Tattoos: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I got a new tattoo yesterday with my best friend Dan at True Blue Tattoo which was done by a good friend of mine, Benny Smalls. I’ve had tattoo fever since I was 13, but now that I have an arm tattoo I have pretty much sealed my bare arms’ fate into being covered eventually. Well at least one of them anyway. I thought I would share some photos of fake, real, bad, good tattoos:

1. Will Ferrell as Elf

2. Scarlett Johansson

3. Josh Hartnett (I’m sorry, but he’s nasty)

4. Jack Black

5. Jennifer Love Hewitt

6. Eve

7. Antonio Banderas and Nasty McGee

8. Rihanna

9. Jessica Alba

10. This print is actually hanging up in True Blue’s shop.

11. Tattoo angel chick

12. Last but not least, my friendship tattoo! It says “DK” in the banner. And yeah, it’s a shitty Photobooth picture from my Mac…

~Kiki

Pie and Two Dimes

UrbanDaddy just uplifted my day, once again:

SATURDAY PIE
Pie Lounge
Late nights in the East Village just got a little homier with this tiny hole-in-the-wall dishing out beer, wine and, most importantly, peach and pumpkin pies (among others) until 2am on weekends, so you can finally have the drunken pie fight you’ve been dreaming of.
411: Soft-opening Nov 15, full opening Nov 21, 131 7th St (between Ave A and Ave B), 646-594-3180

SUNDAY DIMES
20-Cent Breakfast at Casa Havana
You’ve probably never stopped by this Chelsea Cuban spot, but we’re putting it on your radar just in case: two eggs, bacon and coffee for 20 cents. We recommend tipping at least a quarter.
411: Available every day, 7-11am, 190 8th Ave (between 19th and 20th St), 212-243-9421

Even though I have to be in a bikini in 11 days (Holy shit… I can’t believe how soon that is), it’s hard for me to pass up booze and free pie… so you’ll most likely find me there tomorrow night. Well, in all actuality you probably won’t, since I try to hang out in Manhattan as little as possible.

~Kiki

Local Exchange Trading Systems

With the global economy going to crap, we’ve been wondering: What is money, anyways? Turns out, it is just a piece of paper that two or more people have agreed has a value. That’s it. Totally arbitrary.

Problem is, when people start to lose faith in its value… economies tumble. So what do we do? Start our own currency! No, seriously, start our own currency.

Japan has an electronic currency called LOVE which you receive every time you volunteer in the community. You can spend LOVE credits at local stores, kind of like to food stamps. In Brazil, you can earn bus tokens by separating trash from recycling. In the UK, you can pay your rent by looking after someone’s kids (its called the LET’S program).

So what’s stopping us? Think of it: Blowjobs-for-Bagels! Mixtapes-for-Metrocards! Because, frankly, the Dow Jones is SO 2007.

— As written by MeanRed Productions

Those Japanese man… how do they get cooler everyday?!

~Kiki

Mast Brothers Chocolate

I don’t know why, but this email I received from Tasting Table, really, really excites me:

The status of high-end microbatch chocolate is quickly catching up to its cult coffee counterparts: Mass production is out; single-origin beans and small-batch roasting are in. Leading this movement in New York is Mast Brothers Chocolate, launched last year by barbate brothers Rick and Michael (33 and 29, respectively), who turn hand-sourced beans from small farms in Madagascar, Venezuela and Ecuador into beautiful, deeply complex chocolate bars.

The Masts start with hulking burlap bags full of cocoa beans and process them in a Greenpoint warehouse, then wrap the bars in a motley collection of vintage paper from Florence and London. Their chocolates are sold mainly at outposts in Brooklyn ($7 to $10), though online ordering is coming soon. They also sell sacks of excellent chocolate bark ($12), heavily loaded with dried cranberries, nuts and pumpkinseeds.

Soon, we’ll all be able to witness their bean-to-bar operation firsthand: Next month, the brothers plan to open their long-awaited factory and retail store in Williamsburg.

Mast Brothers Chocolates are currently sold at Marlow & Sons, Spuyten Duyvil, Urban Rustic, the Brooklyn Flea and the Artists & Fleas Market. mastbrotherschocolate.com

It also helps that they’re quite strapping, young gentleman:

Oh wait, now I remember why that email excites me so much: Men in suits with beards who can shower me in chocolate… Pretty much equals perfection. I can’t wait to visit their store when it opens! It will be a harrowing test of restraint… Chocolate and hot men in suits. With beards. Plus, the fact that they seem kind of Amish is sort of a turn-on. Yum.

