http://www.getaroundgirl.com/ trends+culture+inspiration+events Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:31:12 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I was totally digging on these trunk-sized slabs that are the skeleton beneath the concrete streets of Houston and Broadway. City workers were replacing a 100-year-old sewage pipe over the weekend. Seeing these transported me to the days when... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/soho_undergroun.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/soho_undergroun.html The NYC Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:31:12 -0500 In ironic copycat fashion, the champions of open source software aren't equally liberal about the use of their fruity logo. Following suit from the Beatles' Apple Records, who Apple Computers was in drawn-out disputes over trademark rights for decades, Apple... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/apple_vs_big_ap.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/apple_vs_big_ap.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:54:42 -0500 Nouvel portrait courtesy of nytimes.com After more than 35 years of work, the Hyatt Foundation's nod to Jean Nouvel seems long overdue. The Pritzker jury announced last Sunday that Nouvel was chosen because of his "persistence, imagination, exuberance, and,... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/nouvel_takes_th.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2008/04/nouvel_takes_th.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:07:53 -0500 I can't get enough of this song, I found this video of Alicia Keys performing my new favorite song at the Fashion Rocks Show in October.... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/11/alicia_rocks.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/11/alicia_rocks.html Music Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:54:31 -0500 New M.I.A. video. Check it. Bonus footage! The making of Boyz video in Jamaica. Girl's picked up some moves. Respek!... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/06/boyz_in_the_hoo.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/06/boyz_in_the_hoo.html Music Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:09:41 -0500 Once a phrase is acronymized, you know it's officially part of the popular vernacular. Although the Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is nothing more than a series of fragmented tracks, tunnels, and abandoned efforts, it seems to evoke the romance and... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/sassy.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/sassy.html The NYC Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:13:31 -0500 According to Hotelchatter.com, the Maritime team's Bowery Hotel staff asked that they decline from taking pictures "at these early stage." Perhaps, it's so that Ian Schrager and Julian Schnabel don't catch wind that BH totally bit GPH's medieval Spanish theme,... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/bowery_hotel_bi.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/bowery_hotel_bi.html Real Estate Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:12:07 -0500 Last Tuesday was a sumptuous freak feast (I mean that in a good way), as friends and fans came out to Cielo to celebrate fashion priestess Patricia Field's 65th birthday. There were more than a dozen performances but the... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/field_follies.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/03/field_follies.html Events Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:24:41 -0500 A few months ago, my friend Marivel who is a co-founder of MOD told me that Yellow was going to be the hot new color for interiors. It was hard for me to imagine the hippie hue of the '60s... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/yellow_is_the_n.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/yellow_is_the_n.html Design Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:08:08 -0500 According to a story in Sunday's NYT, librarians are creating a big to-do about the use of the word "scrotum" in an award-winning children's book "The Higher Power of Lucky." Although the 132-page book for 9-12 year olds has been... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/dogs_balls.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/dogs_balls.html Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:36:50 -0500 Expect delays, confusion, and technology issues 2/13-3/7 +/- a few days.... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/mercury_in_retr.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2007/02/mercury_in_retr.html Astrology Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:11:19 -0500 The scaffolding is down at 335 Bowery, revealing the corner restaurant and bar of the latest boutique hotel/hotspot enterprise ingeniously named the Bowery Hotel. The Maritime Hotel team (Eric Goode also owns neighboring B-Bar) managed to get around the residential... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/hotel_motel_con.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/hotel_motel_con.html Real Estate Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:02:48 -0500 http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/around_the_worl.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/around_the_worl.html Fashion Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:37:03 -0500 Apple announced the release of new iPods today. The Nano has regressed to iPod Mini colorways and materials, but is much thinner. The Shuffle has been reduced to a 1.62" clip, perfect for running or unobtrusive accessorizing of your new... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/new_ipods.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/09/new_ipods.html Tech Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:27:50 -0500 07/06/06- Downtown Thursday including "After the Reality" opening at Deitch Projects, curated by Hiromi Yoshii featuring five up-and-coming Japanese artists and the art collective Enlightenment. Then the 9th anniversary celebration of bespoke shirt-makers, Seize sur Vingt, hosted a backyard bbq... http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/07/supernatural_an.html http://www.getaroundgirl.com/gag/2006/07/supernatural_an.html Art Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:12:54 -0500