not sure that this belongs here tbh but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feh8CkaPkr4
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
actually i just got to the part where she buys a 2k Chanel bag, nevermind
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
bonus points of note: she has named her aloe plantsbackward shirt for some reasonthe stool seats wrapped in crinolinelikes to wear louboutins around the apartment"i can't look directly in the mirror without standing on my tiptoes... but i tell myself it's good exercise?"the gallery of angry notes from the downstairs neighbor
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/01/tamar-adler-grub-street-diet.html
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 19 January 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
Eh that’s not bad at all. There’s a lot of food detail, but she’s a chef & food writer.
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 20 January 2018 08:36 (six years ago) link
This is vomit-inducing: "My son is disappointed with me while I produce the elixir I need to have the spirit of a good Spoons player. I emerge onto the field of sport at around 7:05 with a quart-size Mason jar half-full of black tea and half-full of organic lactose-free whole milk and maple syrup. I am renewed."
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 20 January 2018 09:03 (six years ago) link
I'm going to go out on a limb and say her bad writing makes her sound much more insufferable than she probably actually is
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 January 2018 09:46 (six years ago) link
it certainly doesn't help but this is clearly someone who mistakes lifestyle for character
I ran into someone I try to avoid last week...my friend asked about her daughter, how she is liking college in the city, and she could only respond by going on about what a great neighborhood they put her in. She said Irving Place about six times inside of two minutes
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
Ugh w/ the mason jars already. As someone who stocks them at home for practical purposes—they are dirt cheap, interchangeable, and kid-proof—this trend has been a long hard slog.
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
It’s not like they’ve jacked up the price
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Saturday, 20 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
It does not make sense to say “half full of one thing and half full of another thing and one more thing”
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 20 January 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
Yes. This is very bad writing. The writer obviously thinks that if the secret to good writing is to torture words.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 20 January 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
This is very Vogue writing. I miss Jeffrey Steingarten in that rag.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 20 January 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
I just watched that apartment vid above and after bragging about having no ikea in her apartment she proceeds directly to the ikea expedit shelf.
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link
They're baaaaaaaaaack. The NIMBYs who are afraid of subway elevators decided to bring more attention to themselves and agreed to be interviewed by The Times. https://t.co/7Vc0n8awJE— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) January 22, 2018
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
We get a new cast of characters this time. Meet Claudia Ward, who works and lives in a .3 million apartment at 15 Broad Street, and thinks terrorists can't just walk up a flight of stairs instead. pic.twitter.com/Q4c9T2BLz9— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) January 22, 2018
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
wow
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Man, I've heard some dumb NIMBY fig leaf rationales, but this is among the most transparent
― Dan I., Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
wow, waaaaaht?!
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
also, anyone who thinks it's "easy for a person to just slip through" has never waited for or ridden in a subway elevator
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
lol seriously
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
From the comments
...the article has done an excellent job at doing exactly what the developer of the new high rise wants - to divert attention from the real issue here. That is, that for a mere $20m they are getting a massive amount of additional air rights to build the tallest residential tower in Nee York. The developer’s crocodile tears for the disabled are a joke. No one wants to take services away from those who need it. But by making this a tale of “rich vs. disabled” that whole issue has been obfuscated.
There may be merit to this, which makes their decision to leverage terrorism even uglier. Would be surprised to learn that any of these people lived in the neighborhood before 9/11. Also fuck this lady for posing with her kid. If you are this concerned with your family's safety maybe move somewhere not literally called ground zero.
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
IDGI. If the point is that the development is bad, oppose the development. If the point is that they are paying too little for their variance, then protest that they should build TWO subway elevators, or an elevator and a park, or w/e.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
They probably see meeting the developers head-on as a lost cause. "But shrapnel!" looks like a Hail Mary pass
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
well the issue becomes that the villain is actually the city, broadly speaking, who have been giving away incredible deals for absolute peanuts for ages. they should be demanding that these developers top up the NYCHA maintenance and capital budgets. or just, y'know, tax the shit out of them so the city can fund things reliably. both unthinkable it seems.
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
something tells me the residents of a building called "Downtown By Phillipe Starck" might be incapable of waging a principled fight in this area
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
This is the same lady protesting the elevators lol pic.twitter.com/a8lc6Inzvc— sensei-tional🌹 (@plumpearpeach) January 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
wow that's quite an account https://twitter.com/lgerstman
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
oh my god
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
waldorf-astoria: *not* pet-friendly
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
i love that she lives in the downtown area of the capital of planet earth and she's constantly shocked by the noise
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
I kind of hate myself every time I start digging through someone's personal social media for stuff like this, but damn hers is ripe for it.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
loool her example of "noise/air polution" is trash pickup
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
NYC needs more trash pickup I’m pretty sure, or less trash
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
there's entitled and then there's
.@APPLEOFFIClAL please consider making the alarm clock more difficult to turn off. Perhaps requiring a code. #missedmyflight— Linda Gerstman (@LGerstman) May 3, 2015
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
every tweet is an absurd complaint
― marcos, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
I love it. So happy this woman exists.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
She's like golem made out of links in this thread
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
honestly hundreds of this woman exist, and they all have yorkies
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
the yorkie is basically an avatar for their delicate, overly-fluffed little egos
I like imagining that they are all named after cute spots on recent tour of Tuscany
― Empire Burl Ives (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
new york is not the capital of planet earth. i used to think that but no. london had a claim but not any more. i don't think there is one. sorry OT i know
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/fashion/weddings/a-commitment-for-more-than-one-lifetime.html?referer=http://m.facebook.com
― gr8080, Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
Wow. People are interesting.
― Jeff, Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/nyregion/how-salt-bae-restaurateur-spends-his-sundays.html
― mick signals, Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
those "how i spent my sunday" things that i have read seem like they are inherently designed to make you dislike the person upon reading all the things they do on their sunday routine. first, they are fortunate enough to have a sunday routine. it gets worse from there.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
yeah but the way this guy throws salt
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
the salt guy didn't bug me so much. i like salt.
― scott seward, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
when my salter has racing gloves on and puts his hips into it, that's the best salt
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
a 35-year-old bachelor (with 13 children)
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link