~Kiki

Greenhouse Opens Tonight

This is pretty much amazing. Straight from UrbanDaddy:

Let’s get this out of the way: Greenhouse is a nightclub first, environmental savior second. Sure, there are bamboo walls, eco-friendly banquettes, waterless urinals, Brad Pitt-endorsed Kiehl’s products in the bathroom and the whole place is “LEED-registered”, but you’ll be a bit more preoccupied with the more literal greenness—preserved leaves lining the ceiling, faux grass discs on the wall, animal topiary encased in glass cube tables…basically everything you need to feel like you’re in a boozy dance party in the middle of Central Park.

And by checking out the Greenhouse site it can be inferred that they have more locations opening in Paris, Cannes, Park City and Toronto very soon. Damn. I’m surprised there is no mention of who’s behind this huge venture… I’m assuming Brad Pitt has a little something to do with it, but who else?

Greenhouse, opens tonight, 150 Varick St (near Vandam), 212-807-7000

Meatloaf on my mind

Don’t ask why, because I honestly have no answer, but I’ve had Meatloaf on the brain lately. And no, not the food. I’m talking about the man, Meatloaf, who haunted us with his ridiculous music videos in the 90s. I have a love/hate relationship with this man. On the love side- I absolutely love the fact that he has man-boobs in Fight Club.

I found this commercial and had to share it with you (and yes, it’s the extended version):

Which is a spinoff of Meatloaf’s Paradise by a Dashboard Light, which I can, and can’t, believe he actually agreed to do.

And this, ladies and gentleman, is by far my favorite Meatloaf song and video:

Oh, and I just figured out why I have Meatloaf on the brain. I’m doing a training guide on building websites and came across a site that features examples of flash, and this is one of them. *If you don’t at least chuckle at how ridiculous this video is, then you must have no sense of humor at all… or you think I’m completely retarded.

… and just to throw some more in there because I haven’t mentioned it enough in this post: Meatloaf, Meatloaf, Meatloaf.

~Kiki

Paul Rudd on The Daily Show

If you didn’t love Paul Rudd before, you sure as hell will after this video clip:

Click on the picture to watch the video.

Oh, and p.s.- I totally want to bang both of these men. Though not necessarily at  the same time. But honestly, you wouldn’t have to ask me twice.

via Music Snobbery

~Kiki

Did you forget about us?

Hello darlings! Hopefully you didn’t forget about your two favorite girls with great taste…. I know, I know. We’ve been on hiatus, but I am back… for a little while at least, Suz still has some grad school applications to take care of. I have been caught up in a whirlwind of parties, vacation, fabulous friends and love affairs that resulted in 1) a slightly more damaged liver (yeah, and who thought that could happen?), 2) more confidence in flirtation, 3) a friendship tattoo, and last, but not least 4) a Thanksgiving trip to St. Croix.

That’s right, I’m going to the Caribbean for Thanksgiving.

I’m still pinching myself in disbelief, and also astonished that my pasty ass is going to have to get in a bikini in two weeks.

So how did this whole trip come to be?

Well… While my fabulous friend Russel was in town from Dallas (who’s NYC cherry I officially popped)… Hmm, bad way to start this… So backstory: One of my best friends, Russel, whom is one of the most individual characters on this planet and I hold very dearly to my heart, came to visit me and NYC about two weeks ago and stayed for a week. He had never been here before and we crammed as many touristy, and locals-only, things as possible into his trip. One day before Russel had to leave we had a day full of shopping and sightseeing and we had planned a wine & cheese night for later that evening at my house with the guests being Suz, Dan and a friend of Russel’s, Trish.

We stop in at one of my two neighborhood bars, Kings County. Probably the best decision I made all day considering what happened as a result of it. I gave a gentleman, who happens to live in St. Croix (but is originally from Iowa) but was just visiting, my phone number and the rest is history. We spent the few days he had left in New York together and he invited me to the Virgin Islands for Thanksgiving. So I bought a ticket, and now I’m going.

Jealous much?

Hope you’re all having a great Wednesday, and keep checking back in for more updates spawned from my boredom at work.

❤ Kiki

morning-after

merci beaucoup blake

you can vote however you like

thanks jes for sharing this vid. it’s so awesome, great performance!

Obama Bacon

I apologize for the brain cells you’re about to lose by watching this:

On the topic of bacon…

1. Donuts and Bacon 08 (Click on the pic for more info)

2. Baconnaise… because why not? Oh, and thankfully it’s vegetarian. (Insert gratuitous eye-roll here)

And, last but not least…

3. Bacon Chocolate. I have actually had the pleasure of trying this. I know it sounds nasty, but the fat-kid inside of you is begging to try it.

It’s by Vosges Chocolate and they just happen to have boutiques here in New York! I’ve  tried some of their other chocolates and they are to die for.

And I just found this… this is just messed up:

That’s their Flying Pig (which is comprised of their bacon chocolate)… does it really need to be flying towards bacon? Anyway…

The video and first two pictures are courtesy of Serious Eats, the last ones are from yours truly.

