I like to make things with people in mind.
You can see some of the things I make here.In my spare time, I organize and teach at The Society for the Advancement of Social Studiesand create lots of single subject blogs (including Cool Planner Hair, Dude)and collect things I like.I also work on making things for brands.After living in New York for a few years, the incongruence between the times that I’ve complained about holiday tourists and the times I’ve actually visited the tourists sites becomes even more apparent. To combat this inequality, to bring friends together, and to inject some holiday cheer into December, the annual NY Tourism was reinstated with a twist- Santa edition.
Throughout the day, teams competed to collect the most points by participating in real tourist activities- everything from visiting the Rockefeller tree to stopping in the middle of the sidewalk on 5th Avenue. The day ended in a surprise- with Jumbo Brown joining the final checkpoint with some spirited Christmas Caroling.
As part of Internet Week, I was asked to speak at Bushwick’s favorite boozy salon, Presentation Party Night. The event, “Nothin’ But Net”, included a presentation by a real life internet troll and a gentleman who discussed the hive mind of Reddit. My contribution focused on memes; specifically how memes have evolved how we communicate, what memes offer us, and their effect on pop culture. I also learned how to add gifs to a PowerPoint and the subsequently abused the knowledge.
As a Boston ex-pat myself, I feel the pain every third Monday of April as I miss the greatest holiday of the year: Marathon Mondays. On that day, the collective spirit of the citizens, the police and the less devoted people finishing in the latter half of the Boston Marathon join together in a daytime celebration of the great city of Boston. Having emigrated to New York now, I’ve devised a way for my peers and I to pay homage to the event, called Marathon Sundays. Two years running, it’s now tradition on the third Sunday of April to sport Boston athletic gear, sprint from Boston bar to Boston bar, and participate in thematic dares along the way. For your reference, I present the Boston Bar Map, but you’re also welcome to join in the Boston shenanigans next Marathon Sunday.
Because approx. 70% of my waking time is spent with PowerPoint opened on a screen in front of me, I’ve learned a thing or two about creating some nice looking slides. The slide above is not one of them, but it is one that I created for a class that I’m teaching at The Brooklyn Brainery called Polishing Your PowerPoints. Basically, just do the opposite of that picture above.
I love history, but it’s a difficult hobby to maintain (how do you even practice a history hobby?). For years, Anna and I have been talking about creating informal history-focused events, where friends could come and learn about history in a non-intimidating (and even fun!) way. We mentioned this to our friends at The Brooklyn Brainery and they encouraged us to do it!
So in September 2011, Anna and I founded The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies, a monthly lecture series designed to both entertain and enlighten. Our official motto is “All the history you knew but forgot, and all the booze you need to forget it again”.
Each month, a guest speaker, Anna, and I teach short lectures on topics pertaining to one event. Past events have include The Crusades and The Civil War. We also keep it fun with games and themed drink specials (to ensure maximum knowledge gained, of course).
I think we’ve hit on something, because on the first Tuesday of each month, over 100 attendees come to hear us talk. We’ve even been written up in various blogs, including Brokelyn, and in Time Out New York’s magazine.
Two things about the advertising industry: being on Agency Spy is usually not a good thing, and the industry is full of agencies with interesting names.
On my last days at Tribal, I create the Agency Obfuscation Game with some coworkers. Each phrase took an agency name and obscured it with hints, homophones and bloated word choice. This also marked my first appearance in Agency Spy, which was a good thing.
After taking a Surprisology class at LifeLabs, Einav Jacubovich and I decided that we needed to surprise our friends.
We sent mysterious postcards to 7 of our friends requesting their participation in a New York Dinner Adventure. The postcards each had an abstract photo on it, an assignment to bring a food, and a random street corner to meet us.
On the night of August 30th, we brought our unsuspecting friends from a random street corner and on to the Brooklyn Bridge. We stopped in the middle, set out picnic blankets, and announced that dinner was served.
Our guests were surprised, so mission accomplished! We then ate our delicious feast on the bridge with an unbeatable view of New York as tourists and locals gawked.
Recently, I entered AND WON Revel’s first monthly challenge. Revel is a mobile app that turns sets of instructions, called challenges, into adventures and experiences that can be shared by friends or strangers.
The challenge (co-authored by Jason!) we created was titled Play by the Rules. You can read all about it and us here.
