FREE SURF LESSONS at Long Beach!
This is a guest post from Untapped correspondent, Janet Kim, designer and proprietor of the New York City-based contemporary clothing line Graey. While I had asked her to cover her experience at a free surf lesson with Skudin Surf, I also want to mention that Graey will be showcasing at New York Fashion Week again … Read more
NYTimes LENS BLOG: A Timely Global Mosaic
A different type of mosaic than that of Alexander the Great, but The New York Times LENS blog is putting together a global mosaic of photographs all to be taken at approximately 15:00 hours (U.T.C.) on May 2nd. Anybody can submit: amateurs, professionals, taken on your fancy DSLR or your cell phone. That’s 11am in … Read more
NEW JERSEY: The Van Liew-Suydam Farms
For many, fall conjures up childhood memories of pumpkin picking, mugs of apple cider, hayrides and corn mazes. Just an hour away on the NJ Transit is Suydam Farms and the Van Liew-Suydam House in Somerset, NJ with all of the above, and an added bonus of beautiful historic architecture. Ryck Suydam is the 13th generation … Read more
URBAN ESCAPES: Get Out of the Bubble!
“Man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald A visit to the Mannahatta/Manhattan exhibit at the Museum of the City … Read more