Author Archive | Alison Rosen

Okay so it wasn't yoga I was doing that day

By Alison Rosen on September 16, 2008 in MINIspace

The Masala Bhangra video is up. (Thanks to Joe for tipping me off!) It’s not on YouTube yet or I’d post it here but you can see it at http://www.minispace.com/en_us/projects/mini-rooftop-nyc/

And in case you are wondering, up until about fifteen minutes before I left the house I was planning on wearing regular exercise clothes because, as I lamented in a previous post, I didn’t have access to sweatbands or funny clothes. But then I saw that V Magazine t-shirt I’d been given as a party favor the night before and I ripped the neckband off, Flashdance-style but I was too overzealous in the ripping. On a lark I safety pinned it and then turned the sleeve excess into wristbands. I tied my bathrobe sash around my forehead as I do every morning. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m not only a phenomenal dancer but a burgeoning designer as well.

See all the MINIspace videos here: http://www.minispace.com/en_us/projects/mini-rooftop-nyc/videos/

Goodbye rooftop!

By Alison Rosen on September 14, 2008 in MINIspace, photos

Today’s the first day I’m not on the rooftop! I think I have rooftop legs. Anyway, here’s a photo from last night with the MINIspace team. I don’t even believe in teams since there’s no “I” in them, but I had fun for these past ten days and more videos will be posted in the coming week so check back, won’t you?

I Only Drive Winners

By Alison Rosen on September 13, 2008 in MINIspace

I looked "fascinating"

By Alison Rosen on September 12, 2008 in MINIspace

Coming to a delightfully humiliating video soon!

Another video from the roof

By Alison Rosen on September 12, 2008 in MINIspace

The best thing I heard so far this morning

By Alison Rosen on September 12, 2008 in Uncategorized

Me: I look like a freak.
Sarina (exercise class teacher): No, you look (long pause) fascinating.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

How I feel about being filmed doing yoga tomorrow morning

By Alison Rosen on September 11, 2008 in ugh

In theory I’m all for it as I’m a fun “hey whatever” kind of gal* however in reality I have neither real yoga clothes nor funny yoga clothes, I only have shirts and I guess I’ll wear sweatpants, and also it’s going to be very early. I asked the crew to corner James Fucking Friedman, which is his DJ name although I think he spells it James F&*!!ing [or something like that] Friedman and ask him if he has any sweat bands because he seems like the type who might but then it occurred to me that even if he did he’s not going to get them there early enough. Whatever will I do? If you’re reading this and you happen to be going to the rooftop between now and 8:30am and you have a pile of funny eighties workout clothes please leave them somewhere where I’ll find them. Thank you.

*on camera that is. In real life I’m a total pain in the ass.

Photos from today

By Alison Rosen on September 11, 2008 in MINIspace, photos

This guy won a trip to NYC through MINIspace. We went to pick him up from the hotel and I interviewed him on the way to the roof. I asked him what he knew about the roof and I said I was going to make a “ding” sound for every correct answer and a buzzer sound for every incorrect answer but then I just started dinging and buzzing willy nilly because that’s the kind of person I am.

Here’s Erik and me through a fish eye lens.