~Kiki

Muck: New Handset Font

YouWorkForThem just made a f’ing fabulous handset font. I am thoroughly impressed, and I wish I could rub these letters all over myself. As you can tell, my love for letters has now become lustful. And I am not ashamed to admit it.

And saving the best for last:

To see how these lovelies were made, check out the You Work For Them blog.

~Kiki

24 hours a day

This site that Thrillist just found for me is absolutely amazing!!! I love places that are open 24 hours… and I love that they actually have places in my neighborhood of Bushwick. It’s a rarity to see things actually listed on the internet around there. To check it out, click on the picture!

Uniqlo Human Vending Machine

Holy Crap.

I stole this from You Work For Them:

As if Reason #4123 Uniqlock wasn’t enough, my favorite fashion brand has gone even further by giving away FREE clothes in NYC this November by way of Human Vending Machines! A Uniqlo rep describes it as such, “Basically we’re going to have two mimes. A male and a female mime inside the machine. And the public can see them through glass. When you get there, we’re going to have Uniqlo reps dressed in the silver bodysuits. And they’re going to hold a thermograph scanner — think of an airport security machine. The thermographer identifies cold spots in your body. After you go through that, you go to the vending machine and push a button and the mimes are going to do a synchronized choreographed routine and then your outfit comes out.” Check out the post on NewYork Mag for more details.

Again… Holy Crap.

~Kiki

Pharrell has a fixed gear

I guess little Pharrell here couldn’t be beat out by Kanye on the fixie front:

(That’s Family Guy Kaws in the back, by the way)

For some reason it seems more acceptable for him though… maybe it’s because he’s hotter. Scratch that. It’s because he’s hot. Kanye doesn’t get that much loving from me.

via HKfixed

~Kiki

Ashes and Milk

I found this site through Melissa Loves and I can’t stop looking at it… Organic sculptural things stir something inside of me. They immediately make me want to hold them and rub them against my cheeks… Hopefully that’s not as weird as it sounds.

1. Tatara Zukuri bowl by Yosinori Yamamoto – I love Robin’s eggs. I always have. My father had this Encyclopaedia set when I was a kid and I always looked at the birds eggs pictures. Those books smelled amazing…

2. Pierres Graphiques by Yoran Morvant- I love rock. I love lamp. I love desk.

3. Black Faced Bird by Helen Beard- Again with the precious birds…

4. White Mug with Hollow Handle by Taka Suzuki- I desperately want to hold this.

5. I Deserve This by Dustin Yager- Dustin Yager is a new favorite artist of mine.

6. Faggot X Small by Dustin Yager

– For Dustin to use the expression “Faggot Faggot Fucking Faggot” is an act of self depreciation, and is concealed by the pleasing composition of the cup. The contradiction within this piece is something we can all understand: so often we present ourselves the way we think people want to see us, and keep our true selves in secret. A cup also alludes to nourishment, healing, rejuvenation, and coming to terms with oneself.

My friend Russel is coming into town tomorrow night from Texas… He’s a New York virgin! I’m so excited to show him around. I would totally give him that last mug… well, because he is one. Russel is the most magical being I have ever met… I can’t wait to cuddle with him! And if you’re about to get all PC on me save it. Words only have power when you give it to them.

~Kiki

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

I am salivating.

Typography + food= Kiki’s version of Heaven

That’s a complete over-exaggeration, but seriously… it’s pretty close.

From top: “Gastrotypographicalassemblage” as restored by the Center for Design Study, Lou Dorfsman in front of the wall, a detail of the wall. Photographs from TCFDS on Flickr

Lou Dorfsman, who had a 40-year run as advertising and corporate design director at CBS, (during the heyday of what was once known as the “Tiffany Network”), died last week at 90.

The food angle here? Dorfsman designed an amazing work of art for the cafeteria at CBS headquarters called the “Gastrotypographicalassemblage.” It was a wall 35 feet long by 8.5 feet tall that represented all sorts of foods and food-related things as playful words reminiscent of the old wood type seen in advertising posters of the late 1800s.

“Gastrotypographicalassemblage” was unceremoniously ripped from the walls of the cafeteria in the early 1990s, but the Center for Design Study in Atlanta got a hold of it and has restored it. You can see more photos of it here. [via The Daily Heller]

Thanks Serious Eats!

~Kiki

CFL Jack-O-Lantern

The people behind Readymade crack me up sometimes….This jack-o-lantern is so clever!

Download their PDF template of the stencil so you can have it ready for Friday! (Can you believe Halloween is here already?!)

Presidential Hoedown

After Work Election Hoedown
Nov  4 (Tue) at 6 PM at

3rd Ward 195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Watch the votes roll in and the Bushes roll out at 3rd Ward
Election Day, 6 pm till the country turns Blue!

