Another Radio Appearance

Click Below to hear my post-hurricane wrap-up with Morning Radio Masterminds Bob & Sheri

Sloan on the Phone: SANDY'S AFTERMATH

The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Pictures

Here's me serving Trash-Heap Eleganza on a recently landed Snapple machine. There's more 

AFTER THE JUMP

The Bob & Sheri Show

This morning I was featured on the nationally syndicated morning drive radio program The Bob & Sheri Show talking about Hurricane Sandy and how her impending wrath has affected the people of NYC. Click the link to listen to my segment, known as "Sloan on the Phone"

Hurricane Sandy! (Beard Blog 4)

an update on both the impending storm AND my impending beardlessness...

Share! Create! Unite!

The National School Climate Center recently held a fundraiser in midtown Manhattan to benefit it's anti-bullying initiative known as BULLYBUST: PROMOTING A COMMUNITY OF UPSTANDERS.

Attendees participated in a silent auction, bidding on items from jewelry to vacation packages. Also on hand was Satya Jewelry selling special bracelets featuring Gonesha, Hindu god known as the "remover of obstacles," and onyx, a gem they say is the "stone of endurance" and guides decision-making in challenging times.

Cassandra Bankson is a model and viral-video-internet-starlet who attended the event as the spokesperson for NSCC. She told the compelling story of her battle with bullying that became so severe, she left school to seek one-on-one instruction. (How's that for an ugly duckling story?!)

Donate to Decorate

Boy Meets Girl donated hoodies that people were able to decorate with words of encouragement to bullying victims. The hoodies were then to be donated to area schools working in conjunction with NSCC.

Also in attendance was Lee Hirsch, filmmaker and award-winning director of the documentary film Bully. Hirsch talked about the making of and the resulting impact of his film. It's a must-see. Check out the trailer below...

The Story of My Beard: episode 3

The Story of My Beard: episode 2

The Story of My Beard: episode 1

Me, my beard, and my quarter-life crisis...

Sad truth...

from an Anonymous New Yorker...

"Just when I get one aspect of my life together, I'll be damned if something else don't fall the fuck apart."

Seen Around Town: Upper Harlem

Give Me a Beat!

Yesterday I was walking around Union Square and noticed a drummer setting the rhythm for all the people walking by. Nearly everyone synched his or her gait to the drummer's beat as they passed. The performer is Alex Green.

Copy Editing The City

The M line is supposed to be ORANGE

The City's Best Muffin

Recently on a walk from Tribeca, I cut through China Town on my way to the Lower East Side. It's no surprise that certain parts of China Town at certain times of day smell bad. Fish market deliveries? This was one of those times.

But as I was walking I found an olfactory oasis. I stopped dead in my tracks when I smelled this sweet scent wafting about me. Then, like a bloodhound I spun around and followed my nose back to a small and nondescript storefront whose very existence would have been swallowed up in the painted scenery of Eldridge Street were it not for that glorious AROMA. Said oasis turned out to be called Panade Puffs and Pastries. The smell had been fresh mixed berry muffins baking in the oven.

After waiting five minutes for them to come out of the oven, I enjoyed an iced coffee and a muffin on a bench out front.The muffin was hot and sweet and light and moist and finished with a thin layer of just-crisp crust. You Must Go.