One of my favorite classes in college was called “Color” and based on the work and ideas of Josef Albers. I wanted to use what I learned them, combined with what I’ve learned about color from marketing and psychology to teach a class exploring the abtract topic.
In July, I taught a course at The Brooklyn Brainery called Color! (is Awesome Even If You’re Not an Artist). The course explored color across a variety of topics—the science, psychology, history, and culture of color.
Here are some fun facts I learned:
For the 100th anniversary of the New York Public Library, Jane McGonigal, with Natron Baxter and Playmatics created an overnight scavenger hunt in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building called Find The Future- The Game.
I was chosen as one of the participants in the game, where I would spend the night locked in the New York Public Library, complete tasks based on items on exhibit in the library, and collaborate on writing a book. Using a QR code reader app, I ran around the library with a team, unlocking codes from items including Jack Kerouac’s harmonica and The Declaration of Independence. Then, I would write short stories based on writing prompts based on the items, including writing rules for a unique approach based on Kerouac’s “Spontaneous Prose.” Others, too, would write their own version and a bookbinder set our contibutions in to a physical book.
As the night wore on, the delirium from being awake for 20+ hours began to set in. Quests were abandoned for activities like “Freeze Tag in the Foyer” and absurd photo shoots.
At the end of the night, however, everyone reconvened to celebrate the creation of a physical book, based on the collaborative story writing, to be a part of the NYPL permanent collection.
This year, Einav Jacubovich and I teamed up to create two entries in to the Cannes Young Lions Competition over the course of one week.
We were given the challenge to increase college student participation in SIFE, an international organization that connects marketing and business students with charitable causes.
Einav and I knew that business and marketing students need both education and experience to compete in today’s job market. To make SIFE meaningful to students, we showed that SIFE would give them real business experience by positioning SIFE groups as real start-up businesses.
For the Cyber competition, we demonstrated this through banner ads and a social media plan, which can be viewed here.
For the separate Media competition, we created an action plan that used media dollars to support the SIFE business experience and make it more attractive to students. Our entry is posted below.
In collaboration with Social Media Week 2011, No Right Brain Left Behind called upon professionals in creative industries to brainstorm solutions to creativity crisis happening in US schools today.
I lead the Tribal DDB submission during this week-long challenge. Our approach was to address the disconnect between class objectives (doing well on standardized tests) and the individual educational needs of the students. The team decided to work within the system and update a rapidly antiquating element: the textbook.
By working with publishers to create dynamic lessons tailored to students, Tribal DDB saw an opportunity to extend publishers’ business offerings while greatly benefitting students, calling this innovative program: LIVINGBOOKS.
LIVINGBOOKS inspires students through evolving, personalized lessons by customizing existing publishers’ content through a dynamic template that self-edits to reflect its readers’ interests. It generates study guides and tests that help students internalize information in a way that encourages creativity by relying on their input.
I stumbled upon “Genuine Authentic Hand Painted Signs” while in search for some much-needed caffeine in San Francisco last weekend.
Inside The Summit (a tres trendy coffee shop with beautifully architected wooden walls and full of dozens of laptop drones), the walls were full of beautiful handcrafted signage and I, now equipped with a seriously strong coffee, was happy. What can I say, I’m a sucker for typography.
What I connected with came from the inspiration for the pieces:
We’ve had customers use the phrase “more authenticity”, in describing what they were coming to us looking for in a sign, while providing us with digital files to work from, which themselves bore no particularly hand wrought characteristics. What is it about what we do that implies to our clients, or to their clients, something genuine and authentic?
As someone who works with the brand side of social media, I know too well about the difference request for authenticity and the actual experience. It seems that too frequently, there’s a lot of enthusiasm for being something, like authentic or genuine, without doing something.
We’re hoping, through this show, to call people’s attention to their own standards for genuineness and authenticity, and to spark some conversations about how they (and we) do or don’t manifest or recognize them. Or, at the very least we’ll decorate the place with a slew of genuine authentic hand painted signs.
Mission accomplished, guys.
This December, due to my inordinate obsession with holiday cheer, I wrangled some friends together to create a corny chain email. Each day, someone in the group had to send out a little present for everyone based on the 12 Days of Christmas song.