After work on election day come to 3rd Ward for live election
coverage projected 10ft. x 10 ft., DJs, drinks, eats and pork
bellies!  Plus, compete to support your candidate and be awarded 3rd
Ward style.  We’re looking for cheers, impersonators and creative
expressions of patriotism.

Come for the fun, go home with a custom made Obama shirt and a new
president.

RSVP at Going.com

A Beautiful Loser

Happy Mundane just posted about a new company, Rake Clothing… my immediate thoughts went to the late, great Margaret Kilgallen.

Here’s some designs from Rake Clothing:

:

It’s a very sad thing that Margaret Kilgallen is no longer with us anymore. I actually found her work through her husband Barry McGee, who’s also an amazing artist. An old roommate of mine is friends with McGee and he gave him one of the exclusive bottles that Calvin Klein wanted for some of their perfume bottles. McGee turned down them down.

~Kiki

Obama Pepsi

Honestly, when I first saw the Obama logo I thought about the Pepsi logo. Branding at its best… or I’m just infiltrated by much too much media. But take a look at this and tell me it doesn’t remind you also:

Pepsi just changed its look. I don’t know how I feel about it. Not that I drink soda anyway.. and if I did… Well, I’m a Coca-cola/Sprite kind of girl.

A little more about it at Hello Bauldoff

wassup on nov 4th 8 years from now?

check the crystal ball (vid2), but first take a quick look at the famous budweiser commercial from 2 years ago as a refresher. pretty awesome marketing…

obama ’08 and ’12

-suz

Grey day in Gotham

Hello lovelies,

Today is indeed very grey, and wet, in New York. I was dreading taking out Bella, my weird little canine, for a walk this morning for fear that she wouldn’t do her business and then she’d be trapped in the house all day to destroy whatever is left for her to destroy (because honestly there isn’t much at this point). To my surprise, our walk was filled with me shaking my head and laughing while getting completely downpoured on. Bella loves puddles apparently. She jumped and played through every single one that we saw. Enough about her… I will not become one of those dog people.

Since today is so dreary and gross I decided to post up some happy photos with a pink theme. I am not a fan of the color pink, but for the past week or so I keep running across pink photos. Weird, I know.

1. from The Cherry Blossom Girl via Oh Happy Day

2. Pink bike stencil… I’ve kind of always wanted a pink bike. Although, the entire thing would have to be pink, including the basket. Oh yeah, it’d have to have a basket too.

3. Donut Muffins by Bread & Honey!

4. Oh hey, these people just happen to have the coolest house ever. via Happy Mundane.

5. I have always wanted a typewriter in either pink or robin’s egg blue.

6. That cupcake makes we want to puke a little. I’ve never understood the rage behind cupcakes…for me they’re more aesthetically pleasing than anything else.

7. I know it seems orange, but in person it’s actually got a pink sheen to it. A rainy day like today reminds me of when I was wandering around London, years ago, and it was rainy and grey and I stumbled into a museum and there happened to be a works up by Sophie Calle. They were photos and text describing how she ate only things of a certain color on certain days. For example, Tuesday she would only eat pink foods, or something. I remember reading this book later and thinking about just how interesting a woman she is. Sophie Calle: Appointment with Sigmund Freud.

8. A “Salty Dog”. I am craving one so badly right now, even though it’s more appropriate for warmer weather. Salt-rimmed glass+grapefruit juice+vodka & ice.

9. Since I’m indoors much more often in the winter, I cook up a storm and bake like crazy. I’ve always coveted a KitchenAid mixer… maybe someday. And yes, I will admit that I definitely had a thing for hot pink at one point in my youth.

10. This would be a great reminder to look at every morning. The Poster List. I’m also a big fan of Keep Calm and Carry On, I’ve been eyeing their tote bags for some time now.

11. I have wanted this Eames chair forever, and then I saw that Rachel Denbow of Bling on My Sewing Machine had it and I got very envious! Though, if I were to shell out  the dough for an Eames chair I would probably get it in a different color…

12. Jead Widmer posters for Centre de Creation Industrielle. Yummy. Check out more of them over at Grain Edit.

Great… now all I can think about are cupcakes and Salty Dog’s. Which would taste horrible together.

~Kiki

Counting Crows at Wellmont Theatre Tonight

I just received this email moments ago, just in the nick of time:

Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz is fighting the flu and unfortunately will not be able to perform tonight at The Wellmont Theatre.  Tonight’s opening night show has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 28.  Counting Crows will perform Wednesday, October 29 and Thursday, October 30 as planned.  Tickets for tonight’s show will be honored tomorrow (Tuesday) night, and tickets remain available for the Wednesday and Thursday performances.  We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you at The Wellmont Theatre tomorrow night.

I almost fell out of my chair laughing. I didn’t even know the Counting Crows were still around!

You know we ALL remember this video with Duritz’s killer dance moves (and that hair! and those clothes!:

Don Draper’s Guide To Picking Up Women

Click on the pic for the video.

