tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15995211678033481332024-02-20T03:14:32.498-05:00doggie eyesBangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.comBlogger905125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-23731813303097158372015-04-07T17:54:00.000-04:002015-04-07T17:54:34.287-04:00feeling nutty in 2015Recently, some friends and I were having a post happy hour drink (yeah) at our local tap room, and the topic of abandoned blogs turned up. Specifically: Kelly's THINGS I'M TRYING and Josh's BALLARD COMMA BACHELOR. (Neither blog has been updated in three years.)
Although I do kind of believe that the "blog" has been fairly/totally eclipsed by other, lighter social media (talking to you, InstagramBangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-60517153663366300702014-05-28T17:57:00.002-04:002014-05-28T17:57:32.058-04:00banditsMe and these girls went to the beach (thanks Mom and Dad Brown) and did hot tubs and late late beaches, and early morning beaches with dolphins, played cards and made blender drinks, and saw a few wild ponies at Assateaque, and went to Seacrets (yikes) and, perhaps most importantly, got some olde timey photos taken on the boardwalk.
It cost a million dollars and was (obv) totally worth it.
WeBangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-49672774626054807702014-05-22T14:26:00.002-04:002014-05-22T14:26:52.901-04:00snackMailBeen a minute since I did a review, and maybe I've never actually done a straight side-by-side. Here we go. It's about getting delicious snacks in the mail!
A little background. I listen to a lot of podcasts (or at least I did until I lost my iPod?), and a lot of them are telling me to try out NatureBox. Then I heard a positive IRL review from a co-worker at the bar. So I decided to take My Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-30650726879341936662014-05-21T22:39:00.003-04:002014-05-21T22:40:24.153-04:00SEPTApocalypseI take the train most days, either to and from school or to and from the brewery. So, like, a lot of SEPTA time.
Most days, unless I'm real wrapped up in a podcast or something, I end up thinking apocalyptic thoughts. Not at all like "oh man, I wish the world was ending" and not even scurred, like Melancholia is right around the corner - different.
It's more like, "if something big went down Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-32910010614028057752014-05-12T18:38:00.000-04:002014-05-12T18:38:23.733-04:00here comes the GroomImpending hot (sheddin') days motivated me to get in touch with my groomer. Then: good news. She's back in town, and doing house calls.
I do it for MLB's benefit, but also for mine. Less cat hair around AND it looks funny. Anyway. If you need a (super) affordable, personable, patient groomer, get at me. I would love to refer you. (She does dogs too, dog people. Bow Wow.)
Next up: look Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-38163111908799108482014-05-01T15:34:00.000-04:002014-05-01T15:34:51.319-04:00chill outToday, two things about warmer weather (besides like: "I'm glad to wear dresses with no tights" and "bikes!" and "yards/roofs/bbq's!").
First, this doesn't effect me, but this is kind of funny:
A whole bunch of central air units were stolen from all these schools along Germantown Ave! Including my school. I don't know what the new plan is, but for now, it's putting a fence around the Place Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-27553199343435887442014-04-23T13:46:00.001-04:002014-04-23T13:47:28.018-04:00tag-alongI'm not exactly a person who's hip to the most cutting edge street art, but I do notice it when it's straight staring me in the face in South Philly.
This is my new* favorite tag (tagger?): "Dracula". I think it's so funny and good, in all it's variations.
This one, right outside the house, is also good. I like the fangs, I like the bite marks, I like the top hat, I like the cursive-y, Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-1722151414030424652014-04-22T18:33:00.001-04:002014-04-22T18:33:01.404-04:00cabbi-hole: I'm backAfter a many month hiatus, and several well-natured scoldings by dedicated, abandoned readers, I'm going to try to blog again.
My debut is going to be a thrift store find. I'm spending my M-F up at Settlement Music School (became the permanent art teacher there, since the last time I updated), and because I'm there most days, I'm trying to make my classroom pretty cozy.
On a recent thrift Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-70644657106334662882013-12-31T17:05:00.000-05:002013-12-31T17:09:56.240-05:002K14: bring it.
I love living in Philadelphia on the first day of a new year.
When we first moved here (as fresh faced babies), in 2004, I didn't know what I was getting into. Not as far as Philly (I had an idea of what that was), but more in regards to New Years.
2008, 2009, 2010, we threw some super-great ragers over at Beulah, with champagne fountains, countdowns, confetti cannons, loud music, people Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-33954541445539141142013-12-16T22:09:00.000-05:002013-12-16T22:09:07.782-05:00field tripThis weekend JB and Ry took me to see my Philly Photo Day billboard. It's up in my old hood (5th and Oxford), near Crane Arts.
The rainbows look better IRL (both "IRL" in my own window, really, and "IRL" on the billboard, as opposed to a photo of a photo, if that makes sense.)
Thankfully, we were able to find an excellent parking spot for observation.Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-43976566284943958552013-12-02T12:38:00.000-05:002013-12-02T12:38:00.458-05:00solutionsSome things I have done for my cat:
paid for him to get awesome haircuts
got him a kitten
bought this cool A-frame birdhouse to hang outside his window
bought suet, suet cage, to try to attract birds to birdhouse, in fact attracting all the fatty squirrels
and finally
covering suet in Franks to deter squirrels after reading that they hate spicy
conceding that squirrels are going Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-17588954927566982452013-12-01T10:52:00.001-05:002013-12-01T10:52:50.104-05:00photoyoloI subscribe to photoyolo, this super straightforward/cool photography project where you just get emailed one picture a day.
