Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » NYC http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Cheers From NYC http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/31/cheers-from-nyc/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/31/cheers-from-nyc/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:29:28 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6953 This year was sort of crazy, right?  Try not to think too much about it…Happy NYE!

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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/28/irene-west-village-spooky-alternative-universe/feed/ 0 New Yorkers Don’t Bite. Unless You Want Us To. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/new-yorkers-dont-bite-unless-you-want-us-to/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/new-yorkers-dont-bite-unless-you-want-us-to/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:51:00 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6475 What happens when you put a megaphone on a podium in the middle of New York City and give people the simple direction to “say something nice” into it?  Before you say, “Ugh…so cheesy”, press Play and feel the cynicism slowly creep away…


-via Mashable

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/new-yorkers-dont-bite-unless-you-want-us-to/feed/ 0 Time Capsule Thursday: NYC In The Swinging 60′s http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/11/nyc-in-the-60s-something-for-everyone/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/11/nyc-in-the-60s-something-for-everyone/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:00:56 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6407 These NYC travel videos from the 60′s are amazing – even though the vibes of each video are different, they’re both still 100% true. That’s the beauty of New York – it can be a thousand different things to a thousand different people, but in the end, still one unified place.

In 1962, NYC is non-stop & forward-thinking:

-via @EverythingNYC

In 1967, NYC’s Lower East Side is gritty & mind-expanding:

-via Buzzfeed

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- Thanks @jennginnyc

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/06/07/nyc-the-sexiest-city-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Move Over Banksy, Say Hello To Hanksy. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/05/25/move-over-banksy-say-hello-to-hanksy/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/05/25/move-over-banksy-say-hello-to-hanksy/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:57:18 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6183 These clever pieces of street art have mysteriously popped up in Soho, NYC, recently:


-via My Modern Metropolis

Note: The film “Cast Away” is my idea of corporal punishment, so while these photos will probably give me nightmares for a week or so, I do commend their creativity.  Well done, Hanksy.

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-via Gawker

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/05/10/nyc-street-sign-megamix-worth-the-headache/feed/ 0 You Tawlkin’ To Me? http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/04/22/you-tawlkin-to-me/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/04/22/you-tawlkin-to-me/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:53:27 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=5882 Documentary filmmaker Heather Quinlan is working on a new film studying the infamous New York Accent.  ”If These Knishes Could Talk” charts the inevitable decline of the accent as New York becomes more diverse.  Visit Heather’s IndieGoGo fundraiser page if you want to donate some cash to help her finish her film.  I love New Yawk.

-via Doobybrain

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-via Buzzfeed

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