Taylor's Ham

where food and music and Taylor Swift collide

August 2009

  • Greater Adoration

    TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS Contrary to your belief, there are people out there who adore Taylor Swift more than I do. And they’re talented musicians. Take this one–Mary–singing “You Belong With Me” My favorite part of Mary’s performance–filled with props that Taylor, no doubt, appropriates in her real life–happens around the 35 second mark. During Read more

  • Show Me yr Love Tattoo. I’ll Show you Mine.

    IMELDA MAY Love Tattoo At first glance, it’s her hair that strikes you. Then, her wardrobe. Intrigued by a sexy blast from the past. But it’s her voice you want to hear. She hails from Ireland, yet betrays no accent in her raspy, finite delivery of lyrics. If only Imelda May would cross the Atlantic, Read more

  • The One and Only ShackField

    SHAKE SHACK AT CITI FIELD I know the Mets season may soon come to an end. Or it should. Put the people out of New York out of their misery, please. If you happen to intentionally attend a Mets game or take a ride on the 7 toward Flushing on a game day, I highly Read more

  • Taylor’s “Fearless” Ukulele

    TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 5 Days Fine. Go ahead. Joke about how this 25 year-old “adult” adores a tweeny country-pop singer. Ha ha. Sure, like I said, I was a foot taller than all the other Taylor Swift fans in West Virginia. I’m hoping the demographic is slightly more vertically developed this time around. But even if Read more

  • Keste::West Village, Manhattan

    KESTÈ PIZZE E VINO So I guess Monday nights are pizza nights. That’s the impression I got from Keste anyway. The narrow Bleecker Street restaurant was packed to the gills and hot as hell. You’d think there was a wood-burning oven in there. New York Magazine swears that Keste beats any Neopolitan pie outside of Read more

  • Turn yr radio on, the program is a’startin’

    ALEX BATTLES &THE WHISKY REBELLION Any band that sings a song called “Jesus Wore Flip Flops” is my kind of band. So when I first experienced Alex Battles and the Whisky Rebellion on July 4 at the Brooklyn Museum, I knew it was love at first listen. Self-described as “roof-shaking joyful hodgepodge of honky-tonk, jump Read more

  • Countdown to Taylor at Penn State

    TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 9 Days* On August 29, Small Hands and I are going to see Taylor Swift at the Bryce Johnson Theater at Penn State University. “Isn’t that far from New York, Nicole?” you might ask. “Why not see her locally?” If you knew anything at all, you’d realize that her Madison Square Garden Show Read more

  • Bliss Bistro::Sunnyside, Queens

    BLISS BISTRO Gesturing to the street sign–46th Street/Bliss–Furry said, “Places around here get a lot of mileage out of that.” Bliss, my friend, is the that Furry speaks of. He’s right. They do. Nail shops, fruit stands, bars, Starbucks even (well, if they could, they would). Businesses assure us of their overwhelming bliss-filled essence. And Read more

  • Magnolia Bakery::City wide

    MAGNOLIA BAKERY I know, I know. The cupcake revolution has passed. It’s all about doughnuts. Momofuku soft-serve. Dessert Trucks. I get it. If that’s true, why must I step around snaking queues of eager patrons outside of every Magnolia location? Because the cupcake is still on–whether you like it or not. Magnolia, the quintessential cupcake Read more

  • Fearless New Blog, y’all

    Welcome to Taylor’s Ham! Delight in musings on music and food from the five boroughs and beyond (meaning, like, New Jersey)! I’m starting this blog because I need a new writing project and am inspired by Taylor Swift and all-things-New-Jersey, but mostly Taylor Ham–the delicious breakfast meat also known as Pork Roll in public school Read more