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Manhattan Society’s Chris London has a penchant for sending skillfully drafted emails to his massive list of acquaintances. I am not quite sure how or when I made it on “The List” but I am delighted I did. And today, a real gem came through. Titled “Johnny Knoxville Culture: A Society Of “Ringer’s,” Mr. London explains why we are no longer content to live in the moment…
“Bristol Palin’s unwed pregnancy is not so unusual these days, but her solution –marriage– is.”
So starts Rebecca Teti in her Faith & Family article posted yesterday “In Defense Of Marrying Young.” The average age for marriage today is 25 for women and 27 for men, a far bit younger than the standards set forth on our fair island. But Teti argues that marrying young is far better and her points seem reasonable:
“The standard advice we give young people is to finish their education, get a good job and find themselves before taking the plunge of getting married. It sounds right, but here’s the catch. Psychologists tell us that character solidifies at about age 30. After that it becomes not impossible but vastly more difficult for the couple truly to knit themselves into unity.
Tatiana Platt’s job, as founder of FameGame.com, consists of paying attention to, and documenting each and every move of the New York social set. However, she realizes realizes that there is more out there than this “page six-highschool-esque” world that we are living in. Hailing from D.C., the “Fame Dame” told the Observer today that, in D.C.:
“Small talk tends to be a little more highbrow, a little more intelligent,” she said of the scene in D.C. “You know, you’re talking about the latest thing that President Bush did or the latest kind of national policy issue.”
Why, WHY do this city’s MetroCard machines continue to break down? Particularly on days that my unlimited monthly pass expires and I have to walk 10 minutes to the nearest station, where the machine is also, serendipitously, non-functional–and then walk back to my original station? I always thought this kind of thing only happened to me because I’m forever cursed with bad transit luck- More»
I read “The Tipping Point” along with everyone else when it came out, ironically jumping on the bandwagon to read about ways people jump on bandwagons. Living in New York is like taking part in one giant socialogy project…in which you get to be, not only the moderator, but an actual object in the experiment. Essentially Emily steps into Barney’s and wonder’s who’s behind the colors on the dresses which she will, no doubt be buying. This brings on a whole discussion after which, I am introduced, (via a commentor) to one of the most useful tools on the internet: Pantone.
“(It’s)dictated by the industry. Want proof? Or how to get a jump on next season’s shopping? Go HERE, on the left hand navigation bar there’s a subtitle report and they have a free downloadable colour report for every season. Fall 08 was up eons ago, and I’m surprised they don’t already have spring/ summer 09 up yet…” -kmarie
On September 30th 2006, I joined asmallworld.net (asw) and I have to admit, it was pretty exciting. It was like I had the entire European world at my fingertips. At first, I spent more time on there than on Facebook and liked comparing the site to the “Bungalow 8 of the internet“….or at least the idea of the Bungalow 8...or at least the idea of what Bungalow 8 used to mean. Now, like Bungalow 8, I’m beginning to wonder if ASW has lost some of its luster and social cachet?
One thing I noticed in the recent spat between GOFG and DBTH is the negative comments lobbed at Rachelle, namely by Solish, calling her “a typical sex and the city wannabe”. What? What does this mean? Do we lack such creativity that we now compare all female bloggers to Carrie Bradshaw, even if there is simply no relation? Sure you can call Rachelle a country bumpkin, naive at times, but a 30 year-old dating columnist she is not. We already made the painfully obvious observation that if Carrie Bradshaw was a blogger today, she would of course be Julia Allison.
From: hamptons.guestofaguest.com:
Some of my favorite, relatively prominent blogs -NYMag, Eater, get relatively few while others with (often far) fewer hits and links can get upwards of 200 per post. Comments, or lack thereof, aren’t necessarily proportional to readership- for example, Defamer’s piece today on the TCA had 676 views but only 2 comments.
Still, if you can cultivate a core group of commentators, what you post about can become merely a jumping off point for discussion, or, more commonly, inter-reader squabbles and potshots. Soon, you have people waiting for your next post not because of what you will say, but because of how the other commentators respond.
While the viciousness of Gawker’s group of snarkmasters (and the occasional “commentard”), are well known within the blogosphere, those over at Essentially Emily are perhaps even more tightly knit, and much more critical of the critic herself. Park Avenue Peerage’s are much the opposite; very little is directed at the site’s author, as are those of DBTH, although those that do pertain to Solish and not subject are almost always flattering. Below, a sampling of current comments.
July’s officially here and things are HOT out there! I snapped this photo from the ‘ol blackberry walking home on Bowery street. I wish I had a better camera to capture this truly picturesque scene but alas, you get the idea. The billowing dress, the umbrella shadow…
Hang on, it’s not raining. I know, I know, sun-care…it’s time to get serious about yours. Etc. Etc. But really, is this necessary?? I mean I a bonafide idiot when it comes to these things but just wondering if this is something you guys would sport? I mean isn’t that a little bit of a fuss over some sun? Maybe she is using some like specialized facial medication that will radioactivate in any kind of sunlight. I don’t know, I just appreciated the splash of color on dreary bowery street (this was before I hit the splashy Blue & Cream store).
What do you think???
The contrast is stark: two kids alone, sitting on the sidewalk across the street from Carnegie Hall, throwing pieces of pretzel at pedestrians, is anyone else whincing at the thought of the amount of germs these two will be carrying home with them!? More importantly, why was no one else around me thinking this was a strange hangout spot for two unsupervised 8 year olds? Some one needs to scoot those two right into summer school.
We’ve talked about the 90s making a strong comeback at GofaG before. But this is a bit ridiculous. On a steamy and bright walk through the West Village I came across this poster. The cycle continues, though it used to take at least 15-20 years before a decade would be “cool” again. A precedent was set a few years back when the 90s really first starting being cool again with the rise of the retro kids and the Fresh Prince style in early 2003.
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