The word flutist was first recorded in 1603, and floo-tist has been and still is the only acceptable pronunciation for it. The variant flautist (flow-tist) was adapted from the Italian flautista so unless you have some special reason for preferring Italian spellings and pronunciations, stick with the English one, which is both traditional and unaffected.
more commonly mispronounced words here. i enjoy both correcting myself and feeling superior, so this list is right up my proverbial alley.
last summer i scored an entire box of slide film from a park slope flea market. i’m pretty sure the family documented in the box is from albany; i like to call them the whitakers. (dick is the son who sports a mustache, catches the big fish, works at a scrap yard, scuba dives in the river [yes!], and fancies himself something of a lothario.)
there are some real gems in this here box which i plan to blow up and hang on my wall like proto-eggleston. the fellow above is dick’s brother steve. his fish isn’t quite as impressive but he has a nice vest.
trick daddy f. cee-lo and big boi / in da wind
(there is a large and special place in my heart for dirty southern rap, and trick daddy is the mayor of that town. i mean, trick luh the kidz.)
a couple points here:
1. $535? on sale? guh.
2. a wood seat pretty much defeats the indestructible, weather-resistant gloriousness that is the emeco navy chair.* i have beat mine to hell and it still looks perfect, but i bet i could do a number on that pretty wood seat.
*legend has it that the founder of emeco once tossed a 1006 navy chair out the window of a six-story building. the result? a few minor scratches. BAM.
And yes, I do know who Beyonce is, although I didn’t know about the glove.
Make Her Say, Kid Cudi ft. Common and Kanye West and, of course, the Lady. I cannot articulate my love for this. Just listen.

oh boy, i have been waiting for an excuse to post this picture.
after a wickedly delicious breakfast (involving both yams and fresh snap peas, though not together) i’ve decided i’m really into kitchens today.



