Second Life Paintings
Rochester, New York artist Dave Pollot transforms paintings from thrift shops by adding pop culture characters and objects to old paintings. He incorporates new elements and tries to keep the original integrity of the painting.
New York
Snow and More Snow
It’s been a crazy year for snow in 2021. The New Yorker once again illustrates the sentiment across the nation. The snow out there will come and go, but snow in here, we know. So we will put this snow away and play with it another day.
Sexy Pizza Rat Halloween Costume
I think I smell a rat. Well there goes the neighborhood. If you are savvy to the latest trends, the pizza rat is now a… Read More »Sexy Pizza Rat Halloween Costume
Highway Tzar: The Longest Highway Never Created by Man
One day you will be able to drive from New York to London by car. Most people will think it might be by an underwater… Read More »Highway Tzar: The Longest Highway Never Created by Man
Subway Map of New York’s Coffee Shops
Coffee? This handy subway map of almost all of New York’s coffee shops will keep your coffee addiction closer to your favorite supplier of the… Read More »Subway Map of New York’s Coffee Shops
Peanuts Christmas Dance in New York City
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bB7obyuuY8] Charlie Brown and the gang come to life as a group of dancers reenact the famous Christmas holiday dance sequence from the cartoon… Read More »Peanuts Christmas Dance in New York City
New York Hurricane Sandy Relief T-shirt
I still love NY. Designer-artist Sebastian Errazuriz’s New York city studio was paralyzed after Hurricane Sandy. Unable to work and tired of watching the disaster… Read More »New York Hurricane Sandy Relief T-shirt
Sandy Aftermath: Stop and Think
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy worries me. Jason Kottke got me thinking when he posted this on his site today. He is so right about… Read More »Sandy Aftermath: Stop and Think
Batman and Jesus
Batman and Jesus Christ chilling out on a roof top in New York City in 1972.
Karen Huff Klein (The Bus Monitor) Deserves a Vacation!
You would think kids only bully other kids. You would be wrong. Here are a pack of kids bullying Karen Huff Klein a bus monitor… Read More »Karen Huff Klein (The Bus Monitor) Deserves a Vacation!
Chris Ware: The New Yorker Cover
Summer is around the corner and so is the new Chris Ware New Yorker cover.
Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
Once you listen to the Ramones you never go back. Johnny Ramone, the Ramones’ unheralded guitarist etched a place in the human collective for many… Read More »Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
Panefull Business: The Skyscraper Window Cleaner
I am getting dizzy just looking at this. Imagine cleaning windows outside the Empire State Building dangling just by a strap. Forget scaffolding, that’s how… Read More »Panefull Business: The Skyscraper Window Cleaner
Chalk Lettering
Is chalk lettering a dying art form? Don’t tell that to Dana Tanamachi, a graphic designer and custom chalk letterer who lives in Brooklyn, New… Read More »Chalk Lettering