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guileheroine · 3 years

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A Chad/Ryan (High School Musical) drabble sequence written for the Multifandom Drabble 2021 exchange 🍻😎 / ao3

Ryan had set the hour-ish before the reunion bash aside to figure out Tick-Tock or whatever it was that their loose confederation of tri-state area fusion instructors had begun murmuring into the group chat about. He had a reputation to maintain with his students, after all. But as the party crept closer he found an irrepressible energy creeping with it, guiding him from his parents’ indoor hammock and into the city a tidy half hour before he was due there.

Sharpay had done all the planning for tonight’s New Year’s Eve 2017/Class Of ‘09 Reunion. (It was a mouthful, he told her that when the banner came in). No one had expected her to pick up the tab on it, but Ryan thought most of their former classmates would probably find her a different woman than the one they’d known—though not so different that they weren’t going to be in for the show of their lives tonight. She pestered him relentlessly about getting up there with her, which was why Ryan wanted to avoid her for the time being. That was the thought that led him to a completely different, hipster bar on the other side of town, definitely not Sharpay’s vibe. It was what led him to him.

Chad actually whistled when he saw him. He was behind the bar, to Ryan’s surprise, grin glinting from a mile away as he worked the two patrons. He glanced up when the door swung open, the smile hanging on.

Chad, apron-clad, hair-netted—looking every bit as punchable and kissable as he had at eighteen.

“Man, oh man, as I live and breathe…”

With a wordless, sardonic smile, Ryan bowed. He had to.

Chad practically leapt over the bar for a one-armed hug. He’d had a few, Ryan could tell.

“Evans! What the hell? How long has it been?!” Who could blame him, there was no one here—and a party soon.

“Not long enough,” Ryan said, slipping into the familiar groove.

“So, uh… Juilliard?” Chad ventured eventually, busying himself with the tap.

Ryan shrugged easily. “A breeze. But Broadway, you know... wasn’t for me.”

Chad rolled his eyes as he slid a beer across to him, deadpan. “You weren’t on Broadway, dude.”

“Would you know it if I was?” Ryan countered instantly.

The eyeroll got wider, as did Ryan’s grin. These were gears he missed grinding. He took a large gulp, but in his well-masked giddiness, he overshot, some of the beer sloshing down his shirt.

The black shirt would be fine once it dried. It didn’t stop Chad taking a paper towel to his chest, before Ryan knew it was happening.

“I was saying,” he continued highly, clearing his throat, “I’m behind the scenes now. I choreograph a little, I instruct, I coach.” All lofty words, to help him recover his composure.

Chad only smiled, softer now that Ryan had shown his ass. Ryan missed that, too, rare as it had been. He curled his hand around the glass. “But,” he popped his lips, “still in New York, so...”

“Count on you to count that as a plus.” Chad took the dish towel tucked in his apron and brandished it like a whip before he set to work on the patch of wet marble between them.

Ryan scoffed. “Says the guy still in Albuquerque. Don’t tell me you never left this place.” It might have been a low blow with anyone else he hadn’t seen for a decade, but Chad could take it.

“I did, hotshot,” Chad retorted duly, “I just moved back here to my parents’ after some stuff fell through. Breakup.”

“Breakup?”

That would probably pique most people’s curiosity, and most people could get away with being a little nosy on the holidays.

“Yeah,” Chad said vaguely, evasive. “College boyfriend. Whatever, it’s old news.”

It definitely wasn't that to Ryan. He pursed his mouth before it did anything unseemly. College boyfriend, huh?

So Chad had come out. And Ryan, in all likelihood, hadn’t been imagining it all… The currents of strange teenage tension, brief as summer, growing smaller in his memory all this time but never less electric.

“College boyfriends,” Ryan commiserated, clucking his tongue knowingly. He in fact had no idea what he meant by that, but it felt like a germane thing to say. There was no way Chad was anything but eons deep in the closet when he knew him, but if he had emerged out of the maze now…

“Hey.” Ryan sat forward on a whim, nails tapping on the counter. “You’re probably coming to my sister’s party, right?”

“When I get off,” Chad said. His laugh crackled the air, electric. “Why, you wanna be my date, Evans?”

Well, he beat him to that one, but Ryan would let him have it.

#**#high school musical #this movie introduced me to fanfic when i was 9

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your-fave-is-catholic · 5 years

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Your Fave Is Catholic: Bono (real name: Paul David Hewson)

Known for: Grammy Award winning & Golden Globe winning singer, songwriter, musician, & philanthropist from Ireland, he is best known for being the frontman of the beloved rock & roll band U2. Having formed the band with his school friends back in the 1970s, they made it big during the 1980s & has since continued creating great music that is beloved by people all over the world. He sings all the songs of U2, with some of the most famous ones being “11 O’Clock Tick Tock”, “Another Day”, “Fire”, “Gloria”, “A Celebration”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “Two Hearts Beat As One”, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, “In God’s Country”, “One Tree Hill”, “Where the Streets have No Name”, “With or Without You”, “Desire”, “Mysterious Ways”, “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?”, “Lemon”, “Numb”, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”, “Beautiful Day”, “Elevation”, “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”, “Walk On”, “Electrical Storm”, “Vertigo”, “One”, “The Saints Are Coming”, “Get On Your Boots”, “Ordinary Love”, “Song for Someone”, “You’re the Best Thing About Me”, & many many more. He has several albums under U2, & he even penned the songs for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. He is also greatly known for his extensive charity work & for his causes regarding social justice, & his work helping others in various issues has garnered him much praise, & even landed him a spot as one of Time Magazine’s People of the Year in 2005, as well as being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to music & his humanitarian work. His charity work is so long to list, it would take several pages to share all of them!

Evidence of Faith: According to the biography/interviews Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas by Michka Assayas as well as a short biography on Macphisto.net, Bono’s mother was a member of the Church of Ireland, while his father was Roman Catholic, which means Bono grew up in a bi-religious household. But according to Unforgettable Fire: The Definitive Biography of U2 by Eamon Dunphy, Bono’s parents agreed that the first child would be raised Anglican, while the second child would be raised Catholic. Because Bono was the second born child, he was raised Catholic, though he would occasionally attend other masses with his mother & brother. Of course, the biggest piece of evidence is probably U2′s own music, as their music stands out for containing lots of religious imagery & religious beliefs sprinkled in. In fact, if you go to this list of songs recorded by U2, some notable song titles that give away Bono’s strong faith include “In God’s Country”, “Mysterious Ways”, “If God Will Send His Angels”, & “The Saints Are Coming”.

#Catholic #celebrity #singer #Bono #songwriter #frontman #musician #band #U2 #Irish #award winning #Paul David Hewson #philanthropist #charity #humanitarian #knight #albums #Broadway #musical

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shilpams · 2 years

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Ed, my best friend since high school, whom many of you met over the years, recently passed away. There is the family you are born into, and the family you choose. He loved that ad “The Most Interesting Man In The World,” and strived to be it. Here is the legend of Edward Wyckoff Williams.

The day he had his first TV appearance, on Kamau Bell’s Show, I met him at the corner of 34th St and 8th Ave in Manhattan. I was chewing gum as I walked towards the Stage Door between Tick-Tock Diner and Hammerstein Ballroom. I started looking through my purse.

Ed: “Boo, what are you looking for?”

Me: “Do you have a tissue? I want to spit my gum out.”

In a nano-second, he put his palm out. I spit my gum into it, and he tossed it into a garbage can on the corner, like a grand parent. We started laughing, surprised because who does that?

“We’re family, boo,” he said.

I looked behind him at the Empire State Building and Madison Square Garden, and smiled at how far two kids from Jersey had come, starting out in school plays, and now his first TV appearance in front of a live studio audience.

Me: “Are you nervous?”

Ed: “A little. I have no idea what I’m going to say!”

Me: “You never had stage fright. We’ve been doing this since we were kids. You got this! Just take a deep breath, and get your points across.”

Then we met Goddess, his Erykah Badu-esque Hair & Makeup Friend, in the Green Room. He had a shaved head, but needed a Hair Stylist, because he was Ed. I can’t remember what the topic was, just that the Producer kept telling him to slow down his answers. He was very excited, and wanted to say everything he was thinking.

