I always end up singing Crossroads to myself whenever I order the Crossroads taco from Torchy’s.

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birdwillbirdwont:

Have you heard about The Night Heron? As of now it’s closed but god do I wish I got to experience it! An illegal speakeasy in an abandoned water tower in Cheslea, NYC it was open from March to May for eight weekends.

How did you obtain entry to this magical place? Well it was fairly complicated: In order to be a guest at The Night Heron you needed to be given a pocket watch by a prior guest who would give you minimal explanation of what it was for. Once received, you would need to report to a certain street corner at a specific time and call a number that was placed within the watch.

Guests would be led from one building to another and up twelve flights of stairs to the roof by helpers, the watches would be taken at the ‘door’ however at the end of the night if you wanted to continue the invitation chain you could purchase the watch. Whew! That’s a lot of work! But from the photos above seem completely worth it!

The mastermind behind this was N.D. Austin, a 31-year-old artist who specializes what he calls “trespass theater.”

I love this quote from him in his interview with The Atlantic:

“Yes, it reminds me of that question in The Little Prince,” Austin adds, helping the crew clean and stow away evidence of their existence. “‘Why is the desert beautiful? The desert is beautiful because somewhere it hides a well.’”

You can read more about The Night Heron on - The Atlantic & The New York Times.

Photos from The New York Times.

Look at these fucking hipsters.

topherchris:

Today is World Turtle Day!

Easter egg: If you left the “world turtle day” tag page open in your browser since last year’s World Turtle Day, you get a surprise!

(Aldabra giant tortoise via)

I’m gonna’ slap Jenkins…

Dear Bottle Rocket,

Thank you for having coffee when I am out.

Love,

Me

"The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then to settle down to work with it for a good long time."

Uncommon Genius – insights from 40 MacArthur “genius” grant recipients. (via explore-blog)

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