Thank you, Suz, for showing me this SNL video! Tip #2 is priceless. I am absolutely in love with Mad Men and this makes me love Jon Hamm (Don Draper) even more.

~Kiki

Popular

Things that are making me happy/driving away my boredom:

My ever-growing collection of ampersands (I desperately need an ampersand pumpkin now!):

~Kiki

Music on my mind

Not all directly related, or influenced, by each other (though some definitely are)- but I’m definitely a big fan of all of them, especially the Black Keys; I’m pretty sure they’ll always have a place in my heart. And though I just got introduced to Witch,  J Mascis has never failed me.

1. Junior Kimbrough- I Gotta Try You Girl

2. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band- Sure ‘nuf f ‘n Yes I Do

3. Tom Waits- Lie To Me

4. Black Keys- Your Touch

5. Witch- Seer

~Kiki

A theme/train of thought

via Macaframa

1. Skating in a pool full of balloons… like a grown-up Chuck E Cheese’s ball pit. With more skill involved.

2. Sky full of balloons.. makes me think of Globophobia, and also of how whimsical and nostalgic it is to see a balloon in the sky.

3. Bubbles

4. The beautiful suicide scene in Rules of Attraction. I know it’s messed up, but the music and cinematography are perfect.

5. Angelina in a bathtub. Need I say more?

6. I have always wanted a clawfoot tub since I am a huge advocate of baths.. though only when traveling, and in hotels. I often fantasize about having my own clawfoot tub, hanging out and reading in it, drinking wine in it, being soaped up by a hunky man in it…

7. Oh, Dita. She’s a heroine of mine. And we share an ex boyfriend (Marilyn Manson). Well.. I actually had a really involved dream about how he and I dated. It was a very intense relationship. I described this dream to Dan when we were first met and he thought it was hilarious how detailed it was and also that Manson gave me foot massages and flowers.

If you can’t tell… I’m extremely bored at work, but what else is new?

~Kiki

Microminiature bicycle

Russian miniaturist Nikolai Aldunin creates works of art so tiny, a microscope is needed to see them.

Now where did I put my micromini bike….?

And of course it’s by a Russian… I mean, what else do they have to do over there? Totally kidding.

For more amazing pictures of mini things, check out this TIME article.

via HKfixed

Say Obama

I don’t need to say anything about this:

via A Cup of Jo

Dear David Sedaris,

I’m sure you get this all the time, but I’m in love with you.

I realize that you don’t swing the way of my kind, being that I’m female, but I feel that I’ve gotten to know you over the past couple of years… well, by way of devouring every one of your books whole. A man with a good sense of humor and wit, coupled with pulling off a good suit, is really all I want in a man, discluding my obvious sexual needs in your case. The fact that Amy Sedaris is your sister, and a personal hero of mine, also reinforces my love for you.

I understand that you are currently in a relationship with a strappingly handsome man, but I will settle for being best friends that talk on the phone a lot, which says a lot about my feelings for you, since everyone that knows me, knows how much I hate the telephone.

I hope this finds you well and that you keep enticing me with your delicious words.

Love, Kiki

A reading of an essay that is actually featured in When You Are Engulfed In Flames, his latest book:

video via Dooce

Political emails

Over the past week or so I’ve been getting some very political emails, which is appropriate given how close voting day is. This is one I got this morning:

Take a moment

———————————————————— PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. Apparently the republican party platform knew about this in  advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes. The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream  media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states. Please do two things — takes 20 seconds. 1) Click on link and vote yourself. Here’s the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html 2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and urge them to vote and pass it on. The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin is qualified. please pass it on!!

And also, I’ve been completely confused by these facts from Rock the Vote:

Today’s New York Times article was dead wrong.

You may have seen the article today accusing Rock the Vote of giving you the wrong address to mail your voter registration form. This is not true–Don’t let this sloppy journalism scare you.

Rock the Vote’s online registration form, when printed, gives you the address for the New York State Board of Elections to mail your registration to.

According to the United States Election Assistance Commission, this is the correct address. But we wanted to double-confirm, so we also checked with the NYS Board of Elections. Twice, in writing, the Board of Elections confirmed this is the correct address to send registration applications. (check out the emails!)

However, the story did uncover a different problem. It appears that the New York State Board of Elections is not processing some voter registration forms in a timely manner. (Rumor has it there are at least 35,000-40,000 forms in the backlog).

Please check your registration TODAY at https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx. Please email us at Vote@rockthevote.com if you have encountered a similar problem.

_____________________________________________________

This is a truth: I have never cared about politics, especially in America, and I still can’t say I care a whole lot, but I definitely care more than I used to. It’s hard not to be aware of the political dilemma right now since it’s everywhere, especially in the form of parody (such as SNL). An interesting article was written, Saturday-night Politics, in the New Yorker last week that swayed me, check it out here. At this point, regarding voting, I feel like I’m choosing the lesser of two evils.

