I had two little goals for January: one was to get the pinwheelshop site up and running, and the other was to get mittenmitten’s etsy started. Although a less amiable bystander might remind me that it is now February 7, I would say I am pretty thrilled to get these two mini-projects accomplished. Especially when [...]
new year, new resolutions. this one involves a whole lot more baking! nikole and I are trying our hand at a sweetshop of sorts, starting a cookie delivery business, just in time for my second favorite holiday: valentine’s day.
here’s a sneak peek at the site, www.pinwheelshop.com, where we have four tasty packages to surprise your [...]
How much do people love Toscanini’s ice cream? $30,000 worth? Indeed, YES! Early in January, everyone’s favorite ice cream shop was closed down by the Mass. Department of Revenue. In a candid letter on the Toscanini’s blog, owner Gus Rancatore confesses that this hullabaloo was caused by his not paying taxes in the middle of a busy and [...]
What does one do for the beautiful but desolate cities in the midwest? All my family is from the Ohio/Michigan area, so I spent a fair amount of time in my youth walking through the strange arcades in downtown Cleveland (where did all the people go?). Only recently (this past November) did I see Detroit. [...]
I have, through years of toil managed to build enough interest in my domain, www.sadsadstory.com that it is now being squatted on by one of those fantastic “directory” sites. Fuck you, Register.com, and fuck all the rest of the worthless web clutter out there too.
Last weekend the MFA opened its Hopper Exhibition. I have to be honest, I was never really excited about Hopper’s work before I had the chance to work on the online portions of the exhibition. Now I really appreciate it.
He does such an amazing job of implying so much in a painting. You really get [...]