We met in 10th grade. I was a new student at a new school. It was an elite high school, and some of the kids were snobs, though I had grown up with them in Elementary. Ed walked up to my locker, interviewed me, “Who are YOU? Where are you from? Why are you here?” and I immediately joined the entourage of best friends. He was loud, proud, and would not be Out for several more years, though I always had a feeling.

One evening, my mom met Ed’s mother at the International Dinner. We sat at the same table, eating an eclectic meal of chicken curry, falafal, and kimchee. I was the first kid in my family to grow up in America, and was not allowed on dates. Ed called all the moms at school, “MOM!” Partly because it easier than remembering everyone’s name, and partly because he was friendly. But my mom didn’t know this. “Hi, Mom!” he greeted my mother. After watching us chattering, and touching hands, my mom assumed Ed was my boyfriend, and was worried I would get pregnant before graduating high school. Was she “meeting his mother” like meeting a future in-law in India? Would we lose our teenage minds in this sex-crazed American society, and elope before graduation? Every Bollywood movie flashed through her mind. Indian Neuroses set in.

“Ew! No, Ma, he’s gay. We’re just telling jokes. Don’t worry.”

“Who is a gay?” It was a foreign concept, that now is so common.

“Ed. Ed is gay. Why would we study so hard at this school, and not go to college? Think about it.”

At the time, no celebrities were Out, and there was another pandemic of AIDS raging around the country, giving an unfair bias. We lived 25 minutes outside Manhattan, which was a different world of club kids and Christopher Street. Some of our classmates would take the bus after school to audition for Broadway and TV shows. But the 25 minutes could have been 25 years apart. In those days, kids at our school waited until the last week of senior year to quietly Come Out before going to college, if at all.

We came from very different backgrounds, but similar families on the conservative edge of American values. He was from Newark. I was from the suburbs. His family was Christian, mine Hindu. In the later years, he started texting me, “Jesus and Ganesh are with you,” on important days with emojis. I even found a funny gif with many figures from different religions and an alien at the Last Supper. Since we knew each other for so long, we were always silly or breaking down some intellectual news story. We both had immense cultural pride. and were never ashamed of who we were.

We starred in the school plays, at a time when neither of us realized we would end up working in Media. It was fun and something we could stand out at, in a school where kids turned into Pro Athletes at age 16, or got recruited to college on Sports Scholarships, or had their 4th generation spot reserved at Harvard with a phone call because they were bored of high school. It was this little bit of Talent, Wits, and Drive that allowed us to compete with the so-and-so’s and who’s-who’s.

I got to Electrocute him as Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We played singing courtiers in One Upon a Mattress. We lived on a Jewish shtetl in Fiddler On the Roof. The songs are burned into our memories, word for word. For decades, it would plague us why this simple “color-blind casting” of high school was so hard for mainstream Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera. Our acting and singing teachers, Mr. & Mrs. Jacoby, were Ed’s “school parents,” always proud of him.

Both of us belonged to many different social cliques. He was a buzzing bee, directing everyone in the hallways. He played Junior Varsity football with the jocks. (Got a varsity jacket as Time Keeper, without risking much injury.) On Fridays, the Cheerleading squad decorated his locker in school colors. He briefly “dated” one of them, which to him meant going to the Homecoming Dance together.

There was a secret Faculty Lounge called the Eberstadt Room, the fanciest room on campus that was reserved for special Board meetings. Ed used this like his personal office. He gave dating advice to the prettiest girls and most awkward nerds, although he himself had very little experience. It was like the Netflix show Sex Ed. We would also analyze personalities and motivations of people, giving some underpinning later for writing – about human behavior or politics. For the rest of our lives, we would have a joke, “Meet me at the Eberstadt Room,” when a juicy conversation had to happen. It meant a phone call, or roof of a bar.

Once, as an adult, I got a big break that was my first time directing with TV Executives’ feedback. There was some workplace drama that went down, and I wrapped feeling utterly defeated or back-stabbed, though my piece was the best. My family didn’t understand why I put up with all this, and were encouraging me to quit. I picked up my prop ring from a cold-faced office manager, and called Ed upon exiting the building.

Ed: OK, I don’t like what these people have done to your confidence. We need to Eberstadt this. Come over to my place.

I took the 1 train to the Theater District. Then I walked west - all the way West, almost to West Side Highway - to the Mercedes Building - in heels, as one does in New York. He really could have picked a more central building. I stepped into his modern, white walled apartment, with floor to ceiling views of the Hudson River.

Ed: You have arrived.

Me: I know, you live so far West. Were you waiting for a while?

Ed: No, I mean, you are having these problems, because you leveled up. And it comes with the territory. So it is a lesson God is teaching you, to prepare you for what you are supposed to be doing on a much bigger scale. Because you are Shilp. And bitches don’t know how talented you are, and what you are capable of, and where you are going.

He was dressed in a white t-shirt and white shorts. With the sun shining behind him, he was like a Midtown Angel. He pulled out some snacks from Amish Market - olives, cheese, and a glass of wine. He sat in an arm chair.

Ed: Let’s go over it, play by play.

So I told him the whole saga, play by play. He made emphatic, disapproving sounds, and frowned and joked.

Ed: Well, next time you see them, they will be working for You. So forget them, boo. This was a trial by fire, and you are now a Strong Black or Brown Woman.

We sang in the school choirs. I still hear his voice when I hear Les Mis “God on High, Hear my Prayer, in My need, you will always be there.” The meaning was doubly heart-felt with his religious background. He also sang Gospel songs. Once a cast member of Hamilton was singing a familiar tune back stage, and I said, “My friend used to sing that.” She was surprised, because I’m Indian American. Ed told me it was a popular song in the Black Church when we were in school.

We spent almost every Saturday at school, running an enrichment program for middle school kids from Newark, and were engrained with the “each one, teach one” mindset of giving back. We wrote articles for the school newspaper on hot topics.

Senior year, someone came to school with a college acceptance letter every week. One of our classmates was offered a full ride to Harvard, because he was nationally ranked in tennis. He turned Harvard down, because he wanted to party in college, and thought someone else would have worked harder and wanted it more. To his credit, he knew himself. That was the kind of school we went to, where kids turned down a full ride to Harvard.

One day Ed came in with an Acceptance Letter from Yale. I got wait-listed, and became hippie-artist-adjacent at Oberlin. Ed’s admission to Yale was a sticking point for some wealthy, white parents at our prep school, who felt their kids were more deserving. One parent called the Dean to complain, and ask Ed to “stop bragging.” Ed felt betrayed by kids he had gone to school with since sixth grade, and swore never to look back. He also swore to himself that he would make more money than those parents. Years later, after his death, people from different classes still remembered this thorny issue at a reunion. It was the touch stone of a bigger, national topic, played out on our school bus.

Some parents and teachers, on the other hand, were like adopted family, and Ed had an open door policy with them. His Senior Year, before graduating, he and a classmate did an internship with our other classmate’s dad, who was a Supreme Court Justice of New Jersey. Ed would follow him into the bathroom with questions, which the fellow girl intern found a breach of privacy, that she couldn’t do. But that was Ed, in aggressive pursuit of a goal or a question he had to ask at that moment.

In college, we kept in touch by writing snail mail letters. I visited him at his dorm, a bastion that looked like a castle. There was an 1800′s fire place in his dorm room. He again used this secret power of befriending all social groups - to be elected Yale Freshman Class President.

While at Yale, he interned at Vice President Al Gore’s office in the same White House intern class as Monica Lewinsky. He kept the class picture framed next to the TV, and liked to point her out, to surprise his guests.

One day, a Southern Senator asked him, “What are your goals, young man?”

Confident as usual, Ed said, “I want to become President,” as every White House intern probably wants to do.

The Senator caustically replied, “A Black Man will never become President,” and walked away.

After Yale, Ed went to Law School. But the biggest lesson he learned from Law School, was that he was Gay, and finally felt comfortable coming out to everyone. I crashed at his place in Philadelphia one weekend, while at a police brutality protest.

Ed: “I am so glad you’re here. There is something I have to tell you...” He held my hand. “I’m gay.”

Me: “I’m glad you finally came out to yourself.”

