this ain't no joke

i started a new job today as the national events manager for weddings at this fine establishment!* if you need a DJ, i am your supplier. your sugar mama for the sweet, sweet music, as it were.

*showing redonkulous proximity to current domicile.

thursday night boys & girls. just saw the great levon helm at terminal 5. here's a treat via alexis:

here are some favorite iphone snaps from this year - except for the last one, which was taken by my friend ben on new years eve. woke up with confetti in my hair, stuck to my face, and strewn around the floor of the apartment. either the mark of a fine evening, or proof that you're sleeping with a glitter monster.

ta ta 2009!

listen, maira kalman: your pursuit of happiness series this year in the times is just beyond. i can't wait to buy your new book, you are exhaustingly prolific, and your style just gets me right here. i'm pointing to my heart. do you want to grab a coffee sometime? call me if you do. we can go someplace with fancy tea service and ladies with crazy hats and charcuterie plates with cornichons and mismatching vintage silver.

i know this was not a personal new years gift to me, but can i pretend that it was?

new years eve costume research. yes. queerest of them all is a fantastic pictorial resource.

Classy Weimar Prostitute is the new Lady Gaga

hey gino!

i have been wanting to visit gino for years years years, and today i finally got the chance. magical! all the tuxedoed waiters speak italian and call you princess as they administer fresh ground pepper to your spaghetti with clams. the menu is hand-written in grandpa-script and the clientele is a SIGHT. jackie and i had the best lunch. caprese salad, seafood pasta, prosecco, espressos - it was just the tops. and the margot tenenbaum wallpaper! i died.

i highly recommend a visit

(ps: sorry for the poor picture quality. taken with my phone)

really?

abby pointed me to this outlandish urban camouflage via japan. i mean....

seriously? you're not fooling anyone! we can see your feet, dude. pretty impressive that this fake vending machine is made out of a skirt though.

charlie and the chocolate christmas car ride

yes, the mom is wearing a confederate flag shirt, the dad is the indian wayne newton, and the little girl has no neck, but besides that it's very christmasy.

this is how the affair began

had dinner at alta tonight and there were highlights y'all. blue crab risotto, warm veggie salad, skirt steak, lamb meatballs, and the brussels sprouts of joy.... it's hard to know when to stop eating in that type of situation.

also on my new list of hot tickets: roses. i know. I KNOW. i hate roses. but all of a sudden i love them. there are a few (gasp) bodega roses in here even, and they just look and smell and feel like a delicious meal.

mmmmmm