A good friend of mine recently visited some relatives in Oregon. Among her activities there, she went to Washington Square for some serious shopping. As she went to the car with all her packages, she realized she had left her backpack (purse) on a bench in the mall…
Gates spoofs are everywhere, but this was a little to close to home….
Here are photos from the last weekend of The Gates installation in Central Park. Removal of The Gates begins tomorrow, Monday, February 28…
“In Central Park today I lost my left hand glove and thought that for sure I was going to have an O.J. moment…
Games are fun. NICE will periodically feature cool and fun games that you can play while passing time at work, contemplating your next novel or hiding from crazy relatives visiting for the holidays…
Read this article from The Boston Globe about the continuing success of Hargo and The Somerville Gates art installation in Massachusetts (see the Daily NICE post below from February 22)…
“You will forever be my Vic Colfari, my jive talker and a truly cherished friend. I can’t express how great it was to hang with you this weekend, talking and talking as if we see each other every day…
Plastic shopping bags are ubiquitous throughout the world. Many of us receive them on a daily basis from trips to the grocery store, the mall and even the local sandwich shop. Do you remember the days when you would come back from the supermarket with ten paper bags, half of them torn, the other half soaked from the melting ice cream? The plastic bags seemed to be a godsend, allowing you to carry all ten bags at once and not have to worry about breakage. And, come to find out that plastics bags are cheaper and require less energy to produce than their paper counterparts. So why does it seem like these plastic bags get such a bad wrap…
The visual arts are great, don’t get me wrong. We have memberships to the Metropolitan and Whitney and try to make it to other showings around town as much as possible. But, there is still something kind of wrong about the whole art gallery and museum thing that always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe it’s the severity of the whole experience. Maybe it’s the starchy people that are all around you at these places. Maybe it’s the high admission price or too-fancy-for-me hors d’oeuvres at openings. I like the art — definitely. I could probably do without the environmental contaminants that come with it.
Ah, then there are public space art shows…
We all have love hate relationships with public restrooms. For the most part, we hate them. Once in a while, however, the toilet gods shine down on us and bless us with a beautiful, almost serene restroom experience…
