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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Before he was King: Elvis at 21
A sequence of photographs captures Elvis Presley climbing out of the back of a train en route to Memphis from New York City and walking down the streets of his hometown. The world around him oblivious to the slick, handsome 21-year-old. Elvis at 21, a touring photo exhibit that was recently on display at the […]
In a Snoody Mood
No, “snoody” is not another term for arrogant, it’s the official word used to describe a circular scarf. And in the wake of Snowpocalypse 2011 here in New England, I’m happier than ever to be the smug owner of one of these warm little beauties. I got my first glimpse at a snood during my […]
Notes from Laptopistan
I’m currently working from Laptopistan. Where? Laptopistan is an imaginary place coined by New York Times writer David Saxton in an article on the culture of working from a coffee shop. I’m sitting here on a chair that isn’t mine, on a table that isn’t mine, with the smell of roasted coffee beans in the […]
I Can’t Believe They Let Me Out of The House
If there was ever a decade to set the fashion world back in sophistication, it was the ’90s. I was lucky to be young enough that it wasn’t time to strut the styles of the new millennium until high school. Sadly, that doesn’t mean my eight-year old self didn’t try to take on the fashion […]
A Look Back: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Throughout the ’90s, before there was Twilight with its brooding vampires and damsels in distress, there was the Vampire Slayer. Buffy was smart, strong and could really kick ass, as she and her faithful friends, the Scooby Gang, regularly saved Sunnydale, CA from vampires and other creatures of darkness. But, of course, teenage television can’t […]
T.G.F.R.? Thank God For Reruns
While the days of waking up and checking the news to see if the superintendent or chancellor declared a snow day seem as ancient as the Y2K scare, thanks to Mother Nature, I’ve found that snow days, while rare, still do exist in the real world! Granted, snow days are now filled with compulsively checking […]
The AD(dictive) 90s
Long before Isaiah Mustafa preached his message “Smell like a man, Man” to the world, you probably remember a damsel awaiting the return of her man from sea, because unlike others, “some would rather just sail into life with the unmistakable sense of Old Spice.” The 90s didn’t have Facebook to kickstart a social media […]
Rise and Fall: 90s Boy & Girl Bands
It was the turn of the 90s. Glam rockers with long hair were going out faster than the slime could fall on Double Dare. Grunge was taking over young and impressionable minds like the Sega Genesis. Boy band New Kids On The Block had just come from a wave of popularity off of their hottest […]
No Lie, It’s Lame: Not-So-Awesome 90s Inventions
If you consider knowing more than your parents about technology as one of your best qualities, you’re definitely a member of Gen Y. From Tamagotchis to Twitter, our tech obsession has continued to define us, decade after decade. As a generation of technological know-it-alls, though, we hate admitting we were wrong. Almost 20 years later, […]