut. A 20-dollar haircut, at that!
A $20 haircut in nyc is, for the record, unheard of. We’re talking the cheapest cuts at the sketchy salons will runyou at least $40. But at the Aveda Institute, the students do cuts for $20, since they need like 100 hours of haircutting. So the cut took like an hour and a half, but was totally worth it. Clearly.
And, now, for your viewing pleasure, have this year-old SNL sketch wherein Andy Samberg professes his love for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There is, obviously, nothing more worthy.
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Good News and Cute Things February 4, 2009
Posted by Katie Oh in : Such As , 1 comment so farSo, I’ve been asked to write for the Norwin Star, a little paper that serves my local area at home. My first real gig! I approve. I’m going to be writing about New York versus small-town-Pittsburgh, connections I am constantly making, and the things I love about the area.
And, the cutest thing I’ve seen all day: http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/
A man, now living in Berlin, sees New York in his children’s Legos.
Steelers, Peelers, and Good News February 4, 2009
Posted by Katie Oh in : Such As , add a commentWell, my team did it. The Steelers are now the most Super Bowl-winningest team in the NFL. And Bruce! Bruce with his slide into the camera and the fact that he’s still so cute after all these years. That 100-yard interception, I was hooting and hollering all the way through. Troy Polamalu’s hair now covers part of his numbers: that’s my team.
And then, I got word: the man who sells vegetable peelers in Union Square passed away. I remember the first time I ever visited Union Square with my family, noticing the man and thinking “I wonder what he’s all about?” He sold these peelers every day, at the upper left-hand corner of the square, right outside the farmer’s market.
Turns out he had an apartment on Park Avenue and sent his daughter to an Ivy League school. The New York Times, curious as I, wrote an article about him a few months ago. How he managed to wear that khaki suit every day, sitting on a small bench on the sidewalk with his demo vegetables. Peelers, every day, and wealth. And now, no longer. I had always meant to buy one.
And then: my cousin Jen is officially engaged. How exciting engagements are! All the planning. Allegedly, (or, rather, last time I heard) they’re planning on Mexico, a destination wedding. Love and beaches. I will be there.