Unapologetically Mundane
Katie Ett
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York,
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- I grew up an Ohio farmgirl but left the country behind for the bright lights of NYC. I'm a blogger of city life (unapologeticallymundane.com) and super-fine food (donuts4dinner.com).
MY RECENT POSTS
- Suffer for Fashion
February 10, 2012 09:59AM - An Embroidery Piece
Personalized for Me!
February 09, 2012 10:38AM - The NY Giants Ticker Tape
Parade in NYC
February 08, 2012 10:49AM - Geeky & Chic Giveaway
Winner
February 07, 2012 11:48AM - Long-Exposure Photos on 42nd
Street
February 02, 2012 01:37PM
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February 09, 2012 03:46PM - “My very favourite wine
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January 12, 2012 11:47AM - “How funny that you
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January 12, 2012 11:45AM - “I tried to watch "Hannah
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October 13, 2011 01:05PM
Katie Ett's Links
Suffer for Fashion
The only thing to do when you’re a wannabe photographer with a nosebleed? Whip out the camera and try to forget about the drips hitting your white t-shirt.
Badass?
Related Posts
An Embroidery Piece Personalized for Me!
Liesi over at Too Crewel held a contest for a custom embroidery piece recently, and I was the lucky winner! I’d been slobbering over her Etsy shop nonstop, especially the United States pillow and the paper airplane hoop, so I asked her to combine the two ideas for me to… Read full post »
The NY Giants Ticker Tape Parade in NYC
Everything else about it sucks, but there are exactly three reasons I love working downtown:
1) the view,
2) my apartment is one subway stop away, and
3) ticker tape parades!
I had originally planned to go down to the street to capture some pictures of the players for anyone who… Read full post »
Geeky & Chic Giveaway Winner
The winner of my Geeky & Chic LEGO necklace and ring set is . . .
DAYNA!
She’s my best friend’s former college roommate of four years, a Circleville Pumpkin Show goer of eleven years, and most perfectly, an art museum educator! So she’s funky… Read full post »
Long-Exposure Photos on 42nd Street
My friend Anthony taught me Photoshop before I even had any idea I wanted to know it. He bought a DSLR when mine was only a pipe dream. And lately, he’s been paving yet another path for me: long-exposure night photos.
Last night, I attempted my first ones outside… Read full post »
Best NYC Store Names #2
On my bus ride to work from Kamran’s apartment, I pass through the outer edge of Chinatown and see a store with the worst/best name ever: New BJ.
please excuse this crappy merged Google Maps image
Apparently it’s a 99¢ store, but the review I found on Yelp is just… Read full post »
Giveaway: Geeky and Chic Necklace and Ring Set
Last month, while trying to figure out if I’m a child or a lady, I linked to this ring from the Etsy store Geeky & Chic:
Well, since then, I’ve added pretty much everything from Teresa’s store to my Etsy cart. It’s all just so cute!
Harry… Read full post »
Bethany, Tracey, the Chocolate Dentures, and the Little Nubbin
My cousin Bethany and I were born 47 minutes apart. Same day, month, and year.
My uncle called my grandpa from the hospital: “You have a granddaughter!”
And then my dad called 47 minutes later: “You have a granddaughter!”
“I know,” my grandpa said.… Read full post »
Rich in NYC
The best way to show you’re rich in NYC is to own a white coat and to keep it dry-cleaned.
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As-Wordless-As-I-Get Friday
Some random New-York-y pictures I haven’t had any other occasion to post:
a technically crappy picture that I nonetheless enjoy of Kamran in
Beekman Place, overlooking the East River
the Chrysler Building on a cloudy day
the gate at the end of a street overlooking FDR Drive and… Read full post »
Noel. No-EL. Knoll. NO-uhl.
I’ve met my blogfriend and yours Noel five or six times now. We found each other through a girl I went to high school with, and I was immediately drawn to the way she can write soulfully about seriously provocative issues without turning hippie-dippy or New-Age-y. Noel’s husband was… Read full post »
The Time That All the Bad Things Happened in One Single Night
Kamran was already mad at me. The night before, I had been exhausted from walking around Brooklyn with a visiting friend all day, and his good mood was really pinching my nerves, so I’d laughed when he’d stubbed his toe on my suitcase, which was still sitting in the middle of… Read full post »
Blogfriends in The ‘Burgh
I have to admit that the first time I read Cassie‘s blog, I didn’t know quite what to think. Well, actually, I did know quite what to think, and what I thought was that she was some mostly-unemployed teen mom who wasn’t sure who her dad is. I wasn’t… Read full post »
Someone Has Issues
Why does it annoy me so much when people continue to use their umbrellas after it’s stopped raining?
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A Spontaneous Christmas Photoshoot
While I was at home in Ohio, my best friend, Tracey, wanted me to take pictures of her and her husband, Dan, with their Christmas tree. Well, he was wearing his Duder shirt,
and they found it pretty awkward that I was like, “Just be natural! Don’t… Read full post »
Happy Bigtime Birthday, Tracey!
I know presents are the reason for the season and all, but I was really back home in Ohio for the past two and a half weeks to celebrate my best friend, Tracey‘s, 30th birthday. While I celebrated my last birthday quietly and with fingers crossed that no one would… Read full post »
Defining My Personal Style
I think I have split personalities. At least when it comes to my personal style.
See, most of me likes kid stuff. I’m super-nostalgic and get a lot of joy from surrounding myself with toys and games that remind me of my childhood. I grew up wearing clothes… Read full post »
Merry Christmas + Happy New Year
I’m visiting my family and friends in Ohio until
JANUARY 8TH!
I’m going to get so many presents, eat so many of those sugar cookies with the Hershey’s Kisses pressed into the tops of them, and do so many gay things with my best friend.
Like so:
I’ll… Read full post »
Deep-Fried Homesickness
Thinking about going home to Ohio in a couple of days for Christmas has me really craving the kind of fair food I can only get at the yearly pumpkin festival in the town next to mine.
Is it wrong that I evidently associate my hometown with deep-frying?
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How’s THIS for Unapologetically Mundane?
It’s just an accident that my work slippers match my tights today.
But it sure is a happy accident.
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Stuff I Like
Recently, Kamran and I were watching a nerdy “NOVA” special about the monarch butterfly’s migration from Canada to Mexico. Apparently they travel through the U.S. from different parts of Canada, avoiding death at every turn, and then converge in Texas, where they form a giant swar… Read full post »
Every time they show one of the Real Housewives of New York or New Jersey out to eat, all I can think is, “If you’re making five figures per episode, why are you dining at a restaurant I’ve never heard of?”
Not to be a snob.
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It’s Not All Latch Hook Kitten Rugs
I recently decided that I like pretty things and went on a mission to find new craft/style/design blogs by women who suit my not-lame sensibilities. I like cutesy, and I like pink and sparkly, but I like them to be presented ironically, and I can’t handle middle-aged women calling themselves… Read full post »
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Blame the Bus Driver
I was going to start a new series today about beautiful things I see from my bus window on my way to and from work. Taking the subway shaves as much as twenty minutes off of my commute time, but riding the bus is an opportunity for me to see… Read full post »
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