Ed: “You knew?”

Me: “Umm...yeah...I had a feeling. I told my mom at International Dinner.”

He was truly shocked. Then he told me how one of our teachers had tried to Out him in school, one made homophobic comments, and various boys who seemed really “straight” made a pass at him. I was surprised.

Me: “But what did your family say?”

Coming from a religious background, it was a hard conversation for them.

Me: “I’m sure they’ll come around. I love you no matter what, and I’m glad you can be yourself.”

Several years later, we spent months analyzing every interview, article, and opinion poll with the candidate Barack Hussain Obama, who the target demographic was, and whether it worked.

Me: “Did you see this 10-page article in Vogue with Barack Obama? He’s kind of...Hot. But is it Presidential for him to be topless and surfing? Does he look too young? How will these old people in Middle America swing for him? Then there’s a whole section about all the women he dated before Michelle. It seems gossipy.”

Ed: “That article in Vogue was to show that white women think Barack Obama is hot, and the part about dating a white woman in college is so they think he also thinks they’re hot. Which will make them vote for him.”

Ed became a surrogate for Obama’s Election, which meant he appeared on News shows as an analyst, in favor of Obama on whatever topic.

We finally celebrated Obama’s historic win.

Me: “Wait, I thought you were supposed to be the first Black President.”

“But then I’d have to tell everyone who I slept with...and you would be on that list!” Ed joked.

Me: “Here is a toast to that Senator you met at the White House, who said this would never happen.”

In the Post-9/11 years, he was off to England to study Public Policy at Oxford. I was in San Francisco, and then moved back to New York for film school. We met one night in Shoreditch for drinks, before I went to an Asian Underground party. In England, he befriended one of the Queen’s grand-daughters Eugenie, and was invited to meet the Queen at the grand-daughter’s birthday party. This surprised no one. Ed stood in the greeting line. When it was his turn, Queen Elizabeth asked him where he was from. He said, “Newark, New Jersey, in the United States.” Legend is, Queen Elizabeth II told him, “You are a man of the people.” Then he liked to drop that line, “man of the people” into conversation.

He worked in London in Finance for several years. At this point he started using his middle name “Edward Wyckoff Williams,” his father’s name. But to those who knew, he was still simply Ed, or Edward Lavalle Williams. Wyckoff became his nickname there.

He was a creature of habit. Though his Instagram was full of photos with celebrities, he hated leaving his apartment, except to go to SoHo House or Supper Club. He was a Gay Spokesman, but he hated going to the big Pride parades, because, “It’s too crowded!” We would have conversations about social media, and how it’s just marketing, but other people think it’s real. Our realest, closest friends were in person.

No matter what, he only drank champagne. We were broke students going to happy hour at a diner, and would order champagne overlooking Broadway.

He came back to Media again due to his innate networking skills. He met Bill DiBlasio and was able to book him on a talk show the day before he announced his candidacy for Mayor. As our professional goals re-aligned, and he came back to Entertainment, he won a GLAAD Award Outstanding Television Journalism for "Gay and Muslim in America for Al Jazeera; and a second GLAAD award the same year in Outstanding Digital Journalism for a written piece, "Black Parents, Gay Sons and Redefining Masculinity."

After this, he became a United Nations Spokesperson for LGBTQI+ and his photo was in Times Square for 1 month during Pride. This was something, to see someone go, from high school doubts to coming out to his religious family to literally being an international spokesperson.

He was working on a documentary with Trayvon Martin’s Mom when he passed.

In all this, what truly cemented our friendship was our loyalty, in the most difficult times, and protectors of each others’ secrets. We often experienced challenges in parallel lives. We could call with whatever strange Industry or personal experience, and we would break it down as we always had. We could understand each other, as friends do, in a way that our families couldn’t. For that, we were pillars of strength for each other.

He didn’t like to dwell on problems. If I was feeling bad about something, he would send me a video of a boy without legs and arms who climbed Mount Everest or something. Life can be worse. We got this.

One night, he told me he always had a feeling that he would die young, and that I should investigate his death, should that happen.

In April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, he could see the USS Comfort Hospital coming into New York Harbor from his lock-downed apartment window. I was watching it on TV. I had been following the pandemic for two months, had already gotten 2 early strains, and already knew people who died. I didn’t understand why they had been lying to people for so long.

Me: “This is insane. There aren’t enough beds on the boat for the numbers. This is a grand gesture, which he likes.”

Ed: “I know, Boo, but it makes me feel safe.”

Two weeks before his passing, he called me worried about nuclear war and Vladimir Putin.

Me: “We survived the Cold War. I think we’ll be fine. Also if there is a nuclear war, I don’t think you want to survive it. Better to be in the center.”

He was worried about all these other things.

He meant something different to different people. To some, he was a conservative man of faith. To some he was a boisterous, laughing flirt of the party. He only wanted the best. The best clubs. The best food. For his younger Mentees, he showed them that a better life was possible, and there were opportunities outside the Hood, and that he made it.

He always made everyone feel like the most important person in the room. He always championed and coached friends, to believe in their best outcomes. He loved to Manifest his own and other people’s dreams.

He wanted to find true love. He wanted to have kids. He wanted to win an Emmy. He still had many dreams, to die at a young age.

All we can do now is embody the light and love that he was for us, and share that spirit with others.

#edward wyckoff williams #covid #producer #rip

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chinko-kun · 6 years

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tagged by jellybean AKA @madam-kyoubin

how tall are you?

5'0″

what colour are your eyes?

Hazel

do you wear contacts and/or glasses?

Neither and want glasses but I got perfect vision unlike SOMEBODY *glares* in my family.

do you wear braces?

Not anymore but hell I need them again.

what is your fashion style?

Homeless Chic. But mostly lots and lots of sweaters from the 80s and graphic tees from my youth.

how old are you?

30 all day and every day, baby.

do you have any siblings?

Yeah, two gross little ones that are taller than me.

what school/college do you go to?

2-year AA in the cities.

what kind of student are you?

A real shitty one.

what are your favourite subjects?

Science, Art, and Psychology.

what are your favourite movies?

Stardust, What a Woman!, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Singin’ in the Rain, May, Where the Heart is, Anything filmed by Takashi Miike, Lucky Mckee, and Chan-Wook Park honestly.

what are your favourite pastimes?

Going to plays in the big city and sundays at the symphony, crying, reading, singing poorly.

do you have any regrets?

Regret bumping my head into a bloody mess when I attempted to walk a balance beam with my eyes closed as a child of Texas.

what is your dream job?

B-rated movie director.

would you like to get married?

Yes but also no. Fun fact: I ripped a co-worker’s ass for a solid 10 minutes about why marriage is not important to a lasting relationship on Thursday.

do you want kids? how many?

I want 5 babes MUCH later in life. However, I would prefer my siblings to get me dem babes so I can be the fun rich uncle.

how many countries have you visited?

1, the Bahamas.

What was your scariest dream?

Seeing a lost of a loved one or getting murdered and having to watch myself get murdered.

do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other?

No, I am sorta a bitch.I have tired to date tho. I am a worse friend so dating doesnt work well.

put your playlist on shuffle and without skipping list the first 15 songs:

[disclaimer: only music available on my amazon prime music list]

01. Adele -- Hello

02. Bob’s Burgers (The National cover) -- Christmas Magic

03. Lana Del Rey -- National Anthem

04. Adele -- Water under the Bridge.

05. She Loves Me 2016 Broadway Recording -- Overture.

06. Punch Brothers -- Dark Days

07. Clint Mansell (Black Mirrior: San Junipero score)-- Tick Tock (Clock of my Heart)

08. Portugal, the Man -- How the Leopard Got Its Spots

09. Disasterpeace (It Follows Soundtrack) -- Detroit

10. Waitress Broadway Soundtrack -- I love you like a Table

11. Bob’s Burgers -- Electric Love

12. Chet Faker -- 1998

13. Dessa - Dear Marie

14. WICKED 2003 Broadway Cast -- No one Mourns the Wicked

15. Lana Del Rey -- Money Power Glory

tagged: @firstgeneralmel and whoever wants to do it.

