Lily Haight

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  • Easter Brunch

    Easter Brunch

    I’ve recently had a Pinterest reawakening. Yes, you do have to sift through thousands of truly horrible recipes for things like 5-minute blender enchilada sauce or various low fat salad dressings, but buried beneath all that are endless links to lifestyle blogs that always have a neat DIY that will help you forget about everything that’s Read more

  • The Quiet American – Graham Greene

    The Quiet American – Graham Greene

    I felt very serendipitous for a week when three of my classes converged on the same topic. In my Francophone literature class we had just learned about the second wave of French colonialism, when their “civilizing mission” prompted them to colonize Indochina, as well as large parts of Africa. Then, in my course on the current French Read more

  • Day Dream

    Day Dream

    When I daydream, most times I daydream about riding a motorcycle on a curving road surrounded by trees. I do this because before I left for college, when I was 18 years old, my dad and I would go for motorcycle rides together on sunny weekends. I would follow my dad on his red Honda 250, me Read more

  • Garment District’s unraveling?

    Garment District’s unraveling?

    On a rainy Friday afternoon, Swatch the Boston Terrier, famous for his many appearances on the reality television show “Project Runway,” lies fast asleep on the first floor of Mood Fabrics on West 37th street, oblivious to the surrounding bustle. Designers step over his snoring body as they search through rows and rows of chiffon, Read more

  • Black history in Chelsea

    Black history is not confined to one month, or, for that matter, to any single neighborhood or even region. In Chelsea, for instance, it’s in just about every nook and cranny of that district’s architecture — if you know where to look. “There’s a lot of people who do not know that this northern part Read more

  • The DŌ Saga

    The DŌ Saga

    First there were cronuts. Then, cookie shot glasses, rainbow bagels and literally anything made with matcha. And now? There’s DŌ, a tiny shop located just a block south of Washington Square Park (where I go to school) that sells cookie dough like it’s ice cream. People are crazy about it. Here’s what happens with all food phenomenons (in my estimation): First, someone Read more