People, Places, Causes, Things:

a list of annotated websites

Websites for some of my favorite organizations

Feminists for Free Expression -- I was on the board of directors of this organization for years. It's just what the name says, and you can check it out at FFE

St. Peter's Episcopal Church -- I hadn't attended church regularly for years, and it was Palm Sunday and I wandered in to this gorgeous gothic edifice a couple of blocks away from my apartment (built in the late 1830s and founded by Clement Clarke Moore - the "A Night Before Christmas" guy). Sat down behind a gay leather couple. The next year, I showed up for Easter. Sat down behind the same leather couple. I thought, hmm, this is not your typical uptight church. I was right, and now I attend almost every Sunday. It's a wonderfully diverse community (as is Chelsea) -- there are young people, old people, Ph.D.s and high school dropouts, black, white and Latino people, singles and couples both straight and gay. St. Peter's is planning on a website in the not-too-distant future, but meanwhile you can check out some pictures of the building at Slink's Architextural Photography .

Websites about the arts in NYC

A Gathering of the Tribes -- Many downtown artists and writers gather here. Tribes

Art and Politics of the Lower East Side -- Lots of interesting and important events are listed here. Art and Politics

Neena's Cybergallery -- An online exhibit of artwork and writing. Check out Eban Hagerty's paintings and John Farris' poetry. Check out everything! Neena's

Websites by some of my favorite people

Deborah Menikoff has a site called Club Deb that's chatty and funny and always worth checking out.

Slink runs Slink's Cafe Noir which is one of the most attractive sites I've seen. She has the greatest wallpaper, and some cool photography, too.

Websites that I just like

I get my best wall paper from this fantastic PreRaphaelite Website

If I had lots of money, I'd buy lots of clothes at Girlshop

I love the Arts & Crafts Movement. Not lanyards and things made out of yarn and popsicle sticks, but the William Morris turn-of-the-century Arts & Crafts Movement. In that imaginary someday when I can have everything the way I want it, I would have Stickley/Mission furniture, Morris upholstery, and Roycroft dishes. There's a great William Morris website, and Irene just found The Webpage of the Roycrofters. The Roycroft was one of the homes of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, and it's been revived. It's located in East Aurora, New York, a suburb of Buffalo that's two towns away from my parents. If I visit my parents for any length of time, I'm drawn there like a moth to a flame.

I already told you to go visit Sluggy Freelance, didn't I? So, I have to tell you everything twice?