I love this painted door in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, and I love the source of its imagery even more.
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Columbus Day
Image: [Columbus Day at Columbus Circle, NYC], October 12, 1940, Museum of the City of New York.
Just Because: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
This has no deep significance or any connection to my usual topics. It just made me look twice and, well, laugh. Someone had pasted a blank piece of paper over the letter “S” in this sign and made a little street-art joke.
Image: photo by Tinsel Creation
Tenoverten Nail Polishes: Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
Two of my blogging obsessions are beauty products and New York City, so when I come across something that connects both subjects, I can’t wait to share my thoughts.
On a recent visit to the bi-annual Elements Showcase (a niche/artisan fragrance trade show with a few extras), I met the founders-owners of the Tenoverten nail salons (“ten over ten,” get it?) and I had a chance to try Tenoverten’s own line of nail polish. The collection currently includes fourteen shades named after streets in downtown Manhattan.
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