Sakura Matsuri Festival 2013
So this weekend I had the pleasure of wandering around the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens with a friend at their Sakura Matsuri Festival, which was a combination of the annual cherry blossom festival plus...
pop culture
Google Easter Egg Treasure Hunt
Apparently Google decided to combine Easter and April Fools this year with a treasure hunt. If you go to Google map today, you’ll see a map like this. And if you go hunting...
Shock and Awe(ful) – Ford’s Indian Bondage Problem
In case you’ve missed all the hubbub the past few days over the leaked Ford Figo ad from JWT India ad agency in Delhi, here’s the main image that has gotten everyone in...
Hip Hop Politics at The New School
For those who missed it, there was an excellent event recently at The New School called Hip-Hop: Race, Politics, and Hyper-Masculinity that was organized by some former and current New School folks, and...
Mr. Chris Goes to Cleveland – Pt IV: Les Misérables
While I was adventuring in the midwest, I did manage to squeeze a bit of operatic culture into my trip. Well, I’m not sure if a night at the movies really counts as...
Mr. Chris Goes to Cleveland – Pt II: The Doctor
So while enjoying my holiday respite in Cleveland I spent a fair bit of time watching other people’s TV watching habits. During one of those days, my Cleveland suburban friends’ son was watching...