~Kiki

Bike Kill 2008

This is what my Saturday looked like:

I ended up covered in rain, beer, fake blood, fireworks, real blood, dirt, and wheat paste. And I only got in one minor altercation this year… Helping clean up the event, before going to the party, was in a word: DISGUSTING. I saw lots of old friends and made lots of new ones and danced my little butt off and got royally intoxicated. The main reason why this year’s Bike Kill was so important was because it was the last one. Black Label had done it for the past six years and just don’t want to put it on anymore. It’s all been extremely fun while it lasted! The next day I spent at home with my warm dog, ate lots of yummy food and watched way too much Mad Men. Overall, it was a great weekend!

~Kiki

The Tortilla Trials

I’ve recently become fascinated with food blogs. I’ve always been big into food, I mean who isn’t really, but I guess I forgot how much I enjoy making it. It’s completly gratifying to be able to whip something up and then be able to enjoy your accomplishment. Even completely simple things give a you this sense of accomplishment, given that it’s tasty and not completely terrible for you, such as the art of the sandwich (which I’m about to dig into one in a few minutes). I stumbled upon Matt Bites, a charming gentleman who describes himself as “a man obsessed with food, drink, and everything inbetween.” His site is highly entertaining and well displayed, and his latest post on tortillas is what really drew me to it.

Spend enough time with me and inevitably you’ll find yourself asking me the same question. Because almost everyone I know has asked me.

“You’d put anything inside a tortilla and eat it, wouldn’t you?”

To read about his tortilla experiments, click the pic above!

~Kiki

It’s all gone a bit Pete Tong

Cockney slang for “wrong”, and also the title of a mind-blowing movie. I bring this up because Pete Tong is playing at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza tonight with a few other DJ’s.

I was first introduced to this movie about two years ago by a dear friend, whom is famously nicknamed Stef Boyardee, and didn’t fail to impress me once I actually saw it. I wonder if I would have found this movie on my own, or if I would have liked it as much without Stef’s recommendation (since I’m not huge into club music) but I could definitely appreciate the storyline and Paul Kaye executed a fine performance. Click on the above image for the IMDB stats. And you should definitely check out this movie if you haven’t seen it!

~Kiki

we met the meet

after a recent posting where kiki & i kinda bashed this private ‘grade-a meeting spot‘ in nyc, the owners invited us to a party last night to review the space firsthand. the space was certainly not conducive to an artists exhibition* so we feel that it is unfair to fully judge the space until it’s grand opening in november. we will however say that the wallpaper was by far the best feature of the swanky joint. from afar, the wallpaper looks like pleasant little graphic flowers but when you look a bit closer, the flowers are formed by nude women in very erotic poses. they get major points for that risk.

*And by this we mean that there was a blow-up imitation of a prison cell in the middle of the space, reminiscent of a bouncy castle at carnivals, though definitely nowhere near as fun and looked more like an attempt at a portable, yet soft, urinal.

PSFK attended the opening also, and you can read their review here.

Brooklyn is better

And this proves it!

Click here to watch video

We love you FredFlare!

AA (nothing to do with alcohol)

Assholes Anonymous. Otherwise known as American Apparel. I get emails from them every so often, which I hate opening because it’s usually some pasty, hipster chick showing off her latest yoga pose layered in far too much clothing, or far too little and sans under garments, and also said-clothing never seems to impress me. This morning’s email has proven to be no different.

I’m sorry, but this is just ridiculous:

I understand that they’re trying to prove how versatile their $28 piece of circular cloth is… but really, it’s a $28 piece of circular cloth. I’m not saying I wouldn’t wear it, but I definitely wouldn’t pay for it, not that I ever do anyway.

~Kiki

bun-in-the-oven scale for your baby mama

but what if a woman steps on it at month1 and it already reaches the month9 mark? way to find one more way to upset a pregnant woman!

i want that scale! who wants to be my baby’s daddy?

found at uncommon goods via gizmodo

x suz

“looking to urgently scratch that itch?”

i knew that kiki would appreciate this one ; ) especially after the posts from yesterday… two of the highest utilized sites (at least for new yorkers), craigslist personals and google maps have finally merged!

you can find the nearest poontang or peen in your tristate area. you can really narrow down your searches too, i’m seeing anything from “fun honest person looking for mr.right” to “luscious lassita lass.” give it a shot and those of you who come back alive should report back.

via gizmodo

You’re kidding me.

Right after I posted about Pharrell’s sex chair and how much I’m thinking about sex right now, I stumbled upon this:

Click on the picture for more about David Altmejd and some amazing, and amazingly sexual, sculptures.

Thanks to The Selby

~Kiki

Oh, yes they did.

