Archive for December, 2007

“This Really Blew My Mind”

December 5th, 2007

Ben Hosting “Win Ben Stein’s Money”
Almost everyone knows Ben Stein from his immortal role as the High School Economics professor in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (most famous line, “Beuller…Bueller… Bueller?”) or his current stint as dead-pan co-host of VH1’s fantastic reality show, Americas Most Smartest Model (9:00 PM Sundays). But few people know that Ben [...]

The Most Delicious Thing: Red Velvet Cupcake

December 3rd, 2007

The Red Velvet Cupcake from Crumb’s Bakeshop is described thusly:
Traditional red velvet cake frosted with vanilla cream cheese frosting and drizzled in chocolate with red sprinkles around the edge and a cherry to finish it off.
Ohmygod, it was so good!

Death of a Daredevil: Evel Knievel, RIP

December 3rd, 2007

Professional Daredevil and ’70s Pop Culture Icon, Robert “Evel” Knievel passed away on Friday, November 30th. He was 69.

Gail’s Rad Adventure at the Guggenheim Museum!

December 2nd, 2007

The first snow of the season fell on NYC overnight and this morning, honestly, it was absolutely gorgeous outside! Before the lovely pristine blanket of white could transform into grey slush and filthy mounds flecked with soot and dog feces, I decided to bundle up like an Eskimo and enjoy one of the greatest simple [...]