Amanda Wills is a journalist based in New York City.Tumblr (3.0; @amandawills)http://amandawills.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md57o5K3vl1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s still something special about a historical headline sitting on your doorstep.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/35235581568http://amandawills.com/post/35235581568Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:21:41 -0500election2012obamawsjnewspapersjournalismwall street journal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxillRvKE1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Incredible cover. Just…incredible.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/34923606279http://amandawills.com/post/34923606279Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:36:57 -0400sandynycmanhattannew york magazinesopo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcol3eIxGe1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gramercy Park in pitch black.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/34605941081http://amandawills.com/post/34605941081Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:52:26 -0400nycsandyhurricane sandyblackout<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mco0xgTKkq1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last year during Hurricane Irene, I took a screenshot of the storm via the Weather Channel iPad app. I did the same just now with Hurricane Sandy. </p>http://amandawills.com/post/34574529974http://amandawills.com/post/34574529974Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:36:52 -0400sandyirenehurricane sandyhurricanenew york citynyc<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjugk3tbr1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The SpaceX Dragon lifts off into space, bound for the ISS.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/33126676256http://amandawills.com/post/33126676256Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:53:08 -0400SpaceXNASADragonspace<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbffe8O5MK1qfjpooo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>So people will stop getting my last name wrong.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/32941280779http://amandawills.com/post/32941280779Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:37:20 -0400gifwills<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma7iofZzCC1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>World Trade Center, 11 years later. (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://amandawills.com/post/31359906735http://amandawills.com/post/31359906735Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:33:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9p1uf9Xbl1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>End of summer? Says who? (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://amandawills.com/post/30685167295http://amandawills.com/post/30685167295Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:13:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9n8ciBRio1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tonight’s dinner brought to you by Chico. (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a> at Cafecito)</p>http://amandawills.com/post/30616045332http://amandawills.com/post/30616045332Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:38:41 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9jddeqwXu1qf3nsz.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9jddl297d1qf3nsz.jpg"/></p> <p><em>Photos via <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240909486234161152/photo/1">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=415308616120&amp;set=a.161403756120.123284.21392801120&amp;type=3">Facebook</a></em></p>http://amandawills.com/post/30475295144http://amandawills.com/post/30475295144Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:38:35 -0400obamaromneyapplepcelection 2012<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9irxqF9gq1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://amandawills.com/post/30452712862http://amandawills.com/post/30452712862Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:53:49 -0400voguemichelle obama<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92sf83UjI1qf3nsz.jpg"/></p> <p>Get a sneak peek of the new magazine DuJour before it hits print. </p> <p><em>Via <a href="http://www.dujour.com/">DuJour.com</a></em></p>http://amandawills.com/post/29855259799http://amandawills.com/post/29855259799Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:43:59 -0400dujourmagazinesfashionluxurypublishingmagazine journalism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92rot82U41qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Manhattan, in a bottle.</p>http://amandawills.com/post/29854119036http://amandawills.com/post/29854119036Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:26:52 -0400manhattanbeernycskyline<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8rnlnkBAR1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://amandawills.com/post/29435648279http://amandawills.com/post/29435648279Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:24:59 -0400shark weekdrinking gamelolsharksdiscovery channelphoto<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://newscatgif.tumblr.com/post/27505036132/when-the-newsrooms-air-conditioner-is-working">newscatgif</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img height="285" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7d8pwPp241qzna3u.gif" width="380"/></p> </blockquote>http://amandawills.com/post/29358548161http://amandawills.com/post/29358548161Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:16:45 -0400<p>Happy birthday to my favorite Southern Persian, Farima Alavi. To celebrate, I am making her a GIF story.</p> <p>So that she won&#8217;t be sad on her birthday like this cat&#8230; </p> <p><img height="374" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln7yq3YFiq1qhjv44.gif" width="499"/></p> <p>But if we lived in the same city, we would party like gangbusters. Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;d go&#8230;</p> <p><img height="188" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4zi4cfmYz1rxxdroo1_500.gif" width="420"/></p> <p>We would drive to a hot club&#8230;</p> <p><img height="213" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7y72pQHhF1r6p48c.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>Where we would dance and think we looked this cool&#8230;</p> <p><img height="281" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqlfffbwu1r7qp5so1_500.gif" width="500"/></p> <p><img height="245" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m83eomeMfB1qimturo2_250.gif" width="245"/></p> <p>But in reality, we really look like this&#8230;</p> <p><img height="179" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7p5c6ploI1r183u4.gif" width="312"/></p> <p>And, because we&#8217;re old, we&#8217;d be a little tired. </p> <p><img height="176" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m83hezNtQ21rof3xg.gif" width="320"/></p> <p>But I would tell her to woman up and drink a Red Bull&#8230;</p> <p><img height="132" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7omgtbFgZ1ro2d43.gif" width="245"/></p> <p>20 minutes later, she&#8217;d be all&#8230;</p> <p><img height="266" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5d5n0Nbt11qjid5q.gif" width="281"/></p> <p>By that time, we will take some classy bathroom photographs&#8230;</p> <p><img height="405" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwzyicquHD1qf3xzvo1_500.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>And I&#8217;ll say&#8230;</p> <p><img height="269" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m56qitmHNU1qcaz8oo1_500.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>And she&#8217;ll tell me to snap out of it because hey&#8230;</p> <p><img height="202" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lumdeprjCy1qbk03no1_500.gif" width="498"/></p> <p>Then we&#8217;ll do some more of this&#8230;</p> <p><img height="281" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7bn47OjIT1r45byx.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>Until we do this&#8230;</p> <p><img height="184" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly47rnS58w1qavfsa.gif" width="245"/></p> <p>The next morning, we&#8217;ll be all like&#8230;</p> <p><img height="340" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsi11nHiBQ1qm2lwz.gif" width="483"/></p> <p>So then we will&#8230;</p> <p><img height="202" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ya2twjyV1rql87s.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>And then we&#8217;ll realize, it&#8217;s time for me to leave and go back to NYC&#8230;</p> <p><img height="273" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5hk31gQgU1rnff72.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>But that&#8217;s ok because we will totes look back on this birthday night and be like&#8230;</p> <p><img height="220" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6w93xxQoI1razoyto1_500.gif" width="500"/></p> <p>And for real&#8230; are we ever really apart?</p> <p><img height="205" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tbt5zH5k1rvsgixo1_400.gif" width="300"/></p> <p>No because&#8230;</p> <p><img height="333" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ys6guNR71rqqe7xo1_500.gif" width="480"/></p> <p>So catch up on your beauty rest for next year&#8230;</p> <p><img height="213" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5wlpzy0iA1rr9c99.gif" width="500"/></p>http://amandawills.com/post/28654015823http://amandawills.com/post/28654015823Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:05:00 -0400birthday gifdrinking gifbeyonce gif<p><img height="270" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6h84mAoMS1rwcc6bo1_500.gif" width="500"/></p>http://amandawills.com/post/28496342019http://amandawills.com/post/28496342019Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:30:42 -0400gifhigh fivejournalism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8238zUmaU1qfjpooo1_r2_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Gabby Douglas does the Dougie. </p>http://amandawills.com/post/28458342536http://amandawills.com/post/28458342536Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:05:00 -0400Gabby DouglasFab FiveUSALondon 2012Olympicsgymnasticsgif<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7utdzABR71qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I said yes!</p>http://amandawills.com/post/28178633692http://amandawills.com/post/28178633692Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:11:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7tqso4ann1qfjpooo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A homepage that only my mother could love. </p>http://amandawills.com/post/28127667598http://amandawills.com/post/28127667598Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:55:36 -0400mashable