Here’s what happened:
December 1: A partridge in a pear tree
My take: A pair of trees donated on our behalf to the Arbor Day Foundation and the Partridge family!
December 2: Two turtledoves
Alicia’s: Really, what is a turtledove? And a Dove coupon!
December 3: Three French hens
Lily’s: After telling us all about her chicken inspirations, then shocked us all when she went a little too far.
December 4: Four calling birds
Theo’s: A real, live, analog conference call date!
December 5: Five golden rings
Anna’s: A lovely, Christmastime story.
December 6: Six geese a-laying
Alex’s: Six geese laid low!
December 7: Seven swans a -swimming
Lyndsey’s: Seven swan facts, a trippy Japanese video, and adopted us all swans!!
December 8: Eight maids a-milking
Einav’s: The (rained out) Brunch-Time Milk Block Party!
December 9: Nine drummers drumming
Jess’: An awesome (9-video-long) drumming playlist
December 10: Ten pipers piping
Mike’s: A song made from 10 overlaid tracks (play it over Bing Crosby for full-on Christmas joy)
December 11: Eleven ladies dancing
Kate’s: Whiskey Kate emerged and shared some favorite songs
December 12: Twelve lords a-leaping
Andrew’s: A sensory experience. Oh lordy.
Birthdays come with a lot of rules.
#4 is my favorite. You get one day of the year to do WHATEVER you want so it has to count. This year, I pretty much only had one birthday wish: I wanted Baked Alaska.
I have no idea where I heard of Baked Alaska, but I’ve been passively searching for this traditional American dessert for the last 5 years or so. It’s a composite of all of my favorite desserts in ONE, plus it takes it up a notch with the thrill of defying science by putting ice cream in the oven (!!!!).
APPARENTLY I’m in the minority with my obsession with Baked Alaska, because while you can find 139+ places that have Banh Mi, there are only 3 restaurants in the 5 borough area that actually still make Baked Alaska.
My BA came from Giorgio’s of Gramercy and contained: walnut sweet bread, espresso gelato, flamed meringue, and strawberry coulis. It was amazing and, BECAUSE IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, Giorgio’s also threw in chocolate covered strawberries, a piece of Espresso Cheesecake and a piece of S’more Bread Pudding. Nice.
Birthday boys and girls, if you want to test your hand at Baked Alaska and share this amazing dessert with deserving people, try this really simple recipe:
Ingredients
1 layer sponge cake
1 qt. ice cream
4 egg whites
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1. Beat egg whites until nearly stiff, beat in sugar gradually, add vanilla and beat until stiff.
2. Place a board at least 1 1/2 inches thick between 2 pieces of corrugated paper; cover top with waxed paper.
3. Place round of sponge cake on board, heap ice cream quickly on top, leaving a 1 inch margin of cake all around; cover thickly with meringue.
4. Brown quickly in very hot oven (450 degrees).
Serve at once with chocolate, caramel or fruit sauce, if desired.
2 weeks ago, I got my first taste of internet fame via a single-serve subject blog called Cool Planner Hair, Dude. Though it didn’t rival This is Why You’re Fat or Selleck Waterfall Sandwich, it was wild to watch a silly site get 1,000 hits in
While looking for a bread recipe today, I came across this. Summer can’t come quickly enough.
Blackberry Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
3 lrg. Blackberries
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 t Sugar
2 oz Gin
3-4 oz Club Soda
1. Put blackberries in a highball glass, add lime juice, and sugar and muddle (you know, smash it all together with a pestle or something similar)
2. Add ice, then pour in gin and club soda. Stir, garnish with a couple cut blackberries if you’d like, and enjoy.
Yankees vs. Red Sox, Aladdin vs. Jafar, Bloody Marys vs. Mimosas…
what would be the point of life without some good rivalries to keep us entertained? Thus, S.A.S.S. is taking you back in time to get acquainted with some classic tales of archrivalry. Our speakers will cover:
- Thomas Edison vs. Nikola Tesla
- The Medici Family vs. Everyone Else
- William Randolph Hearst vs. Joseph Pulitzer
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Tessla v. Edison
David Sheinkopf will relate the shocking tale of the struggle for electrical supremacy in the U.S.A.
Pulitzer v. Hearst
Sam Hayden will give the Lecture of the Century about the Murder of the Century during the apex of Yellow Journalism.