I get the daily picture sent to my hotmail, so it's not jammin' up my "real" inbox. Most days I open my yolo, some days I don't. It might be a phone pic of a dog doing a thing, or it might be this:
but they're usually worth opening and spending 3 seconds on. The Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-56238323587729761932013-11-29T13:54:00.000-05:002013-11-29T15:54:51.535-05:00school days
Here's my new school, where I'm long-term subbing 'til March. It's in a cool old mansion on Germantown Ave.
New job means:
hours of commute a day (which means hours of podcasts a day)
early bedtimes (a departure from my most recent sleep-in-til-forever lifestyle)
the general sense of purpose which comes from employment at any level
clay in the treads of all my shoes, Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-37781534292919959092013-11-23T17:36:00.001-05:002013-11-23T18:01:09.256-05:00Franklin Flea: the good/bad/etc, "some New York thing"Today we hit the hot new flea market in town, the Franklin Flea, which has filled the "hip flea market" hole that "sneered" at Brooklyn Flea* left. I have a couple mixed feelings about it, but generally I'd say to try it out.
The good: it's in the old Strawbridges. So it's a pretty, old, fancy department store, with a few fixtures (like giant chandeliers) in tact and in use. Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-80917216996180435892013-11-15T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-15T23:30:01.667-05:00bill-boredFaithful readers will know I'm a big proponent of Philly Photo Day.
Here's a really good picture I took with my telephone at the opening last night. (It was impossible).
Well, guess what! This girl's photo is gonna be on a billboard! During the month of December, you'll be able to take a field trip to picturesque Kensington, Philadelphia, and see my "work" real big.
Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-40715425864151637682013-11-15T13:16:00.001-05:002013-11-15T17:27:49.545-05:00gal-chalI (and a few other people you may know) have embarked on a November challenge that's not about mustaches. After reading both some suspicious but encouraging blog posts , and some I know I can do better than this guy posts on the topic, I got inspired to try it myself. A gallon a day, for a month (November).
To be honest, I always drink a fair amount of water, so it wasn't aBangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-18874419199928686202013-11-06T00:10:00.000-05:002013-11-06T00:10:20.122-05:00Trick
For someone that likes Halloween pretty good, I sure am ill-prepared for some parts of it.
Sorry, kids.
Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-43839652254681373212013-10-29T00:21:00.002-04:002013-10-29T00:24:39.745-04:00spooks
Thanks, Meesh/Jumi/Dan for hosting Halloween and aren't Poseybooth pictures good?Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-26364015674573992082013-10-18T10:56:00.002-04:002013-10-18T10:56:20.349-04:00#phillyphotoday13Guess what day it is? Philly Photo Day.
That means (same as last year, and the year before....) take a picture anywhere in Philadelphia, any time today, and send it in. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will print it, and it will be in an exhibit up at Crane Arts (I think in November).
(this isn't a picture I'm sending in, but it's an outtake from other blog, standing in for The Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-53285628023918721752013-10-15T14:38:00.002-04:002013-10-15T14:39:43.471-04:00the Diaphone-inLast week, our pals the Diaphone played upstairs at KFN, with some of our other friends and some strangers.
Aside from an embarrassing trip-up with the door boy, it was all really nice. You can listen to their music here.Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-54064551747502849452013-10-15T14:03:00.000-04:002013-10-15T14:03:39.311-04:00kitschy-kitchyI'm at home today, waiting on Urban Outfitters worst business move (a delivery company called "LASERSHIP"). With time on my hands and leftover spaghetti in my belly, I'm sorting through recent pictures, organizing them in the best way I know how*, by room.
Things that are going on in my kitchen lately. (Not cooking.)
Getting cats out of cabinets, Halloween props, and Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-83476370920682827942013-10-10T16:01:00.000-04:002013-10-18T10:56:54.392-04:00eShakti (a plug, but a real one)If you've seen me lately, I've probably raved on eShakti to you. I got into it through someone else's blog, what seems like a billion years ago*, and have been totally stoked on it since.
Here's the first dress I got from them. Seersucker. Good, yeah?
They make these great, vintage-y dresses, and here's my favorite parts:
great quality, fully lined(!) dresses
full Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-77873202531532497662013-10-06T12:43:00.002-04:002013-10-06T13:43:09.522-04:00hauntsPerhaps fueled by the season, or by a recent Apartment Therapy post, or by my recent (re)foray into the world of Scully and Mulder*, I went on a (very short) journey to find out who used to live in my house.
In case you haven't been to my South Philly house, it's this big old victorian on Broad Street - now cut up into four apartments. It's cool to think about when it was a single family home, Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-28416451749395895282013-10-03T12:47:00.000-04:002013-10-03T12:47:04.166-04:00lucky dayIn between jobs today I found this big ole crystal (?) in the free box at the Aids Thrift. Gonna find a good spot for it so it will shoot some good lasers my way.
Then, I found this cool lion mug, which lord knows isn't the best mug in my life, but is still pretty cool.Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1599521167803348133.post-31490402595671690892013-10-02T17:12:00.000-04:002013-10-02T17:12:01.018-04:00Smoke 'Em Here's a little video recap of a recent event at Yards, where you can spot yours truly* slo-mo pouring beer and walking around in a professional manner.
*and probably like seven other people you know.
Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496318618691501562noreply@blogger.com1