October 2010
3 posts
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An iPhone app. This changes everything.
Today I downloaded the Posterous iPhone app. It’s put publishing right into my hand. That’s probably a bad idea - like a game involving a massive revolver with just one live round somewhere inside a million chambers. I think you’d have people queuing round the block for such a device. A sort of reverse lottery, as if someone ‘switched the polarity’ on the lottery...
Just trying out the new Posterous
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August 2010
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Thirty-six hours in Ronda
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April 2010
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March 2010
5 posts
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November 2009
13 posts
The Metrotwin 15 – Sharon Florin →
We’re back once again with the Metrotwin 15, and this time it’s the turn of Sharon Florin, artist, blogger and theatre buff to be put in the hotseat to answer fifteen fundamental questions of…
The Spirit of the Staircase →
Escalator etiquette is one of those things that bugs you intensely for about two minutes a day as you battle your way up a moving staircase full of gum chewing dead eyed tourists, but then flits…
William Kentridge: Performa →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZIvwKtMzZ0
This post has some urgency to it because it is about a unique performance happening TONIGHT. Currently the non-profit organization, Performa,…
The Metrotwin 15 – EmilyJ →
We continue our Metrotwin 15 feature with EmilyJ – frequent flyer across the Atlantic and soon-to-be guest blogger (watch this space!)
Name: EmilyJ
Profession: A closely guarded secret (but…
Bbars to the Break of Dawn Bbars be Rocking On and... →
What’s in a name? If you’re in London, Bbar is ostritch steak, proximity to royalty and divine cocktails. New Yorkers associate Bbar with Californian fare, an amazing heated outdoor…
The Metrotwin 15 – Harper →
After a rather vanity riddled start to the Metrotwin 15 – a new feature where we ask fifteen deep, probing questions of extreme significance to some of our contributors – it seemed only right…
Remember Remember →
“Remember remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason,
Should ever be forgot”
And for those looking for festivities here in New York…
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot… →
We Brits do choose to celebrate in unusual ways. I suppose it’s quite nice that 400-odd years after the event we still celebrate a failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by, erm, letting…
See you at the Crossroads →
After a couple of months of disruption, the £5 million ‘Japanese style crossing’ has finally opened in Oxford Circus. Most boring blogpost ever? Bear with me…
It’s called ‘Japanese style’ because…
Day of the Dead →
Although this is informally what I call January 1st, the day of inevitable hangover after New Years celebrations, the actual Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican festival of the dead occurs on the 1st…
October 2009
17 posts
Hallowseve →
Trick or treat Metrotwinners. Aye! The most betwixting of days is this Saturday (and we all know how long we have been waiting for Halloween to land on a Saturday). So where will you be for this…
Wish You Were Halloweeny →
We’ve mentioned the Newburgh Quarter’’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ swap of London and Lower East Side boutiques before, but this is the last weekend it’s in town and they’re planning something pretty…
Neighbourhood Tales: Archway →
I recently downloaded NotForTourists’s new London Iphone app, which was ace, except for the part where it defined an area near to me – ‘my manors’ if you will – as ‘next on the bulldozer…
New York’s Lifeline →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v700R2jkvjw
Behold! Oh, the rivers of New York! From the Hudson to the East, along downtown Manhattan to the edges of Brooklyn, from Governor’s Island to…
Happy 10th Birthday Jake! →
You might have heard of Jake. The social network for gay professionals has over 30,000 members worldwide and has written some great recommendations and lists for our site in their time too.
…
*toot toot* New Feature Alert: The Metrotwin 15! →
As you will notice from the right-hand column of this blog and the many great recommendations on the site, we have a lot of cool people who contribute to Metrotwin, experts who know and love their…
Twins of the Sea →
Oysters are an aquired taste. Some people like pouring living, wriggling blobs of aquatic snot down their throats…other people are me! Then again, I actively seek out and consume…
Ode to the Odd →
In response to Anya’s latest blog on an “intriguing and unusual exhibition to visit” in London, New York has some “art in odd places” to visit this weekend too. Exploring the “odd,…
On the Outsider →
As a philosophy student I sat through many an earnest debate on ‘the nature of art’, and outsider art was always central to the argument. Were the daubings of a chimpanzee art? A visually…
CMJ Music Marathon Begins Today! →
The legendary CMJ Music Marathon has begun here in New York City, which, according to the official website, is the “largest and longest-running music industry event of its kind,” bringing…
Get Outta Town →
While this site is focused on twinning the ins of London and New York, as any urbanite knows, to keep up one’s city momentum going, it is important to take jaunts outta town. Especially as the…
Conkers! →
It’s officially autumn here in the UK. Even if you didn’t read my earlier post where I huffed on about excessive air conditioning, a glance out the window at the golden flailing treetops (or peek…
September 2009
41 posts
Stringing You Along →
We like our unusual art here at Metrotwin. We’ve previously told you about sound art in a lighthouse and crystals in a council flat and even the chance to play the Roundhouse like an…
Weekend Freebies in NYC →
Oh yes, summer has come and gone, and with it we say ’so long’ to all the free outdoor concerts we adore – from Summer Stage to the Brooklyn Bandshell.
But don’t fret yet! This weekend, New…
Tattoo Twin →
It’s the slightly bizarrely named International London Tattoo Festival this weekend, so in recognition of this, here are a couple of fine ink joints. I actually have a bit of an…
Central Perk Comes to London – A Lo Fi Photoessay →
As mentioned in a previous post, to promote the 15th anniversary of Friends, (and possibly a new boxset) Warner Bros have opened a ‘Central Perk’ coffee house in Soho. In the interests of…
Saddle Up →
As the leaves are hinting change, and we trade our tees for tweed, it’s a perfect time to saddle up! This weekend I myself will be galloping my way through Prospect Park here in Brooklyn. Who knew?…
Prick Up Your Ears →
Joe Orton’s plays, dark comedies such as Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot, were the scourge of 1960’s censors, filled as they were with sex, death and immoral characters; but Orton was equally well…
London Fashion Sales II →
Aah so the madness is nearly over for another season, but before you pack those Manolos back in their box and drag out their ‘inspired by’ twins from Primark, check out my round up of the last big…
Hirst Seeks Twins →
In lieu of this being a ‘twinning’ blog and all, it seems most topical to mention a rather bizarre request artist Damien Hirst has posted to the net in conjunction with the Tate Modern. Mr….
Under a Bridge Downtown… →
Things you can find under bridges, a short list: trolls, rivers, members of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and hip hangouts.
The Hawley Arms in Camden used to be the mecca for London’s…