Everything Rabbits
(Cate Hellman photography)
Hey! I'm Claire Downs. I specialize in Enthusiasm (General).
I'm a writer. I write for Maude night at UCB with Everything Rabbits. I also write for the sketch team Golden Baby. Like TV's Family Matters and Betty Ford, I grew up in Chicago. But now I live in Brooklyn.
I have really juicy story, but if it's about me, it's sad. Claire Downs Has Something to Say
NOW THAT THE FUDS IS BLOWING UP! Here’s a picture from the Birthday Walk where Fuds originated. I walked from 211th Street to 42nd Street with Dan, Arthur and Kelly and so many friends passing out these menus. Here’s an Upper West Side fancy doorman asking himself “Should I get Pink Chunk tonight” after I gave him a menu.
I read this pilot at work. And it’s GREAT. AH!
Everything Rabbits is Monday with the Prom!
I made this poster!!
Dinner Diplomacy Thaws the Cold War
Sometimes sharing a good meal is the best way to resolve the differences you may have with another. For the United States and China, this strategy helped normalize relations during a peak of the Cold War. Read more
Images from Nixon’s culinary travels through China:
Banquet place settings (cigarettes included); Chinese people having lunch outdoors; President Nixon using chopsticks; Pat Nixon samples cuisine in the Peking Hotel kitchen; Menu from Banquet given by Prime Minister Chou in honor of President Nixon. February, 1972.
(via sugaredmeatings)
Advice for my Little Sister: NYC 2012
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I am starting a new post series. My little sister is moving to New York for this summer soon, and I want her to have some hand-picked advice from my experiences about living here.
Here’s one:
If a rat runs over your foot in sandals, do not look down and keep walking. Breathe. That never happened.