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marienela · 6 years

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In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, JACK BLACK (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Goosebumps) and two-time Academy Award® winner CATE BLANCHETT (Blue Jasmine, Thor: Ragnarok) star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls, from Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment.

The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis Barnavelt (OWEN VACCARO of Daddy’s Home, Mother’s Day) who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead.

Ten-year-old Lewis, recently orphaned and sent to stay with his Uncle Jonathan (Black) has discovered a hidden world of magic, mystery and supernatural menace—and it’s all in his sleepy little town. When Lewis moves in with Uncle Jonathan, he discovers that the curious mansion he now calls home is full of secrets—chief among them an incessant tick-tocking coming from somewhere in the house…

He’s not sure which is more astonishing: the wondrous, sprawling house…or his oddball Uncle Johnathan and Jonathan’s best friend, verbal sparring partner and neighbor Mrs. Zimmerman (Blanchett).

If adjusting to a new school and new friends weren’t enough to deal with in this unexpected suburban life, Lewis’ entire world turns upside down when he discovers Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman are both powerful practitioners of the magic arts.

Lewis is now caught up in something equally wild with a warlock and a witch—who are on a secret mission to discover the source and the meaning of a foreboding ticking doomsday clock…hidden away somewhere within the house’s walls.

All of this, plus deadly curses, attacking jack-o’-lanterns, endless hours of homework, and an evil wizard who has returned from the grave? Lewis’ new life is more than enough for any clever and cunning 10-year-old to juggle.

As a lost orphan transforms into one of the world’s most powerful young wizards, he won’t only have the adventure of a lifetime…he’ll help heal two very broken people and allow them to rediscover their magic.

Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books written by JOHN BELLAIRS and illustrated by EDWARD GOREY, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is directed by master frightener ELI ROTH and written by ERIC KRIPKE (creator of TV’s Supernatural).

The thrilling adventure co-stars KYLE MACLACHLAN (Twin Peaks) as the legendary evil wizard Isaac Izard; COLLEEN CAMP (Joy) as nosy neighbor Mrs. Hanchett; Tony and Grammy Award winner RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY (Broadway’s Hamilton, TV’s The Good Wife) as Selena Izard, Isaac’s equally wicked, bewitching wife; VANESSA ANNE WILLIAMS (Joy) as Rose, the one brilliant classmate Lewis can turn to in his time of need; LORENZA IZZO (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as Lewis’ dearly departed mother; and SUNNY SULJIC (The Killing of Sacred Deer) as Tarby, Lewis’ friend at school who is equal parts fascinated and suspicious of their town and its weird occupants.

Director Eli Roth with actor Kyle McLachlan on the set of “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Owen Vaccaro (“Daddy’s Home”) stars as Lewis Barnavelt, a recently orphaned boy sent to live with his eccentric uncle in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) is a warlock searching for the location of nefarious ticking sound in his home in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) with a collection of objects that aren’t quite what they seem in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) sees the home of his Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) for the first time in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Director Eli Roth, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett on the set of “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Cate Blanchett as Mrs. Zimmerman, Owen Vaccaro (“Daddy’s Home”) as newly orphaned Lewis Barnavelt, and Jack Black as Lewis’s Uncle Jonathan in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) and Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) on their street in New Zebedee in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black), Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) and Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) face down some dark magic in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Owen Vaccaro (Lewis Barnavelt), Jack Black (Uncle Jonathan) and Cate Blanchett (Mrs. Zimmerman) in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Cate Blanchett plays Mrs. Zimmerman, a brilliant witch with a tragic past, in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black, left) and Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett, right) wait to see if Jonathan’s nephew Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) can solve a mystery with a Magic 8 ball in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett), Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro), and Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) face down some dark magic in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Jack Black plays Uncle Jonathan, a warlock desperate to prevent the return of a dark force, in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Director Eli Roth with young star Owen Vaccaro on the set of “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) trades witty insults with her friend Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Kyle McLachlan plays Isaac Izard, a wizard seduced by dark magic, in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Rose Rita Pottinger (Vanessa Anne Williams) tries to befriend new kid Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

The objects in the mansion of Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) aren’t always inanimate in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Jack Black (Uncle Jonathan) and Owen Vaccaro (Lewis Barnavelt) in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Owen Vaccaro (Lewis Barnavelt) and Jack Black (Uncle Jonathan) in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth.

Sneak Peek at the Movies: The House with a Clock in Its Walls In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, JACK BLACK (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Goosebumps) and two-time Academy Award® winner CATE BLANCHETT (Blue Jasmine, Thor: Ragnarok) star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls, from Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment.

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Business Kavanaugh speaks

If you thought this was unprecedented, you were right: “It is unheard of for a Supreme Court nominee to give interviews during the confirmation process.”

That’s according to WaPo’s recap of Brett and Ashley Kavanaugh’s emotional interview with Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum.

From the standpoint of the Trump White House, going with MacCallum made a ton of sense: MacCallum is a well-credentialed female anchor who hails from the news side of Fox, not the opinion side.

I’d love to know Bill Shine’s level of involvement in the interview. It aired in full at 7 p.m. ET, but I noticed that Fox shared several clips from the interview in time for the network evening newscasts…

Business Behind the scenes…

Via CNN’s Kevin Liptak: “One WH official says Trump has been pushing to take a more offensive approach in defending the nomination and that this was how aides interpreted his command. It’s not clear that he specifically instructed Kavanaugh to sit down with Fox (though it’s possible) but it was the result of his desire to be assertive in combatting the claims rather than just playing defense…”

Business “Not a good look for the Supreme Court…”

Law prof/CNN contributor Steve Vladeck texts me: “The interview is a microcosm of everything that’s been wrong with this confirmation process. We shouldn’t prevent nominees from speaking publicly, but to do so under these circumstances, in that context, and in a manner calculated to exacerbate the partisan divide over the nomination, is not a good look for the Supreme Court in the long term, even if it helps the political calculus for the nominee in the short term. It reinforces the view that nothing in this process matters at all except getting 50 votes by any means necessary…”

>> Another view, via CNN contrib Matt Lewis on Twitter: “People are more likely to rally to your defense if they see you’re fighting, instead of being passive.” So the TV interview was wise for Kavanaugh. “He hasn’t controlled the narrative for a week, now…”

Business Latest developments

— WaPo’s Erik Wemple tweeted: “I would have liked to see Martha MacCallum press Kavanaugh on his relationship with Mark Judge. In all, though, I thought she did a good job — and certainly didn’t serve up only softballs, as many predicted.”

— Brian Fallon, one of the left’s leading anti-Kavanaugh organizers, tweeted that “MacCallum is pressing Kavanaugh more than I would have guessed…”

— Perhaps the most memorable Q&A was about Kavanaugh’s virginity… He said he didn’t have “anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter…” Of course, intercourse isn’t at issue here…

— The TIME’S UP initiative just came out and said “the time has come” for Kavanaugh to withdraw…

— Earlier in the day, Mitch McConnell said “Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor…”

— A WaPo reporter found Mark Judge “holed up in the house of a longtime friend in Bethany Beach, nearly three hours” from DC…

— Trump’s best/worst typo ever? At 10:37 p.m. ET, he tweeted that the Dems are pushing “False Acquisitions.” He meant “false accusations.” He deleted and reposted the tweet…

Business Debating the New Yorker’s decision

Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer spent much of Monday explaining and defending their reporting about Deborah Ramirez. Charles C.W. Cooke, channeling many conservatives’ reactions to the story, said it “looks reckless beyond all reason.” Drudge’s Monday evening headline asked, “RONAN MISFIRES?”

Beyond the partisan battling, many journalists raised questions about the lack of corroboration of Ramirez’s account, and the fact that it took time for Ramirez to assess her own memories. Some suggested that their news outlets would not have published the story. Mayer rejected that — and pointed out that she “found a classmate who heard the identical story at the time.” Farrow said on “New Day” that “this is a fairly high level of evidence for this kind of a case.” And David Remnick noted that the pair “wrote with fairness and transparency about what doubts there might be.”