Medicis v. Everyone Else
Laura Hayner will explain how this formidable family finagled their way to the top during the Renaissance.
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Whitney is from LA, but moved to NYC for a fancy degree in studying broken things dead people left behind. She’s an editorial assistant in academic publishing which means she gets paid to be extremely nerdy all the time about most things. With degrees in Classics and writing, you’ll most likely see her on the subway with her head in a book or arguing with someone about the provenance of the Elgin Marbles. She really likes people from history who tell everyone else to fuck off and would like to buy them a bourbon.
Come buy her a bourbon, or buy yourself a bourbon and listen to her talk about women who just said fuck it on May 7th! More details here.
Augi grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and moved to New York City for college in 2008, graduating with a degree in film. He’s a writer and artist obsessed with history. In what might be an unhealthy perspective on the subject, history is most interesting for him when thousands of people are killed—war and political assassinations are his favorites. Spending most of his university days online instead of studying led to this way of reading books as historical objects and history as a narrative. His day job is boring, and in his free time, he writes fiction, makes web comics, and does other generally creative things. You can view more of his work at agustinlopez.com.
And you can come hear Augi get excited about thousands of people deciding to throw in the towel in Military Figures who Said “Fuck It” at SASS on May 7th! More information here.
Sometimes you work really hard on something for a long time because you’re super into it but then it kind of drags out a little too long and you realize it’s time to just say “fuck it.”
Believe it or not, many historical figures have also come to this realization at one point or another, and SASS is here to keep you informed. Our speakers will talk about military leaders who gave up when the going got rough, huge construction projects that were abandoned cause they were tough, and ladies who decided they just had enough.
What you need to know:
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Military Figures who Said “Fuck It.”
King Olaf I, Takeda Shingen, and Joseph Stalin all had one thing in common, and Augi Lopez knows what it is.
Ladies who Said “Fuck It.”
Whitney Johnson is going to tell you about some ladies who just weren’t having it.
They Started, but then Said “Fuck It.”
Becky Sandler takes us on a journey through some major construction projects that didn’t quite turn out as originally intended.
Haley is a Midwest transplant whose interest in mental health probably stems from the number of times she watched Benny & Joon as a child. When she’s not being confused for Lena Dunham buying juice, she writes and acts in the theater collective CARROLL SIMMONS, lends her voice to narrating naughty harlequin audio books, and plays with puppies. She studied Drama and Mental Health Studies at an overpriced institution, so the pressure is on to both entertain AND enlighten.
Haley will be joining returning champ Nicholas Gonzales and co-founder Larissa on April 2nd at Public Assembly to give you a Healthy Dose of History. Come for her talk on The History of Mental Health, and stay for the drink specials!
A historical fact a day keeps the doctor away (apples, you had your chance…), so SASS is going to take a look at some of the crazy things our ancestors had to do while trying to stay alive- if what they did didn’t kill them first. Our speakers will cover the history of mental health, how medieval folks dealt with the bubonic plague and the advancement (or lack thereof) of surgical techniques through time.
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Surgery Through the Ages
Remember the good ol’ days when all you needed to amputate someone’s foot was a hack saw and a bullet to bite? Nick Gonzalez does, and he’s gonna tell you about it.
Enough with the Hysterics!
Haley Traub helps shed some light on the dark history of mental health.
Bring Out Your Dead!
If you’re not dead yet, come listen to Larissa Hayden explain some of the curious cures devised over the years in response to the dreaded Black Plague.
Can’t tell you how excited we are for S.A.S.S. Presents: The History of Booze on March 5th, starring these alcohol experts from Urban Oyster.
Brian Hoffman on The History of Beer
Brian is a trained actor (and waiter by default) who in the 10 years he’s lived in New York has developed a passion for the city, its culture, and its food. There’s nothing he loves more than walking through the streets as the neighborhoods, people, and architecture change. In addition to giving tours, Brian has a food blog (Eat This NY) and web series where he searches for the most authentic and delicious food adventures in the city. His last feature entry focused on the best beer in New York City and his research sent him to breweries far and wide to taste their beer. It was brutal work.
