Places I Support

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This is a list of places I find worthwhile and donate time and/or money to. They are mostly local organizations trying to make a difference in some way or another.

 1. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

126 Crosby St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 334-3324

Categories: Bookstores, Restaurants, Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: SoHo

5.0 star rating
  4/3/2010

Review #101

I love this place. Not just for being a great bookshop with an awesome selection but for having some heart. Housing Works Bookstore draws an interesting group of people (in a good way). And you can tell that by the variety and quality of…More »

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 2. Seattle Urban Academy

3800 S Othello St
Seattle, WA 98118
(206) 723-0333

Categories: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools & High Schools

Neighbourhoods: Rainier Valley, Beacon Hill

5.0 star rating
  4/3/2010 First to Review

Seattle Urban Academy (SUA) is definitely worthy of being my 100th review. If you are unfamiliar with SUA you can check out their website at http://www.seattleurba....

Basically, SUA is a private, Christian school for at-risk youth in Seattle that is…More »

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 3. Frick Collection

1 E 70th St
New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-0700

Category: Museums

Neighbourhood: Upper East Side

5.0 star rating
  2/6/2010

This is my favorite museum in NYC and the only one I am a member of. I also love MOMA, the Met, the Natural Museum of History and other museums but the Frick tops them all for me. It's not as big as the others but it does what it does every well.…More »

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 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 5th Ave
New York, NY 10028
(212) 535-7710

Category: Museums

5.0 star rating
  4/3/2010

The Met is a daunting museum. This is the kind of place that you can visit three times or more and still find things you didn't see before and still have a great time each visit. It also happens to be one of those places that has something for…More »

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 5. The Vera Project

305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 956-8372

Categories: Music Venues, Community Service/Non-Profit

Neighbourhood: Queen Anne

5.0 star rating
  3/20/2010

I am a sucker for these kinds of places. If you don't know about the Vera Project go take a look at http://theveraproject..... Here is an extract from that page:

"The Vera Project (Vera) is a music-arts center run by and for youth. By engaging…More »

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 6. Real Change

219 1st Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 441-3247

Categories: Print Media, Community Service/Non-Profit

Neighbourhood: Pioneer Square

5.0 star rating
  4/24/2010 ROTD 2/9/2011

What is Real Change? It is a paper about the homeless to be sold by the homeless to give them a chance to live a slightly better life and maybe even serve as a stepping stone out of poverty.

Yes, the paper isn't the NYTimes or even the Seattle Times.…More »

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 7. Seattle Art Museum

1300 1st Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 654-3100

Category: Museums

Neighbourhood: Downtown

4.0 star rating
  4/12/2010

I have actually been quite pleased with SAM since I became a member a little over two years ago. This is quite embarrassing but I have to admit I have never ventured into the regular exhibits. And that's even though I've been to SAM somewhere between…More »

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 8. Museum of Modern Art

11 W 53rd St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-9400

Category: Museums

Neighbourhood: Midtown West

4.0 star rating
  3/18/2010

I have been to MOMA four or five times now. As everyone has mentioned, this place is one of the best museums in New York and the US. You can easily get lost there for hours looking through the regular and special exhibits.

So why four stars? Well I…More »

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Review votes:
562 Useful, 415 Funny, and 430 Cool

Location

Kirkland, WA

Yelping Since

January 2010

Things I Love

Life altering food, cocktails, concerts, friends, the arts, traveling, being alive, squirrels, KEXP

Find Me In

New York or Seattle and wishing I was in New York

My Hometown

Renton, WA

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I'm programming, working out, enjoying the outdoors, or hanging out with friends

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My Favourite Movie

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Most Recent Discovery

Restaurant Matisse in Victoria, BC

Current Crush

Gwenyth Paltrow, Emily Haines, and Claire Forlani