Co-Curate a Chelsea (NYC) Art Show

Agathe de Tremontels for Street Show

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Art and technology event revolutionary Aram Bartholl has installed a USB drive into the façade of the Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in the Chelsea section of New York City, with the center's consent of course. On that USB is Street Show: The Things Between Us, a collection of 22 works by new media and Internet artists that reflect on the idea of "transfer." Anyone with a laptop and USB port can hook up and access the files and become a co-curator of this virtual art exhibition. 

Venice Beach and Santa Monica: Where Models and the Beatles Play

Viceroy View, Santa Monica

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We drove up to the Viceroy in a rented Ford Fusion and immediately scrambled to clean up the inside of our vehicle when we saw the notice: Valet parking only. The backseat was littered with garbage bags, recycling, a gigantic cardboard box with our camping equipment spilling out and bikinis drying in the hot sun. Outfitted in bohemian maxi dresses and floppy hats, my friend Gemma and I gave the valets our names and they placed our luggage on a wheelie carrier; even carefully placing my reusable Vegas tote holding hijacked toiletries from previous hotels delicately on the hook at the top of the cart’s brass curve. A gloved man opened the main hotel doors for us and as we entered the hotel, we smacked into a wave of real-life models exiting.  

Thai Elephant 2: Something Other than Italian Fare Finds its Way to Pawling/Patterson, NY

Thai Elephant 2 summer rolls.

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Finally, some non-Italian fare breaks up the monotonous culinary mood of the Pawling/Patterson, NY area (Northeast of NYC). My family has lived in Pawling for over 30 years and since childhood, the only real style of cooking that was abundantly available in town was Italian. This March, Thai Elephant 2, helped inject some other-worldly flavors into the area, by opening up on Rt. 22 in Patterson, Pawling's neighbor. In a building that has had many culinary incarnations over the last decade, at first I was wary of the place. But, after eating their food TWO weekends in a row, I can say with complete confidence that it is: downright delicious.

Yotel: Japanese Capsule Lodging Comes to NYC

 Photo courtesy of Yotel.

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Yotel, a hotel chain offering a larger, upgraded version of Japanese capsule lodging (popular hotels with rooms slightly larger than coffins, which cost around $30 a night), has come to New York. With locations in London and Amsterdam airports, the chain's first US location on 42nd and 10th avenue opened mid-June.