David Naczycz on The History of Wine
David is a dedicated urbanist and amateur historian who loves cities and their histories. He has traveled to and lived in a number of cities all over the world and, everywhere he goes, he immerses himself in the history of that place. A resident of New York City for over ten years, David has a special interest in the world’s greatest city and its history. Now, through Urban Oyster, David has found a way to combine all the things that he loves: cities, history, sustainability, and food. David developed Urban Oyster’s Brewery Winery Distillery Tour and did extensive research into the history of wine in general as well as in New York City. He also is the leader of Urban Oyster’s Beer/Wine/Liquor tasting events. A food and beverage expert, he has honed his craft on years of study and hands on experience.
Joshua Wood on The History of Whiskey
Josh grew up in Rochester, New York, and after a short stint in Connecticut called college, relocated to the city. Since then he has been exploring all edges of the city looking for unique culinary opportunities. From out in queens to the heart of brooklyn to the shores of Staten Island, Josh has been tasting his way through one of the best cities in the world and then trying to recreate it all in his kitchen. Additionally, Josh fell in love with beer while learning to homebrew at Wesleyan University, and today is a prolific brewer of tasty suds. Who said you don’t learn anything practical in college? More recently Josh’s focus has turned to liquor as leader of Urban Oyster’s Brewery Winery Distillery tour Josh has jumped feet first into distilling. Not literally, not yet.
As you may have guessed, we are pretty big fans of booze and booze-related endeavors here at S.A.S.S., so we have teamed up with the good folks at Urban Oyster Tours to bring you a lovely evening of lectures about the history of hooch.
Urban Oyster has lent some of their finest tour guides to educate us uwith three lectures on beer, wine and whiskey. These guys know their stuff!
BONUS: The chance to win tickets to Urban Oyster’s new spring waterfront tour.
What You need to know:
About Urban Oyster:
Amazing as it is to imagine now, New York Harbor may have once contained half the world’s oysters. Over time, however, many oyster beds died off due to pollution and over-consumption. Learning from this history, Urban Oyster was founded on the belief that, like oysters, the neighborhoods of New York are treasured resources that require nurturing and cultivation in order to survive and flourish.
Through dynamic hands-on tour and event experiences, Urban Oyster aims to connect people to the local treasures of this great city, and in doing so, promote an appreciation for the neighborhoods we inherit. Our Tours and Events explore how we can live in neighborhoods today in ways that support and value local production and consumption, cultural diversity, historic preservation, and sustainability for the benefit of generations to come.
Learn more here: http://www.urbanoyster.com/
Partners in crime, The Brooklyn Brainery, have graciously offered to fund your next date. Come to The 2nd Annual Sexy SASS on Tuesday, Feb 5th for some awesome lectures AND a chance to win a date for two to the Brooklyn Brainery!
We’ll be playing Missed Connections of History that night, and if your knowledge reigns supreme, you’ll be given a gift certificate that could be used on all sorts of fun dates- like maybe Europe vs. The Censors: How the Movies Got Sexier or MYSTERIOUS BEAST MONSTERS!.
Come! Learn! Play! Win!
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so we’re gonna have some sexy history lectures to help get you in the mood ;)
Where: Public Assembly
When: Tuesday, February 5th with doors at 7pm
Cost: Free!
Lectures:
My Daguerreotype Boyfriend: The Lecture!
Michelle Legro tells us the history behind some of her favorite old-timey portraits of handsome gentlemen. You can get a sneak peek by checking out her super awesome blog.
But WHY did He Go to Jared’s?
SASS co-founder and resident gemologist, Anna Rasche, will tell you all about the origins of engagement rings, and why we still care about them today.
Houses of Ill Repute in the City that Never Sleeps
Columbia Grad Student, Angela Serratore, teaches us the history of brothels in the Big Apple. Hint: there were lots.
BONUS:
Audience members will get a chance to compete in our “Missed Connections of History” Trivia Game, and one lucky person will win two gift certificates to the Brooklyn Brainery so they can take their crush on a hot yet informative date!
Since we’ve always loved winter break in school, and since the first Tuesday of the month falls on the 1st of January, S.A.S.S. will take a very brief intermission and return with a vengeance in February. See you then!
Zachary Paul Levine has engaged with Jewish history and culture, usually as an incredulous observer, for much of his life. A recovering graduate student, Zachary’s expertise is in modern European Jewish history, especially Cold War eastern Europe. Yet, since escaping the mostly ambivalent clutches of the ivory tower’s guards, Zachary has worked as a curator at Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) developing contemporary art and history exhibitions.
