art, art, art

these guys are awesome! 

 

I’ll admit that I have a soft spot in my heart for performance art. I kind of love it from afar, but hate it when I’m forced to sit through it or discuss it the way that I would discuss a book, movie, play, dance piece, or any other work of art. From a distance it’s totally cool.

 

I’m not the only one with pest problems!

A couple who live in the the Ansonia have cockroach infestation that sounds kind of biblical. The NY Times reports on their nasty infestation. I’m not sure where I stand on cockroaches v. bedbugs. I say they are equally gross….but there are so many products out there to kill cockroaches and only a few to kill bedbugs. Plus bedbugs feed on your blood and as far as I know roaches don’t attack humans. So gross factor aside, they need a serious cleaning.

The couple is currently suing the management company. And the bugs have gotten everywhere: floors, walls, curtains, and the bed. As evidence, they’ve collected about 50 dead roaches over the last three days, storing them in a jar, and they are also keeping a log of roach sightings.

New York can be one nasty city.

 

Great Brooklyn Bookstore!

This weekend Fred and I took a stroll through Carroll Gardens and discovered Pranga Bookstore on Court St. and President St — a book store with freak’n unbeatable prices.  When was the last time you spend under 5 bucks for a book?  Talk about kid in a candy store….I went a little nuts.  I dropped 10 bucks  and picked up a couple YA titles and a novel by Carrie Fisher. yeah!

Pranga Bookstore is tucked away from the main drag, just one block up from Smith St. The down stairs has an extensive children’s section and a clean well kept fiction shelves.  The YA section in the back is a little small, but you can’t beat 2 bucks for a book.  The real steals are upstairs.  The books are deeply discounted ($3-5), but the sections aren’t alphabetized. I got a little cross eyed, and eventually I just gave up. 

I usually rack up at least 3 buck in library fines…..you can bet I’ll be back.

 

FOUND!

 

Last night Fred and I caught the Found show at Union Hall in Park Slope….freakn’ awesome! Davy Rothbart read all time favorite finds from his Found Magazine and a personal essay about growing up with a deaf parent. His brother also made an appearance on stage to perform songs inspired by some of his favorite finds. (yeah!! the booty don’t’ stop!)

The crew of Found Magazine will be on tour for the next few months. They’ll be making a stop in my hometown, Asheville NC November 30 at the Grey Eagle. (check it out!) For other tour dates and more info about Found check out their website.

I can not recommend Found enough. It’s truly a testament to everyday stories that when only half told can contain more truth than entire novels. I can’t remember when I first picked up the first Found collection, but that first collection sent me to This American Life to the Booty Tape, to The Lone Surfer of Montana Kansas, and back again.

go to the show. order the book. go find a story.

 

I will never have as much money as this dog.

to much money will make you crazy. proof from the ny times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/nyregion/03trouble.html?oref=login