June 2015 - stuarte

Fashion New York

Zara Store Locations: Here are all the ZARA stores in New York City

There are seven ZARA locations in New York City; all of which are located in Manhattan.

By stuart

June 30, 2015April 21, 2017

Food

Joong: Chinese sticky “rice dumplings” wrapped in bamboo leaves

Every year around this time of the year, my grandma makes a batch of joong in celebration of the Duanwu Festival.

By stuart

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015

Tech

Select and Search: Copied text on Chrome activates Google search

On my mobile phone, I recently highlighted some text in an article and a header with Google’s logo and the selected text popped up from the bottom of the screen.

By stuart

June 28, 2015June 28, 2015

Queer

Gay Marriage is Legal! Let’s celebrate SCOTUS’ decision with cartoons and memes!

With a 5-4 majority vote by the Supreme Court, same-sex marriage has been legalized across all 50 states in the United States of America.

By stuart

June 27, 2015June 27, 2015

San Francisco Tech Travel

Lyft Hotspots: “Drive Happy” with $5 rides in San Francisco

With “HotSpots”, Lyft continues to find ways to make their car sharing service less-expensive and more accessible.

By stuart

June 26, 2015October 5, 2015

San Francisco

Here’s 9 reasons you should choose to stay at the Bay Bridge Inn in San Francisco

I’ve stayed in dozens of cheap hotels/motels in my life; a line-up of Motel 6s, Econo Lodges and America’s Best Value Inns to keep the cost of accommodations low on vacations.

By stuart

June 25, 2015November 12, 2017

Food Queer

How did I not know that Barilla was anti-gay?

You’ve probably come across Barilla pasta before, even if you don’t know the name, you would recognize the packaging and logo.

By stuart

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

City

Nespresso Sale: Buy 10 sleeves, get 1 free during July 4th promotion

Nespresso just announced a sale on their pods. It’s not much of pod sale, but it’s better than nothing.

By stuart

June 23, 2015August 31, 2015

Monsters Tech

Here’s what Google’s Artificial Intelligence “sees” when you put a Rorschach test in front of it

Google Images indexes and categorizes trillions of images and it’s not a group of employees sitting there day and night sorting and organizing our jpegs and PNG files.

By stuart

June 22, 2015September 23, 2015

Basketball San Francisco

NBA releases ‘Geeked Up’ Golden State Warriors championship t-shirt

I’m a big fan of the Geeked Up t-shirts that the NBA puts out from time to time.

By stuart

June 21, 2015June 22, 2015

Basketball City Street Art

Awesome Steph Curry “DUBS” mural found in Oakland

It was great to follow the Warriors on their way to the NBA championship while on the East Coast.

By stuart

June 20, 2015June 22, 2015

City

Zara’s summer sale comes to U.S. (and we called it!)

A couple days ago, the Zara sale started in the United Kingdom and Ireland, so we wondered aloud in a blog post if the U.S. sale was soon to follow.

By stuart

June 19, 2015September 23, 2015

Culture

With Zara sale in U.K. and Ireland, is U.S. sale coming tomorrow?

Zara’s sale hasn’t started in the U.S. yet, but it looks like our predictions about the 2015 Zara sale date might have been on point.

By stuart

June 18, 2015September 23, 2015

Basketball

Andre Iguodola deserved the NBA Finals MVP because WINNING

I wouldn’t have argued loudly had Lebron James won the Finals MVP, but it wasn’t a travesty that Andre Iguodola took home the trophy.

By stuart

June 17, 2015June 17, 2015

Race

It’s not that Rachel Dolezal can’t be Black, it’s that she’s been willfully deceptive

My problem with Rachal Dolezal isn’t that she identifies with the African-American community, it’s that she lied on several occasions.

By stuart

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015

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Food

How long does frozen milk last for? Does it go bad?

If you’re lactose-tolerant then you’ve had the experience of an almost full carton of milk sitting in your refrigerator that expires tomorrow.

By stuart

June 15, 2015September 23, 2015

Comic Books Funny Society

The best Shia Labeouf “DO IT” remixes all in one compilation video

Oh man, these are great.

By stuart

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015

Basketball

Cavs’ 7-Man Rotation Will Cost Them 2015 NBA Championship

Believe it or not, there’s a bright side to the Cavs getting beat in Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Cleveland. The bright side is that the game was over and they could rest.

By stuart

June 13, 2015June 13, 2015

Food

Nespresso Sale 2015: 30% off Nespresso machines

I just got an promotional email from Nespresso announcing their 2015 Father’s Day sale.

By stuart

June 12, 2015September 23, 2015

City

Babu Ji brings modern Indian food to East Village

In the former space that housed Spina jut three months ago, is now Babu Ji.

By stuart

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015

Basketball Mom

My mom isn’t surprised that the Cavs beat the Warriors (again)

In the late 1980’s, my sister and I took an interest in basketball. With NBA on the television all the time, my mom also became a hoops fan (in addition to loving Knots Landing).

By stuart

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015