He recently curated It’s a Thin Line: The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and Beyond, which explores the history, culture, artistic interpretations, and divisive issues behind the Eruv, an invisible line surrounding many Jewish neighborhoods, which makes it possible for religious Jews to carry on the Sabbath. You heard correctly, an exhibition about an invisible line that makes carrying things ok. Check it at at the Center for Jewish History, 16th street near Union Square.
And of course, check Zachary out tomorrow night at SASS Presents: A Religious Experience at Public Assembly.
What you need to know:
Do you struggle to find meaning in the day-to-day? Are you confused about your purpose on this earth? Do you enjoy drinking beers on Tuesday evenings?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, S.A.S.S. may be the answer you’re looking for.
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How the Bible Came to Be
I don’t know if you guys know this, but the Bible is a pretty big deal. Luckily, Jonathan Soma is here to explain how and why it was born.
Artifacts and Oddities in Jewish History
Zachary Levine examines a series of unusual artifacts on an enlightening journey through the world of Jewish history.
Xenu said WHAT?
Chris Hedick teaches us about L. Ron Hubbard and his Church of Scientology, because Knowing how to Know is the best.
*at least until 9:30.
The Simpsons, Scrubs, and Buffy have all had musical episodes, so now it’s SASS’s turn to interrupt your regularly scheduled lectures with some spirited singing. As SASS takes you through the history of American Music, the dudes from Jumbo Brown will perform the greatest hits from the 1700s, the 1800s, and the 1900s LIVE. There ain’t no party like a history musical party, so get ready to have your face melted with the story of music in America and your ears bleed with tunes from yesteryear.
Sally Dankas is a gal who loves cats, snacks and scrabble (not necessarily in that order). Her contempt over inaccurate portrayals in Disney movies stems from her love of history and the fact that she was beat up at Disneyland as a child. Like John Smith, she loves spinning a good yarn and is not afraid to exaggerate her own adventures in order to make the story better. She claims to bear a striking resemblance to a young Ray Romano, but we think she is way hotter.
Sally will be joined by returning SASS speakers Glenna Abend and Anna Rasche to teach you about explorers of the New World.
What you need to know:
So Christopher Columbus gets his own day every year because in 1492 he sailed the ocean blue and crashed into Haiti and told everyone it was India. Pretty impressive stuff, but we’re not going to talk about him. Instead, we’re going to talk about some of the other grouchy European explorers who made their mark in the New World. We’ll cover the adventures of Henry Hudson, Hernando Cortes and his improbable conquest of Mexico, and learn exactly what John Smith did (besides Pocahontas).
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Henry Hudson and the Rivers Unknown
Henry Hudson has a whole lot of stuff named after him, so come learn what he did to deserve this geographic immortality.
Cortes and the Aztecs
Find out why Montezuma has been getting revenge for the past 500 years.
But my name really IS “John Smith!”
From Virginia to New England, this guy was breaking hearts and taking names. Ladies?
For our one year anniversary, SASS will be talking about Famous Firsts in history. But to make the night extra special, we’re asking our audience members to volunteer their own personal Famous First to enter to win VIP tickets to the Intrepid Museum.
Come by next Tuesday evening and tell us YOUR personal Famous First story- if you were the first person to walk down Broadway backwards on a Wednesday night, or the first person to confuse the numbered avenues in Queens (just kidding, everyone does that)- anything!
We’ll ask our favorites to share a 1 minute story on stage for a chance to win tickets to the Intrepid courtesy of our guest speaker and history of space firsts expert, Mr. Mark Roberts.
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is a total must-see if you like military, maritime, aviation or space history! Located on a historic ship, visitors to the Intrepid can explore more than 20 restored aircrafts, the Intrepid Aircraft carrier, the Enterprise Space Shuttle, the Growler submarine, a British Airways Concorde, a Flight Simulator and an extensive array of interactive exhibits. Pret-ty cool.
Nicoletta de Denaro, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Hairdressers - better than any focus groups.
When the new section of the High Line in New York City was getting ready to open in June 2011, Korean-born artist Hyemi Cho worried that she would lose her privacy due to the proximity of her apartment to the new span. Instead of giving into the fear, she painted art for her window that gave the illusion that she was peeking out and waving from behind the curtains
