Posts tagged Times

First-person video of the NYC marathon route in 3 and a quarter minutes, with hopalong map.

First-person video of the NYC marathon route in 3 and a quarter minutes, with hopalong map.

Sorry for the wonky embed, but just watch. Quiet at the center of the universe + Robert Evans’s humility.

Wood-burning hot tub! My dad-in-law has one of these. A lot of upkeep but an extraordinary warmth.

Wood-burning hot tub! My dad-in-law has one of these. A lot of upkeep but an extraordinary warmth.

For some $8 million, this creaking stucco pile of heavenly terraces, in an Amalfi coast town 20 minutes by boat from Capri, can be yours. Click through for more slides from the Times.

For some $8 million, this creaking stucco pile of heavenly terraces, in an Amalfi coast town 20 minutes by boat from Capri, can be yours. Click through for more slides from the Times.

Bridge over the Hoover Dam - a mammoth project with photos by Jamey Stillings to match. At night it looks like the construction of the Death Star. Click through for a slide show well worth a look. (The Times liked his work so much, they commissioned him for their own photo series.)

Bridge over the Hoover Dam - a mammoth project with photos by Jamey Stillings to match. At night it looks like the construction of the Death Star. Click through for a slide show well worth a look. (The Times liked his work so much, they commissioned him for their own photo series.)

They push these any heroics any further and maybe next time they’ll score when they’re in the showers. What a morning. Actual cheers on the streets of Manhattan!

They push these any heroics any further and maybe next time they’ll score when they’re in the showers. What a morning. Actual cheers on the streets of Manhattan!

Click through for a Times interactive panel of bizarre signs, most of which are an array of the phenomenon known respectfully as “Chinglish”.

Click through for a Times interactive panel of bizarre signs, most of which are an array of the phenomenon known respectfully as “Chinglish”.

A rambling Mexican colonial on the chirring hillside above San Miguel de Allende. Look close - that’s a hammock over a swimming pool. Why’ve we never thought of this? Anyway, check out this fireplace. And this bathroom. And the size of the bugs they must kill in the backyard - all for $800K. Click through for full Times slideshow.

A rambling Mexican colonial on the chirring hillside above San Miguel de Allende. Look close - that’s a hammock over a swimming pool. Why’ve we never thought of this? Anyway, check out this fireplace. And this bathroom. And the size of the bugs they must kill in the backyard - all for $800K. Click through for full Times slideshow.

My poor little dried-up, left-behind Tumblr. Maybe a delicious new layout, and these stunning photos of white buildings, will revive you!

On the Times, they profile some of Manhattan’s odd white towers. Apparently they haven’t many fans, but they sure are distinctive. Rich folk tend to live in them. I’m impressed that the newspaper chose to photograph some them fetchingly - this could have been pretty dull. Full slideshow.

A fun article on white dog.

A fun article on white dog.

After a violent gangster film that takes place In Bruges, and spitefully dubs it the most boring place on earth, I now have a soft spot for it. And now look (for $850,000). Click through for a Times slideshow. Exterior.

After a violent gangster film that takes place In Bruges, and spitefully dubs it the most boring place on earth, I now have a soft spot for it. And now look (for $850,000). Click through for a Times slideshow. Exterior.

A litany of baffled questions accompanies this video, if I may: Why? Who thought this would be a good idea to produce for The New York Times? Who is this Katie Lee girl? How’d they find her? She’s plenty confident, but why’d she get plugged to make this school cafeteria food on camera? With Frank Bruni no less - y’know, the erstwhile most influential restaurant critic in America (who is quick mention that he can’t cook)? And why’d they air it? He is clearly appalled by every aspect of the “recipe”, from the ingredients to their application to the dipping sauces Katie prefers (they won’t even show them on camera) to the ridiculous hotness of Katie herself to her playful pretense that he’s not gay. This is a mesmerizing clip, not just for Katie’s full lips & skin tone, nor for Frank’s rudeness, nor for the greaseburgers that Frank must pretend to enjoy at the end… The don’t-go-there-whoops-they-went-there trainwreck at around the 2:45 mark is just delightful. Can’t embed; click through for fine viewing at the Grey Lady.

A litany of baffled questions accompanies this video, if I may: Why? Who thought this would be a good idea to produce for The New York Times? Who is this Katie Lee girl? How’d they find her? She’s plenty confident, but why’d she get plugged to make this school cafeteria food on camera? With Frank Bruni no less - y’know, the erstwhile most influential restaurant critic in America (who is quick mention that he can’t cook)? And why’d they air it? He is clearly appalled by every aspect of the “recipe”, from the ingredients to their application to the dipping sauces Katie prefers (they won’t even show them on camera) to the ridiculous hotness of Katie herself to her playful pretense that he’s not gay. This is a mesmerizing clip, not just for Katie’s full lips & skin tone, nor for Frank’s rudeness, nor for the greaseburgers that Frank must pretend to enjoy at the end… The don’t-go-there-whoops-they-went-there trainwreck at around the 2:45 mark is just delightful.

Can’t embed; click through for fine viewing at the Grey Lady.