Other arguments in the mag’s favor: Ramirez agreed to go on the record. And Democratic senators were aware of the allegation and were already looking into it. So the debate continues…

>> The NYT said that it “had conducted numerous interviews but was unable to corroborate” Ramirez’s story. Some folks tried to turn this into the NYT v. TNY. But the paper dismissed that, noting that it “did not rebut her account and, unlike The New Yorker, was not able to obtain an interview with Ms. Ramirez…”

>> BTW: Given Farrow’s very public dispute with NBC News, Monday’s TV rollout made sense: Mayer was on NBC and MSNBC’s morning shows while Farrow was on ABC and CNN. Mayer also did CBS…

>> Correction: Yesterday I said that this was Farrow and Mayer’s second co-production. It was actually their third story together…

Business “The weaponization of haste”

Megan Thomas emails: This is a really good one from The Atlantic’s Megan Garber on “#WhyIDidn’tReport and the weaponization of haste.” This line stands out: “The game clock, the time bombs, the midterms, the calendar, the fleeting moment, the lifetime appointment, the mechanical tickings of political partisanship…”

Business All eyes on Rod Rosenstein

I was on a plane half the day, blissfully free of WiFi, so when I landed and loaded Twitter, I was super confused. There were tweets about Rod Rosenstein resigning, not resigning, thinking of leaving his job, staying in his job, etc. The tweets were out of order, of course, because of Twitter’s terrible algorithmic timeline. News apps were a much better way of finding out what really happened. By the end of the day, the NYT and CNN had excellent tick-tocks…

Business Thursday, Thursday, Thursday

Trump is set to meet with Rosenstein on the very same day that Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are set to testify.

>> Jim Acosta on “AC360” Monday night: “It’s almost going to be like watching tennis, looking up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

>> NYT’s James Poniewozik had the tweet of the day: “Thursday would be a good day for CNN to launch CNN8, ‘The Ocho.’”

Business “Anyone’s guess”

Maggie Haberman on “AC360:” “What will happen on Thursday is anyone’s guess. People I’ve spoken to around the president are not certain what will happen. They’re not certain whether Rosenstein will really walk in and say ‘I’m resigning…”’

Business FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE

— Ed O’Keefe called this a “metaphoric moment at the White House today.” While he was live on CBSN, “discussing a false alarm shakeup at the Justice Department, they tested the alert system on the White House grounds. It was only a test. All of it…” (Twitter)

— “Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in coming weeks,” Mike Isaac scoops… (NYT)

— A must-read: Robert Silverman on the “culture of online hate” promoted byBarstool Sports… (Beast)

Business SiriusXM is Pandora’s savior

They’re billing the combo as “the world’s largest audio entertainment company.” SiriusXM is paying $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal for Pandora that had been foreshadowed for a while. As Chris Isidore reports here, “Pandora’s ability to stay an independent company was very much in doubt. SiriusXM had already invested $480 million to buy 19% of Pandora’s stock last year, and it was widely reported to be looking at a full purchase…”

— Peter Kafka tweeted: “Giant satellite audio company buying giant internet audio company could be an antitrust problem, but this one seems to pass what economists call the Trump/Murdoch test…”

Business Telegdy and Cheeks promoted at NBC

“Two veteran NBC executives — George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy — were named co-chairmen of NBC Entertainment on Monday, replacing Bob Greenblatt at a time of upheaval in network television,” the LAT’s Meg James writes.

It was reported on Friday that Greenblatt was ready to step down, and was going to talk with Steve Burke about it over the weekend. “But if his departure is not a surprise, the suddenness is. His last day is Monday, the same day the 2018-19 television season begins,” the NYT’s John Koblin writes.

Greenblatt said something similar in interviews with both Timeses: These jobs are challenging and tiring, and he’s ready to try something new…

>> Other factors noted by Koblin: “Greenblatt wanted to see if Comcast’s last-minute bid for 21st Century Fox’s properties would work and could possibly expand NBC’s portfolio. (It did not.) And two of Mr. Greenblatt’s close friends — the producer Craig Zadan and the Broadway star Marin Mazzie — have died in the last five weeks…”

Business Lowry’s take

Brian Lowry emails: Telegdy’s promotion at NBC Entertainment reflects a slightly wider lens in terms of the path to top entertainment jobs at the broadcast networks. Telegdy comes out of the reality/alternative area, just as CBS Entertainment prez Kelly Kahl rose through the ranks in scheduling. Both are paired with a veteran development executive, in Telegdy’s case, Cheeks…

Business NBC gets a huge Tiger bump

Frank Pallotta emails: Tiger Woods’ first victory in five years came with a huge ratings boost for NBC. The network’s coverage of the Tour Championship on Sunday earned a 5.2 overnight rating, a 206% spike over last year’s tournament. 206%! The telecast peaked at a 7.1 rating as Woods finished his round, ending his long victory drought. As a golf fan, I’m happy to see Tiger back but likely not as happy as NBC execs…

>> USA Today’s Dan Wolken: “Tiger Woods’ first win in five years feels like a new beginning, not the end…”

Business FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO

— Ryan Broderick’s latest: “Reddit’s largest pro-Trump subreddit appears to have been targeted by Russian propaganda for years…” (BF)

— “Sky shareholders are having a great day. Comcast investors? Not so much.” Here’s Hadas Gold’s full story… (CNN)

— “James Lipton is leaving the Actors Studio.” The program’s new home on cable, Ovation, says “a rotating roster of hosts still to be determined will replace Lipton,” effective next fall… (EW)

Business ABC touting its nightly news win

Nightly news #’s for the full 2017-18 broadcast TV season will officially come out on Tuesday… ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” will be celebrating its second yearly win in the total viewer category… “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” remains #1 in the 25-54 demo (22 seasons in a row!), but ABC has been making gains in the demo too…

Read more of Monday’s Reliable Sources newsletter… And subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox…

The big picture: Some of the 6:30 viewership gains of the past few years have dissipated. CBS has lost both total viewership and demo audience in the past year. NBC is basically flat in total viewership and down a bit in the demo. ABC is up year-over-year in both measurements…

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 25, 2018: 12:12 AM ET

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The Bloke and I have just been to NYC for a week. We have visited once before on our honeymoon in November last year, but as we were there for just over four days we wanted to go back and attempt to see as much as possible that we had missed last time. We chose to go at the beginning of September – arriving on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend – with the hope that the city would be slightly quieter and the following week was back to school.

We wanted to experience both the tourist and non-tourist places, so I spent several weeks before reading blogs and watching vlogs about everything to see and do, mapping out our activities according to each day. This wasn’t set in stone and would allow us to change each daily plan around according to the weather.

We stayed at the Wyndham New Yorker and for the first time ever we received an upgrade to a room on the 40th floor, without even asking. The views were amazing – I didn’t mind the construction work going on as it was fascinating to watch the building development at such a height – and the sunsets were fabulous!

The New Yorker

The view from the side window

The view from the main window

Day One

(Note: this was really day 2 as we arrived at 5.00pm the day before but were so tired we went for a meal and had a short wander around before going to sleep).

Pancakes for breakfast with bacon and maple syrup from the Tik Tock Diner next to the hotel.

Subway pass – 7-Day Metro card for $32. This is perfect for a longer stay as it allows for unlimited subway and bus travel until midnight each day.

Dana’s apartment used in the first Ghostbusters film.

Natural History Museum – dinosaurs, great exhibitions and The Bloke met Dum Dum.

Lunch at Uno Pizzeria and Grill on Columbus Avenue (at the back of the museum). Our server, Parrish, heard our accents and immediately put the football on the TV – I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I wasn’t really a football fan but we had a lovely chat with him. Great food, great service, definitely worth a visit.

Central Park – I had a Bach Partita performed for me by a cellist from Belgium, saw an erhu being played, we walked down to Bow Bridge and Bethesda Terrace and I was delighted to see that the Acapella Soul singers were performing. I first saw these guys in Washington Square in 2010 and have followed their YouTube videos ever since. They’re still amazing. We walked past the Bandshell and down The Mall to the Plaza and the Plaza food court. I ate a beautiful macaron from here.

6 1/2 Avenue – a ‘secret’ street used by locals to cut through the city.

Dana’s apartment

Natural History Museum

Grr. Arg.