When you’ve got sex on the brain, it’s pretty hard to concentrate. And honestly, it doesn’t happen to me that often, so when it does happen I’m pretty much totally consumed by it. Especially after looking at pictures of Monica Bellucci covered in honey and caviar and now this chair by Pharrell:

For more info go here or here.

~Kiki

that’s one hot mess! now be polite and get this woman a towel please

monica bellucci

All I can think about

As much as I love getting paid, very minimally, to essentially sit here and work on this site, and try to entertain myself, it can get kind of boring and monotonous…

This is my train of thought that keeps going around and around and around in my head:

1. Drinking a gin martini. Or three.

2. Which makes me think of beer

3. Which makes me think of lots of alcohol

4. Which makes me think of burlesque dancers

5. Which makes me think of sex

6. Which makes me think of cigarettes (though so does pretty much all of the above)

7. Which makes me think of how hot Joaquin Phoenix is, especially when he played Johnny Cash…

and the circles goes around and gets added to about every 10 minutes.

~Kiki

“That’s not going to cut it in fish-town”

Do yourself a favor and watch the whole thing, honestly, it’s worth it.

This is the first of many installments of my favorite music critics:

It completely speaks for itself.

~Kiki

Chinese Democracy

This ruined my day for a good 4 minutes and 42 seconds. Thank you Guns N’ Roses.

Guns N’ Roses fans, the wait is over. After 17 years of polishing — or whatever it is that rock superstars do when they sequester themselves in studios that cost millions of dollars for a decade-plus — new GNR music has finally, officially made its way to the public… (read more here)

* And just for the record: I have never been a Guns N’ Roses fan, though that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t make love to Axl (circa late 80s, early 90s) if he asked me too.

~Kiki

Ask Total Dick

A friend of mine, that I met through college, has a wholesome little website you should all check out. You get to ask him his advice on anything you like, and he gives you an honest answer that is completely based on his own opinion with no holds barred. I personally subscribe to this kind of advice-giving, and just general life mantra, so you should definitely check it out. If you’d like to judge me on the fact that I am saying I share his fervor in opinions (and sense of humor), then go ahead, you should know now before it slaps you on the ass, or before I do, for that matter.

AskTotalDick.com

~Kiki

Earthly Delights

Great. Another site to preoccupy me and fill me with fantasies of furnishings and accessories. These are my favorites from Eden & Eden:

1. Blah Blah Cushion in lavender- Oh, did you forget about my new obsession with pillows?

2. Button coasters- These remind me of a pair of awesome earrings Suz has, or had rather.

3. Architectural tea towel- I wish I could just buy new tea towels instead of having to wash them. Mainly because I always forget to stick them in my laundry bag.

4. Giant Chain Necklace- Cuz a girl needs her bling bling (pronounced blang blang, for those who don’t know)

5. Crystal Ink Splat earrigs- These remind me of Gak, and Nickelodeon.

6. Fringe Scarf- Because I need more black scarves. Clearly. Actually, I think I just lost my favorite one in a drunken stupor the other night. I honestly never lose things when I’m drunk… knock on wood.

7. Bat Wing dress- I have a sweater very similar to this and I have always wished it was a dress.

8. My favorite thing on their site

Thanks for me, for you!

~Kiki

Load up your coffee tables

The NY Art Book Fair starts tomorrow and goes into the weekend, so if you’re in New York you definitely should stop by! Art books are my favorite kind, not only because they’re easy on the eyes, in more ways than one, but sometimes pictures really do speak more than 1,000 words. Also, the paper stock they use for the pages always turns me on. And they smell good.

Click on the picture above for the official site.

~Kiki

Speaking of Central Park…

This Saturday is the Pumpkin Festival!!!

Click on the pic for official site and more info.

via Going

Chanel in Central Park?! Never.

So there’s an art installation in Central Park right now inspired by this:

No, not alien-child Mary Kate Olsen. The quilted Chanel bag she’s toting. Not necessarily her bag, but the quilted bag itself.

I feel that Coco Chanel would roll in her grave if she knew of this.

To see the official Chanel Mobile Art site, click here

I may have to agree with the NY Times Architecture critic’s opinion.

~Kiki

Banksy on the economic crisis

Banksy is definitely a personal hero of mine. Barely anyone knows what he actually looks like, you can Google him if you like, but honestly, living through your art instead of by your face is pretty amazing and I feel we should let him keep living that way.

via Environmental Graffiti

~Kiki

Cardiac arrest

I’ve always had a fascination with the human heart, figuratively and literally, and especially tools that gauge it and work on it. I remember handling a lambs heart in kindergarten and I couldn’t stop poking my fingers through the valves. My father had two heart attacks by the time I was five years old, or around that age, and I remember not understanding what it all meant. A healthy Scottish diet of margarine sandwiches, meat & potatoes, and smoking heavily will do that to a guy, I guess. I remember going to the gift shop in the hospital because I wanted to get him some Rolos, since they were our favorite candy at the time, and when I handed them to him he looked so weak but his smile was so warm. Funny how things change.

