Out for a night of swing dancing, this time of the Balboa persuasion. I’ve never been formally introduced to Bal, just kinda picked it up over the years. I suppose it never became so apparent how much I have yet to learn than in the company of some of the country’s best Bal dancers and [...]
a tale of New York, swing dancing
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There are many strange traditions in New York, and last year began a new one, the Annual New York City Pillow Fight. This year’s was the second consecutive year that Union Square was ’stuffed’ with pillow-packing people ready to brawl.
It didn’t take long for the feathers to fly, it seems that this crowd of young, mostly-students and downtowners had a lot of pent up rage, for some reason. Maybe it’s the cost of tuition, or maybe it finding a way to spend that $1000/week allowance from daddy.
As you can see from the videos, it was quite an affair with no shortage of police/authorities and amateur press. I was alerted to the story from Rocketboom’s Friday episode, and on their Saturday show, I actually found myself in the frame.
Continue reading this post to see the still images - there are plenty!
a tale of New York
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Since I don’t have a Valentine, I figure I can fill the place in heart by going down the pub and playing trivia. Didn’t work.
Keith and the Girl sponsored a little game of trivia at Pete’s Candy Store here in Williamsburg. Keith and Chemda turned up, as did Patrice, Matt B, Spooky, Dee, Jess and [...]
a tale of New York, the weather
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The first meeting of the New York Diggnation Meetup Group took place tonight. Let me summarise:
A bunch of geeks gather in a theatre in the East Village to watch a re-run of an internet TV show on a big screen. And then eat pizza and beer. Big deal! It was written about on Forbes.com
But the [...]
a tale of New York, computers & technology, music, movies & tv
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Jessica decided a few weeks ago that we ‘needed’ to have a dinner party to try and cope with the fact that everyone hates February. Because of the timing, the night turned out to be a bit more celebratory and for Jessica it marked her finding a new job. Either way, it was a night [...]
a tale of Hoboken, LUL/Greeklife, the opposite sex
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