The Bloke met Dum Dum

Bow Bridge

On Bow Bridge

Bethesda Terrace

The Bandshell

6 1/2 Avenue

Day Two

Roosevelt Island as the weather was glorious. We got the Roosevelt Island Tramway (which the subway pass can be used on) next to the Queensboro Bridge, which took just a few minutes (there is a subway and bus option too). It was a great decision – there was almost nobody around and we took our time, taking in the amazing views of Manhattan. We walked down to Southport Park where we saw the ruins of the former Smallpox Hospital, and then to the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park. Stunning.

Serendipity 3 cafe. I ate an amazing buttermilk chicken sandwich and drank an enormous pink lemonade, but they are more famous for their Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and desserts.

Dylan’s Candy Bar. I bought a marshmallow treat, just because.

Roosevelt Island Tramway

View of Manhattan

Roosevelt Island

Smallpox Hospital

Buttermilk chicken from Serendipity 3

Pink lemonade from Serendipity 3

Day Three

The Met Museum. I was a little disappointed at the rooftop bar was closed, but we saw incredible art works that had been on my Bucket List for a long time.

The Guggenheim. More art, and although I generally prefer modern art over most periods, I found some of it to be a little too much. In one section a video was featured that consisted of a man rolling around on the floor. I’m sure that it means something significant to others, but I didn’t get it.

Paley Park – a small hidden park with a waterfall.

The Met

The Guggenheim

The Guggengeim

Paley Park waterfall

Day Four

The Dominique Ansel Bakery for a Cronut. I’ve been wanting to try one of these for a while, and from the reviews I had read I was expecting a massive queue. We were lucky though – it was almost empty, and I managed to eat my Cronut next to their garden.

Washington Square – a beautiful spot to sit and people watch, with the famous arch and a large fountain.

The Stonewall Monument.

Brunch at Buvette, a small French bistro on Grove Street. I ate waffles with gouda, bacon and syrup and drank freshly squeezed orange juice. I was unsure whether that sort of combination would work, but it totally did.

An ‘American Glob’ ice-cream from the Big Gay Ice-Cream Shop, also on Grove Street. I almost had a ‘Salty Pimp’ instead, which isn’t a sentence that I’m used to writing.

Friends Building, also on Grove Street.

Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment in Sex and the City, on Perry Street.

After returning to the hotel for an afternoon siesta, we went up to Mood Fabrics (featured in Project Runway). I met Swatch, the store mascot. Swatch had obviously had enough of life that day.

Bill’s Bar and Burgers next to the Rockefeller Centre.

The Lego Store. The Bloke was in his own personal heaven.

A cronut!!

Dominique Ansel Bakery

Washington Square

Stonewall Monument

Buvette

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

Carrie Bradshaw’s House on Perry Street

Shadows on the street

Bill’s Bar and Burger

Day Five

Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Park. It was a sweltering 30+ degrees, so The Bloke and I tried to shelter in the shade as much as we possibly could while taking in the breathtaking views. The Bloke found the classic shot of the groynes and so spent some time taking his own shots, while I took the opportunity to sit in the breeze.

Walked across Brooklyn Bridge. It was far busier than the last time we did this in November the year before, but it was rather amusing to watch the insane poses being carried out by the Instagrammers.

Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

The groynes

Lego Bloke had a wonderful time

Walking Brooklyn Bridge

The Bridge

Day Six

Water Taxi down the Hudson. It was much cooler and we got to see the architecture of the lower west side of Manhattan. We exited at Battery Park.

From there we walked to Bowling Green Park, the Charging Bull and Fearless Girl Statues and then to Wall Street.

Ghostbusters Firehouse – we took a short subway ride up to see the iconic building as the last time we visited it was undergoing renovations and almost completely hidden by scaffolding. As I was stood opposite a tourist couple walked down the street and the man suddenly recognised what it was – he obviously didn’t realise it was there at first and I laughed at the sheer expression of awe on his face. I think his bubble was somewhat burst when he had to explain the significance of it to his girlfriend, but still…

Titanic Memorial – a small lighthouse and plaque down by the Southstreet Seaport piers.

Water Taxi from South Pier. It stopped at Brooklyn Bridge and then took a leisurely pace over to the Statue of Liberty. However, as we were traveling back up the Hudson towards Midtown it turned into a speedboat, and i laughed myself silly as The Bloke and I had to desperately cling on to the chairs and our cameras.

Kinky Boots on Broadway. Absolutely incredible – we’re a huge fan of the film and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen, to the point where I had to try and calm myself down and stop crying as I found myself becoming completely overwhelmed during the final song. Amazing.

The Water Taxi

The Charging Bull

Ahem…

Fearless Girl Statue

Stock Exchange

Ghostbusters Firehouse

Titanic Memorial Lighthouse

Statue of Liberty

Kinky Boots on Broadway

Day Seven

Sephora, just because. I have make-up, but that’s not the point.

Lincoln Center, where we saw totally naked people being made into art works with body paint.

The Juilliard School – when I was training as a violinist it was one of my personal dreams to go here, and I finally did. Ok, maybe not as a student, but I made a point of taking a picture just so I could send it to my mother and say ‘I went to the Juilliard, Mum!’

For the final part, we walked over to W 58th Street 6th Avenue to find the corner crossing from Midnight Cowboy. Dustin Hoffman almost gets hit by a taxi and yells ‘Hey! I’m walking here!’ This was an unscripted scene that happened because the studio couldn’t get permission to close down the street for filming, and so had to film via a hidden camera in a van driving up and down the street. The taxi that almost hit him was a real one that had run a red light, and Hoffman improvised the now iconic line that was kept in the final cut.

Lincoln Center

The Juilliard

Hey! I’m walking here!

What an incredible week… and there’s still so much more that we could have seen!

How to Spend 4 1/2 Days in New York

The Honeymoon: NYC 2017

What about you guys? What are your favourite places in NYC?

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Catch Ivan Ramen Popping Up at Uni (and More Winter Food Events)

All the local food and drink events you’ll actually want to attend

Welcome to the Eater Boston event round-up of fun food happenings taking place soon around the Boston area. Updated regularly, this curated guide features a few select events coming up in the weeks ahead, from special dinners and festivals to fundraisers and parties.

Here’s the rundown for the rest of February, plus a look ahead into March.

Want to submit an event for potential inclusion in this round-up? [email protected].

FEBRUARY

Throughout February (and Beyond)

Outdoor-ish Winter Pop-Ups What: From rooftop igloos to a ski-inspired courtyard to a Game of Thrones-themed patio, some Boston restaurants are offering various ways to drink and dine outside, or sort of outside, without freezing too much. Where: Various Details: Head to the Eater Boston Winter Dining Headquarters to learn more about these events.

February 19

“A Night to Ramen-ber” at Saus What: This pop-up will have three courses, including a veggie dumpling appetizer, a main course of vegan ramen, and creamy mango sorbet topped with coconut flakes and fresh fruit for dessert. The pop-up is the work of Saus employee Casey Walker, who also runs a vegan blog. Where: 33 Union St., Downtown Boston Details: Tickets available online for $30, event runs from 6 to 9 p.m., with two seatings.

Mei Mei Hosts Lunar New Year What: The Filipino-American pop-up Pamangan, which is preparing to open Tanám in Somerville’s Bow Market, will hold a dinner at Mei Mei, bringing together at least 19 components. Everything will be served on a banana leaf and consumed without utensils. There will be a guidebook for the meal, and guests will take home a baon, or to-go box. Where: 506 Park Dr., Boston Details: Tickets available on Tock for $70; beer and wine available for purchase at the dinner. Two seatings, one at 5:30 p.m. one at 8 p.m.

February 20

Ivan Ramen at Uni What: New York chef Ivan Orkin returns to Boston for another ramen pop-up at Uni. There will be several types of ramen available, including a spicy red chili version with a smashed egg and rye noodles, as well as a shoyu version with pork belly and a soft egg. There will also be fried chicken with spicy collard greens and roasted garlic jam, plus sushi, sashimi, and other dishes from Uni. Where: 370A Commonwealth Ave., Back Bay, Boston Details: Menu items available a la carte. The pop-up dinner runs from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Reservations can be made through Reserve or by calling UNI at (617) 536-7200. Some tables will be reserved for walk-ins.