I also couldn’t pronounce, or spell, “hospital” for the life of me. I always thought it was “hopsital”, and reminded me of “constable” from Mary Poppins.

I’m not a fan of the music necessarily, but the use of the cardiograph is great.

~Kiki

Whale Wars

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action animal rights organization led by Captain Paul Watson, will get some well-deserved attention in an upcoming seven-part Animal Planet television series titled “Whale Wars,” set to premier November 7th.

Last winter, the crew prevented the Japanese from killing at least 300 whales, but not without a fight. The television show documents all the action, including a dramatic hostage situation, flash grenades, gunfire, and full-throttled chases through to antarctic seas.

For the full article, click the pic or check it out here!

Do you understand how excited I am for this?! Not that I have cable or anything but I love whales and I love reality TV shows… well kind of. I kind of stopped paying attention to most of them after Real World Hawaii (it was all about Ruthie), or maybe it was New Orleans (which was all about that Mormon chick, Julie?). Anyway, the Real World Hawaii house is right next door to my friend’s grandmother’s house near Diamond Head, and it’s much tinier than it seemed on TV. I also saw Paul Walker when I came in from surfing right near there also.

He is quite dreamy in person, I must say. Even though he’s a blonde. Oh well. I make exceptions here and there.

~Kiki

My love for Type: Part II

1. Again, with the pillows. By Emma Smart.

2. This makes me salivate. via fortheloveoftype.

3. Morse code by Sean Johnson.

4. Chris Bolton

5. Tsang Kin-wah

6. This card is so simple and cute. Chick Print

7. This reminds me of the Royal Tenenbaums. And don’t even get my started on how much I love that movie and the type/design that’s in it.

8. Raking Leaves exhibition in Berlin.

9. This reminds me of Susie. I think it’s because of the word ‘cynical’.

10. Oded Ezer is definitely a genius.

11. I want this as much as swissmiss does.

12. There aren’t many words for this. Dan Tobin Smith gives me a hard-on.

ilovetypography– I don’t know what I would do without you.

Queen got it right

Bicycle! Bicycle!

This video calms me.

And also makes me want red stockings.

~Kiki

Well said

I’ve been thinking a lot about art, what makes someone call themselves an artist, and whether or not I qualify as one anymore, or if I really ever did… An arts degree doesn’t make you an artist by any means, for some it can help you get there… then again some of my favorite artists have had no formal training whatsoever and they seem to have been better off.

“A rock star is not someone who takes the temperature, who gauges the marketplace before he creates his “art”. A rock star is someone who needs to create and is willing to tolerate the haters along with the fans. He’s someone who incites controversy just by existing. That’s what we lost in the dash for cash. Unique voices. I’m not saying we haven’t ended up with some pleasant music, but it just hasn’t hit you in the gut, it’s the aural equivalent of Splenda, it might do the trick, but it’s not the real thing. The real thing grabs your attention, drives down deep into your heart and lodges itself there. A rock star doesn’t follow conventions, doesn’t go disco or add drum machines just because everybody else does. A rock star exists in his own unique space, and if you met him you probably wouldn’t like him. Because he tends to be self-focused to the point of being narcissistic. Because he cares. He needs to get his message out.” – Bob Lefsetz

see the original post here at Macaframa

~Kiki

Impalpabilities

1 & 2. Angelina in W Magazine

3. ‘Please Don’t Break My Heart’ by Sandy Smith

4. My new favorite show. I’m still catching up…

5 & 6. I have never had the pleasure of tasting these, and have no idea what they would even be like, but for some reason I can’t stop thinking about them.

7. No picture for this, but I made friends with a neighbor next door and it makes me very happy

8. That dark little blob is my pup… twinkle lights, my new couch (because I finally have a real bed) and my new favorite pillow (#9)

9. Nate Williams ‘Life is Beautiful’ pillow

10. Sweet dreams, darlings

~Kiki

Officially jealous

… Of Cheryl Dunn and Michael Karbelnikoff’s apartment. Actually just their lives in general. When I am that ol’ globe lady, I hope I can also be surrounded by rad art like they are.

Click the pic for more photos of their amazing apartment and a funny interview.

Thanks to The Selby!

~Kiki

OMG LOL BBQ

While Angelina is out adopting babies from Africa, Natalie Portman has her own vegan shoe line, and Nicole Richie and her baby’s Daddy are speaking out against Darfur, lil’ ol’ Hilary Duff here is making some waves too:

Now that is something we should all think about while running the water when brushing our teeth.

Also, how hilarious would it be if Lindsey Lohan-job did this PSA?

via Frisky