The backyard at Sit & Wonder is an ideal spot to sit and ... work.

The idea of working from home is every 9-5-ers dream. But after slaving away in my sweatpants and relegating my social circle to the corner deli guy, the coffee shops teaming with freelancers no longer surprised me. Trying to find a quiet spot that’s not crawling with high-speed freeloaders like myself can be a difficult task. And with this end of the world, freakishly warm weather as of late, the idea of spending my days hunched in a dark corner of a cafe is even less appealing.

So to my combat years of cubicle habitation or time spent in the “veal fattening pens,” I decided to stake out any neighborhood cafe with a high-speed set-up and an outdoor space, for those of us not blessed with a backyard. Besides the surprisingly large number of outdoor cafes, there are plenty of parks that are connected now as well. Now is the time to get off your couch, unplug your laptop and start working on your hand tan! (more…)

From a similar piece: the Travelling Garage Sale. La Mamelle Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 1977

Spring marks the beginning of unwanted cleaning advice, but for a lot of us whose hoarding sensibilities can get out of control, there’s finally a reason to clean out our closets, for the sake of art. Brooklyn-based artist, Martha Rosler is bringing her crowd-sourced installation piece — or in laymen terms, a garage sale — to the MoMa’s atrium this November. In order to create her piece, she’s issued an open call for donations for everything from clothing, jewelry, records, books and propaganda, to posters, sports equipment and appliances. But “no food or other perishable items, liquids, weapons, or toxic or hazardous materials,” so leave your guns at home folks. Besides, what else are you going to do with those 27 bridesmaid dresses and Insane Clown Posse shot glasses? You can drop some off this Saturday and Sunday even. (more…)