February 21

Chinese New Year at BLR What: Chef Mike Stark serves up a dinner in honor of Chinese New Year inside BLR’s Dragon Room. There will be appetizers and entrees offered family-style, including dishes like arrowhead soup with confit pig tail and caramelized red date wontons, braised oxtail, smoked and marinated kumamoto oyster, and kumquat canale. Where: 13-13A Hudson St., Boston Details: Event starts at 6:30 p.m., with dinner kicking off at 7 p.m. Tickets available online for $80, with beverage pairings for an additional $20 or a la carte.

Takeover at Moody’s What: Chef Marcus Ware serves up his personal take on classic American dishes in this installment of the chef takeover series at Moody’s Delicatessen & The Backroom in Waltham, and there will be optional wine pairings available. Where: 468 Moody St., Waltham Details: Tickets available online for $85. Event runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

Tiki Takeover at Forage What: Tiki-themed cocktails from Joe Choiniere go alongside a similarly inspired menu from chef Eric Cooper. There will also be a slushie machine and a chance to win a prize for dressing up to suit the Tiki theme. Where: 5 Craigie Cr., Cambridge Details: Book a table or walk in for a taste of Tiki. Items available from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

February 22

Kitchen Kibitz What: Kitchen Kibitz pops up at Our Fathers, joining the restaurant’s own chef de cuisine for a blend of Jewish and Tunisian food. Chefs Rafram Chaddad and Jeff Gabel have planned a lamb entree with accompanying pickle offerings, hummus, and brik (tuna with a six-minute egg and harissa). For dessert, there will be Tunisian orange cake with wild rose water, almond, candied citrus, and chantilly. Where: 197 N. Harvard St., Allston, Boston Details: Tickets available online for $60, including four courses. Bar items available a la carte.

February 23

Kölsch Karneval at Down the Road What: Down the Road will tip its hat to Cologne, German during this event, which will feature the brewery’s Kölsch beer, live music from the Tubfrau Hofbräu Band, and food. There will be $25 tickets good for a souvenir stange glass, plus beer refills. Other Kölsch pours available for $4. Where: 199 Ashland St., Everett Details: Register online, event runs from 5 to 11 p.m.

February 24

Speakeasy Donuts at Mystic What: Eat doughnuts while drinking beer in Chelsea at Mystic Brewery on Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m., There will be various flavors of the yeast doughnuts, including bacon and beer, chocolate hazelnut, and spiced sugar, plus a version for dogs called “pupcakes.” Where: 174 Williams St., Chelsea Details: Just show up. Doughnuts and beer available a la carte.

February 25

Soy Sauce What: Learn how to make and use soy sauce and koji in a workshop hosted at Commonwealth, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be two sessions, the morning devoted to soy sauce and the afternoon devoted to koji. Where: 11 Broad Canal Way, Cambridge Details: Tickets available online for individual sessions or full day workshop. Price varies; either $38.75 or $76.

February 26

Culinary Arts at Viale What: Viale chef and co-owner Greg Reeves brings in two students from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. Reeves himself is a CSCA grad, and the two guest chefs will take over the kitchen to prepare dishes that will be available alongside the usual menu. Where: 502 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge Details: Reservations suggested. Call (617) 576-1900 or reserve online.

February 28

Simcha at Trillium What: Chef Avi Shemtov (of the Chubby Chickpea food truck and Tapped beer truck) returns with his Simcha pop-up, this time at the Trillium Substation in Roslindale. There will be four occurrences of the dinner series, starting February 28 and returning March 7, March 14, and March 28. The menu showcases modern Israeli cuisine, and past pop-ups have served items like smoked goat blintzes, eight-hour baked lamb belly cassoulet, and milk and honey burrata. Where: 4228 Washington St., Roslindale, Boston Details: Menu will be available from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

MARCH

March 3

Hooked Fish Shop Preview What: Get a preview of what’s to come from Hooked Fish Shop, which will open within Somerville’s Bow Market. There will be oysters and other seafood items available, along with live music from Ali McGuirk. Where: 156 Highland Ave., Once Ballroom, Somerville Details: Tickets available online for $45, or $100 for VIP access. Doors open at 7 p.m. with DJ entertainment, and food and live music will come out at 8 p.m.

Uncommon Feasts Pop-Up What: Michelle Mulford of Uncommon Feasts runs this pop-up, which features a menu of pickled shrimp, chicory salad, and long-cooked pork shoulder with chorizo, clams, gigante beans, and broccoli rabe. There will be wine and beer pairings as well. Where: 25 Monmouth St., Brookline Details: Tickets available online for $125

March 6-9

Dining for a Difference Week What: Four restaurants in Jamaica Plain will partake in Dining for a Difference, a new initiative to support the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. For four nights Tres Gatos (March 6), The Frogmore (March 7), Vee Vee (March 8), and Casa Verde (March 9) will donate a portion of their proceeds to the organization. The fundraiser was organized by grassroots group Boston for All. Where: Tres Gatos, The Frogmore, Vee Vee, Casa Verde Details: A portion of proceeds from four different nights will go towards MIRA. Dine at any of the four restaurants on the designated night to support the initiative.

March 10

Arlington Beats for EATS Fundraiser What: Arlington EATS — a volunteer-led, not-for-profit organization that aims to make sure no child in Arlington goes hungry — is hosting its third annual Beats for EATS fundraiser. The event will feature a silent auction, live music by The Social No. 11 and Soul City, beer and wine, and hearty hors d’oeuvres. Where: Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington Details: Tickets (available online) start at $60 each (this is early bird pricing, available through March 3) with discounted rates for couples and groups of six; $75 each at the door. Each ticket includes two drink tickets and hors d’oeuvres. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

March 14

A Little Feast: An Edible Sondheim Revue What: La Morra’s chef de cuisine Emily Vena and pastry chef Chris Falman planned a five-course dinner in honor of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The meal will span “five acts” of the chefs’ edible interpretations of Sondheim’s works, with accompanying entertainment in the form of video excerpts from broadway shows. There will also be a special beverage menu, and a portion of the night’s proceeds will go to benefit local theaters. Where: 48 Boylston St., Brookline Details: Call (617) 739-0007 to make reservations for the dinner, which will run from 6 to 10 p.m.

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Gays Against Guns: can LGBTQ community curb the gun lobby?

After the Orlando nightclub shootings, Americas queer community has the gun lobby firmly in its sights. Can they succeed where so many have failed, asks Rupert Neate

Patty Sheehans biggest worries on 11 June 2016 were parking tickets, potholes and whether her latest artwork was a good enough likeness of her cat, Loui. The Orlando city commissioner had stayed up late painting Loui that muggy Saturday night.

Seven months later the portrait remains unfinished. Sheehan was woken by a phone call early the next morning telling her that a gunman armed with a military-style assault rifle had opened fire on clubbers at Pulse, an LGBT nightclub three miles from her door.

Within minutes, she was on the scene. Sheehan stood watch outside Pulse until 11pm, getting home to realise the blood-splattered pavement shed been standing on had been so hot that the soles of her feet had burned through her shoes. She had helped the 53 wounded and the families of the 49 people who lost their lives in less time than it took to read their names at the memorial service. She went back the next day at 4am, and the next, for two weeks. Emails about parking permits, recycling and other day-to-day concerns of a city commissioner were left to pile up in her inbox.

Gay protest group stages die-in against gun stock investments

Sheehan, who became the first out official in central Florida when she was elected in 2000, had a new mission: gun control. Potholes, regrettably, would have to wait. As a city official, gun control measures dont normally apply to me, she said. I frankly thought: Let the big guys in Washington deal with it, but when the Pulse attack happened it came to our streets. If DC cant do this, someone has got to do it. If it takes a little city commissioner in Orlando to say it, so be it.

Sheehan is part of a growing movement among gay people across America vowing to take on the gun death epidemic, following successful campaigns for marriage equality and the repeal of the governments Dont Ask Dont Tell policy, which prevented gay soldiers from serving their country openly.

Gays Against Guns (Gag) is a collective, based in New York City, that includes several veterans of Act Up, the activist group that forced President Reagan to respond to the Aids epidemic. It has begun a campaign of civil disobedience and direct action against gun companies and their supporters.

