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Tatiana's World of Tarts
Product Descriptions
Custard Tarts
From Lisbon with love! Served warm, these pocket-size Portuguese pastries are filled with a rich and creamy custard and boast a buttery, flaky crust.
Butter Tarts
Raisins or no raisins? That is the great debate when it comes to these gooey, brown sugary Canadian mini pies. Lucky for you, we offer a half-dozen varieties including s’mores, walnut, Nutella, raisin, maple and, of course, plain—for those who like it straight up!
Bakewells
Not to brag, but Paul Hollywood once gave us a handshake after sampling one. These traditional British tarts are filled with layers of raspberry jam and almond custard and are topped with icing and a little cherry. They’re almost too cute to eat! (Almost.)
Instagram Captions
Early Summer
Summer’s here! Expensive flight prices got you down? Take a tasty trip around the world with our trio of tarts from Canada, Portugal, and the UK—no passport required.
Thanksgiving
It’s never a good look to show up to a dinner party empty handed. Impress your family this Thanksgiving by bringing a Party Pack Sampler of our tastiest tarts. (Just be prepared to outshine Great Aunt Margaret and her Jell-o salad that nobody asked for.)
Saturday Sale
This Saturday only - bring your least flaky friend along to try our most flaky treats! 4 mini tarts for the price of 3.
Modern art museum
Placard Text
Brooklyn Bridge, 1983
Andy Warhol (1928—1987)
Screenprinting on board
Though it had been several decades since Warhol made a living sketching women’s shoes for magazine advertisements, he returned to his advertising roots by creating this brightly colored screenprinting of stacked dual images that became the official poster advertising the 1983 ArtExpo fair at the New York Coliseum. The work also helped mark the 100-year anniversary of the famous bridge connecting Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan.
Nighthawks, 1942
Edward Hopper (1882—1967)
Oil on canvas
Inspired by a brightly lit all-night diner in Greenwich Village, this oil on canvas work of American realism features three patrons and a server, each of whom seem to be lost in thought. Hopper has commented that, “unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.” Hopper used himself as a model for the figure with his back to the viewer and his wife as the redhead seated across the bar. The painting has been parodied many times, most notably by Gottfried Helnwein in Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1984) in which the main figures have been replaced by Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Humphrey Bogart.
Event Description
When: Saturday March 14th, 2pm
What: Scrapbooking for Beginners Workshop
Where: MAM, Studio 1ACost $30
Tell Me More! Get creative with that box of old photos, stickers, and other odds ‘n’ ends that have been collecting dust around your house. We’ll provide the instructions, cardstock, scissors, glue, colored pens, markers, and other fun bits and bobs to inspire and help you craft a beautiful keepsake. This event is the perfect social activity for people of all ages – parents and kids, small groups of friends, partners, and that visiting cousin from out of town who you don’t know what else to do with. Light snacks and sodas will be provided.
Press Release
For Immediate Release
New Exhibit at the Modern Art Museum
Buildings, Bridges, and Bright Lights: Cityscapes of the World
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Exhibit will be in the North Wing at the Modern Art Museum (MaM) in Swansburg, MA
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Exhibit runs from March 1st through October 31st
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Features a wide range of artists and styles including Andy Warhol’s Brooklyn Bridge; Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks; and Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day among 100+ other famous works.
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Opening night cocktail party March 1st 7pm.
Swansburg, MA – "My ideal city would be one long main street with no cross streets or side streets to jam up traffic. Just a long one-way street.” – Andy Warhol.
Blending a range of artistic styles including impressionism, pop art, realism, expressionism, surrealism, and abstract, MaM is proud to present its upcoming new exhibit of cityscapes and art focused on big city life, impressive architecture, landmarks, and city inhabitants.
Come celebrate with us on opening night at 7pm in the North Wing. Light snacks and beverages will be provided, and a Creative Kids Corner will have craft projects for our young artists.
“We’re so excited to bring this brand-new exhibit to MaM. I’ve lived here in Swansburg my entire life and just love the excitement and surprises that living in a big city can bring. I think this exhibit’s diverse range of artists and styles represents city life well and will delight and surprise patrons of all backgrounds.” – Amy Storms, Executive Director of MaM
Buy Tickets here.
For media inquiries, please contact Carrie Robinson: c.robinson[at]mam[dot]com.
Blogging
Simma Down Now!
Tips & Tricks to Staying Calm
One of the most unfortunate things I’ve learned as an adult is that so many of the recommended ways to reduce stress and anxiety…absolutely do work. Turns out that that dumb little walk or jog will indeed clear your mind; that you’ll sleep better when you don’t drink alcohol; and that everything is fine in moderation. Yawn.
Aside from my twice-a-week yoga classes, daily meds, and quiet time at home, here are some other things I do to keep me calm and sane.
Cleaning & Organizing
When it comes to my apartment, I can be a real Danny Tanner. For those of you who didn’t grow up on a steady diet of Full House like I did, the Tanner patriarch was known to be a clean freak who was constantly dusting, organizing, and keeping his otherwise chaotic household flowing smoothly. Although (continued)
Resolutions, Mile Markers, & How To Eat An Elephant
Happy New Year!
Is it too far into the year to still be saying that? When should the cutoff date for that be? (Jerry and Elaine certainly have some opinions on that.) For me, any time within the first few weeks of January is fine, assuming it’s the first time I’m seeing someone that year. If we’ve already seen each other and chatted multiple times during the first week or two of the month and then in the third week you’re wishing me a happy new year – that would be very strange.
As we all know, during the first couple days of the new year, everyone (well, mostly “news” shows – Today Show, I’m looking at you) love discussing New Year’s Resolutions. Do you make them? Do you think they’re a good idea? (continued)
Well, We're Movin' on Up
To the east side / To a deluxe apartment in the sky!
Is there anything more chaotic, messy, and stressful than moving to a new home?
I’ve been living in the same Brooklyn apartment (the “garden view” apartment—or as I like to call it “trash can view”) for nearly a decad—and it’s served me quite well. It was my first apartment that was all my own. I could arrange it and decorate it how I wanted; I could choose when to have guests over; I could close the blinds and dance around in my underwear (sorry for the visual). After a certain period of time (a year, 5 years, 10 years?) the space in which you live stops feeling like the place you put your stuff, and it feels like an extension of yourself. I’ve always been very attached to spaces (even sad, cinderblock dorms and apartments with nightmare neighbors), which is why, whenever I move, I always wait until the last minute to take the pictures off the walls. That’s (continued)
Feeling Gezelligheid on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
With the exception of maybe Bruce Springsteen, there is no musician I enjoy seeing live more than Andrew Bird, whom I’ve been fortunate enough to see play at least a half-dozen times over the past ten years throughout New York City. Each performance is a real show for the senses— attendees are not only treated to his vocals and violin playing, but are also able to visually observe the physicality that goes into the music he creates. He plucks, bows, claps, sings, whistles, strums, and twists the knobs of and stomps on the looping and distortion pedals that surround him on the stage.
Beyond his own physical movements, there is so much more to visually observe at his shows in other ways too. The spaces in which he chooses to play can really vary. I’ve seen him play summertime shows outdoors in parks and (continued)