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Entries Tagged as 'Holly's corner'

Manifestations of early nineties nostalgia

February 15th, 2008 · by Holly · 5 Comments

While I’m blogging…
In the last couple of weeks my loving look back to the early nineties has sometimes brought a tear (of joy, of course) to my eye. Witness the journey:
- a few weeks ago, Renda brought her old cds to the office. I filled in some of the gaps in my nineties music collection, […]

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Tags: updates · The past · Holly's corner

After Spiritual America

January 10th, 2008 · by Holly · No Comments

I visited the Guggenheim yesterday for the final day of the Richard Prince retrospective. Afterwards I tried to find more quiet contemplation uptown, resulting in a visit to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, which is undergoing a significant amount of construction following a fire in 2001.

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Tags: Holly's corner · Special Places

LOLHunkz #1

January 4th, 2008 · by Holly · 3 Comments

thanks to Riley!

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OLD NEWS: First Impressions of Amtrak

January 4th, 2008 · by Holly · No Comments

Note: This post was written in early December, but lingered in drafts for a month. Read it anyway! I revisit Philadelphia! PS: Check out this crazy Mummer’s Day parade video featuring my old crew dancing off global warming!
Train travel has never been so fast, so glamorous. Last weekend I took Amtrak for the very first […]

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Tags: The Window · The past · Holly's corner · Special Places

Holly’s Corner: Call for Hunkz

December 7th, 2007 · by Holly · 1 Comment

Please send me your favorite photos of Hunks for a new feature on our blog. You won’t be disappointed. Any kind of hunk - this is not limited to New York City government employees - is welcome. Thanks and see you in Philadelphia this weekend!

[email protected]

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Holly’s Corner: i-friends

November 8th, 2007 · by Holly · 1 Comment

Yesterday, I received my favorite email of all time.

From Masayoshi Nakamura
To Holly Gressley
Date Nov 7, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject Re: hey there
awesome, yeah. we should be friends and make the outing happening
again sometimes! but not the sort of internet friend on myspace,
facebook, or linked-in or nuttin that […]

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Tags: Social Networking Sites · Internet · Holly's corner

Holly on Holly: I Have Needs, They Include Avon Products

October 28th, 2007 · by Holly · 3 Comments

Last week, the REAL Holly’s Corner Blog got spicy with my favorite topic: boys.

Holly S.’s post-feminist musings veer dangerously towards iVillage territory in “For the Guys”, her analysis of how happy relationships result from each partner meeting universal needs. Holly S., via Dr. Laura, identifies the essential ingredients to a successful relationship with her usual […]

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Tags: Advice · Internet · Holly's corner

On Following Your Heart

October 18th, 2007 · by Holly · 1 Comment

Internet celebrity Andrew Sloat brought this flyer back from the AIGA conference on Tuesday.

He gave us a fine recap of a talk by the phenomenal Canadian typographer Marian Bantjes. Bantjes started out her talk by expressing astonishment to be there, and credited it to the fact that four years ago, she quit doing everything she […]

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Tags: truth · Advice · Holly's corner · Andrew · Celebrities

The REAL Holly’s Corner

October 17th, 2007 · by Holly · 1 Comment

Oh man, before my first official Holly’s Corner post, my friend Lucas alerted me to something that has officially knocked my socks off: the Holly’s Corner Blog. I could never compete with this Holly. This blog basically covers everything that my Holly’s Corner would cover - Talent Holly, Spiritual Holly, Intellectual Holly, etc etc. She […]

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Our first Myspace message!

October 12th, 2007 · by Holly · No Comments

Subject: hi
Body: who are you mystery girl

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Tags: Social Networking Sites · Holly's corner