It devastated me: Patty Sheehan with clergyman Kelvin Cobaris (centre) and a local gay rights campaigner after the Pulse shooting. Photograph: Joe Burbank/AP

John Grauwiler, one of Gags three founders, makes for an unlikely activist. He is a muscled, 6ft, 46-year-old teacher and fitness fanatic who commutes on his beaten-up bike from his East Village apartment to his school in Brooklyn. Over Sunday brunch at NoHo B Bar, Grauwiler recalled the moment he heard the news about the Pulse attack in a text from his mother in New Jersey.

OMG, John, Im so sorry, her text read. He initially had no idea what she was referring to, but it became painfully clear when he scrolled through other texts and checked Facebook.

It devastated me, quite frankly, Grauwiler said. When Sandy Hook [the 2012 massacre of 20 children at a school in Connecticut] happened, it hit me as a teacher. With the Charleston church shooting [in which nine African-American parishioners were killed in 2015] it hit me as a black man. And now with Orlando, it hit me as a gay man, he said. I thought: Fuck it, lets do something!

Grauwiler, who teaches English in Brooklyns leafy Carroll Gardens neighbourhood, said he believes so strongly in the need for tougher gun control under a Donald Trump presidency that he is prepared to break the law to draw attention to it. He thinks direct action is the only way to achieve change. It has always worked, and it always will, he said. Lobbying has a value, but it tends to happen at a slower pace and behind closed doors.

Grauwiler didnt intend to become an activist, not now nor during the Aids crisis, when he was one of the youngest members of Act Up. I had come to the city in 1989 from Jersey City as an 18-year-old to live my life, he said. But, of course I heard about Aids, and people were dying. I thought I was going to die as well, and I had to do something. He went to his first Monday night Act Up organising meeting at the arts and architecture university Cooper Union. I belonged. I felt like I finally, somehow, had some control of my destiny, Grauwiler said. He helped by handing out clean needles to drug addicts in the then no-go Lower East Side.

Man with a message: John Grauwiler, one of the founders of Gays Against Guns. Photograph: Christopher Lane for the Observer

Now Grauwiler, with Gag co-founders Kevin Hertzog and Texas-born Brian Worth, runs his own organising meetings on Thursday nights at the Center, New Yorks LGBTQ community space in the West Village. At the slightly chaotic meetings, Gag members debate the best ways to end the corporate machine profiting from gun death.

Campaigns have included die-in protests that saw Gag members storm the Manhattan offices of money manager BlackRock, which is one of the biggest investors in gun companies, including Smith & Wesson. Dressed in white T-shirts cropped to display as much gym-honed bicep as possible and spray painted with the Gays Against Guns slogan, the protesters held placards stating: Gun$ sell. People die. $tock soars.

The protesters ranging in age from teenagers to people in their 80s gathered in Paley Park and marched towards BlackRocks headquarters. They were led by dozens of silent, white-veiled figures carrying placards with the names and faces of victims from Pulse and other massacres, including some of the 20 six- and seven-year-olds who had been at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.

After BlackRock refused to send anyone out to listen to their concerns, they performed a die-in in the foyer 12 people lying on the floor to represent the dozen people killed with weapons including a Smith & Wesson MP assault rifle at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012. Outside the office on 52nd Street protesters dropped blood red-dyed popcorn around white chalk-outlines of victims.

Our actions are in your face. Theyre very visceral with people screaming about death and demanding change, Grauwiler said. Theyre something the world will see.

Some of them are funny, too. Grauwiler and his Gaggers sing tongue-in-cheek Christmas carols adapted by Broadway performer and Gag member Mark Leydorf to draw attention to horrors of gun violence and the National Rifle Associations (NRA) influence. Gags version of Silent Night sung to Christmas shoppers at Rockefeller Center goes like this: Silent night. Holy night. Terrified until we died. This is life in the USA, where we worship the NRA.

Rock and a hard place: Gays Against Guns stage a protest at the Manhattan offices of BlackRock, massive investors in gun companies. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Gag also targets high-street brands that partner with the NRA, including car rental companies, Visa, and Wyndham Hotels. Grauwilers message to those firms: Its us or them. End your relationship with the death business or the LGBTQ community ends its relationship with you. According to a recent study, the combined annual disposable income of the LGBTQ community in the US is estimated at $917bn.

The numbers turning up at Gags weekly meetings have increased in the wake of Trumps victory, as, Grauwiler says, people are increasingly looking for a focus to direct their anger at after the reality TV stars election. The most recent Gag meeting lasted eight hours as members debated whether or not Gag should become Gat Gays Against Trump. It was decided that Gag would retain its focus on gun control, but the group has joined the wider protest movement picketing Trump Tower.

Gag the acronym was chosen knowingly secured a last-minute prime spot at the front of New York Citys Pride parade leading Grauwiler and the others to pull an all-nighter spray-painting banners demanding stricter gun control measures.

Like Grauwiler, Iraq war veteran and DC political consultant Jason Lindsay immediately started forming his own anti-gun campaign group on 12 June. While Gag is visceral and direct, Lindsays Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is taking a considered and targeted lobbying approach to help gay people and their allies elect candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality.

I was shocked to my stomach when I saw it on the news, Lindsay said from Dupont Circle, DCs historically gay but now yuppified neighbourhood. At the same time, it was just another example of the senseless epidemic of gun violence. But this was different in scale and it was incredibly personal for me, as it was an attack on my community.

Lindsay came out in rural North Carolina when he was 15, but he only felt comfortable telling his mother, and kept his life and feelings very private. The intense privacy would continue for years. At 18, he signed up as an army reservist serving for 14 years including a tour of Iraq in 2003 when the Dont Ask Dont Tell policy was still in force. I didnt tell anyone all of that time and no one found out, he said.

Hes less private now. Today he is leading a campaign on one of the most contentious issues in America, as a gay man with hundreds of LGBTQ supporters. Why do I think gays can change this? he asked. The gay community, and its allies, are an incredible force. These are people in high-powered positions across all walks of life. And we have won battles before. People thought marriage equality would never happen, thought that Dont Ask Dont Tell would never be repealed, he said. This is a new fight for the gay community, adding our incredible strength and political experience to the existing campaigns, and that will make a difference.

Lindsay is uniquely placed to take on this fight as a gay man working in politics who has fired military assault rifles similar to those used by the Pulse killer. These are weapons of war and have no place on American streets, he said. People in the military have to undergo enhanced safety training before using a gun like that. But in the civilian world, you can go into a store and take away a gun with no training.

Lindsay said the public are already onboard, but lawmakers are lagging behind public opinion because of their reliance on donations and support from the gun lobby and the NRA. Political polling since the Pulse shooting has consistently shown 90% of Americans support stricter background checks and 85% want to block suspected terrorists on the no-fly list from buying weapons.

The NRA, said Lindsay, is trying to distort the aim of the campaign. They are playing the fear factor, saying we want to take away peoples guns and repeal the second amendment [the right to bear arms]. We dont want to take away anyones guns.

In fact, many of Pride Funds board own guns and enjoy hunting or days at the shooting range. All we are advocating for is a review of assault weapon sales and access to high-capacity magazines. No one needs them, he said. They are designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible.

Barbara Poma the owner of Pulse, who created the club as a place welcoming anyone and everyone in memory of her gay brother John who died of Aids-related complications in 1991 carries, and her husband and son own, several firearms. She said the attack, which claimed the lives of several of her friends, hasnt changed her support of the second amendment. My life changed forever that night, all of our lives changed. But it hasnt changed my point of view on guns. The right to bear arms is a fundamental part of being American.

Patty Sheehan, who also serves on the Pride Fund board, has a handgun she bought after being threatened because of her sexuality and for campaigning for equality. Shes not going to give up her gun either, but vowed to continue to demand a ban on assault weapons even if it costs her job. She fears that when she comes up for re-election later this year the NRA which pumped millions of dollars into Trumps campaign will deploy its vast war chest against her. I am scared, I know it might cost me my job, but if I dont stand up and protect my community I cant do my job.

Sheehan, who is single and has devoted her life to public service, Loui and her urban chickens, said: Everything I do as an elected public official doesnt matter if its all shattered by gun violence. These kids at Pulse didnt sign up for the military, they went out to dance and got shot.