Category Archives: Around Town

by | November 16, 2010 · 2:12 pm

LL Cool J at the National Portrait Gallery: A Discussion

Can we talk about this?

So I was in our nation’s capital this past weekend visiting a group of friends, and we unanimously decided that the only touristy thing we were going to do was trek to the National Portrait Gallery to check out the exhibit Elvis at 21, which is pretty great. That’s my review.

I’ve been to only one other portrait gallery, and that was in London. It might be one of the greatest places ever, considering I have an unhealthy obsession with the British monarchy, namely the Tudors, and I practically devoured the place (also, we need to discuss William and Kate…I may or may not be stalking them). So in the National Portrait Gallery in London you can see portraits of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, works by Holbein, etc…all things you’ve probably seen in your history books. In America, we have LL Cool J. And a throne. And neon green and red damask. Take a look at what you lost in the revolution, Britain. I bet you’re regretting taxation without representation now.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Filed under Around Town, BEST Things Ever

Tagged as , , ,

by | November 10, 2010 · 2:45 pm

And This is Why Jay-Z is So Cool

Photo courtesy of Grub Street

So according to New York magazine Jay-Z is getting the word out about his upcoming memoir (Decoded) by reprinting pages of the book onto inanimate objects, as well as people, in various locations throughout New York City. This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever heard.

David Droga, of Droga5, the advertising company behind this stellar marketing campaign, told the New York Times today that locations will be chosen according to the subject matter on the reprinted page, i.e. if Jay-Z mentions the Marcy Projects or something about Madison Square Garden (I mean, this is all he talks about…and B, he talks about her too), reprinted pages will most likely be found there in the next few days. “If in certain pages Jay-Z is talking about something related to Times Square, then those pages might be on billboards in Times Square,” Droga said.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Filed under Around Town, BEST Things Ever

Tagged as , , , ,

by | October 26, 2010 · 4:51 pm

Scenes from the Green Line

Advertisement at the Arlington Station.

Dear Karen and Neil: I hope you don’t take the T. Love, Kelly.

Something about this makes me think Karen and Neil are the Angry Engaged Somewhat Happily Married Couple. Update: I saw the dynamic duo on the train last week looking worse for the wear. Later that same day, I saw Somewhat Happily Married Man half asleep in his Metro paper. Guess the honeymoon really doesn’t last forever. If only they knew they were blog celebrities!

1 Comment

Filed under Around Town, WORST Things Ever

Tagged as , ,