April 30, 2005
Recent celebrity sightings: I saw Martha Stewart entering 11 West 42nd St. over by Bryant Park as I was exiting the building. Of course, I checked for the ankle band but she was wearing loose black pants that revealed nothing. Oh, and she looked great. Jail has been kind to her.
I saw Naima from this season of America's Next Top Model walking across the Williamsburg bridge last week (heading from Brooklyn to Manhattan for all you stalkers) She was really short for a model. Possibly an inch taller than me and I'm only 5'7".
And I saw Stevie Van Zandt of Springsteen and Sopranos fame at Manitobas last Saturday night. Sporting that crazy head gear naturally, he was with a posse of overweight mobster looking dudes.
Wanna see what you will look like 30 years from now?
Tommy Lee makes out with tranny.
Is there a market for "moan tones"? Really?
Pretty in Pink sequel announced.
April 24, 2005
I go out too much. I am resolving to change that, but I did have to stop by Manitobas last night however, because Jennie will be traveling for most of the next six months and we had to send her off right. Photos here.
Oh, and Don Wood's website? The one that used to just be a gray colored page? Yeah, I went there today and suddenly its this nicely designed multimedia type site and I was like, holy shit, I need to get my shit together, that freak is showing me up.
April 23, 2005
Nick's birthday was a long and revelrous evening. It was actually a joint birthday venture that Cami & Nick had at this bar called Trash. (I still can't believe Nick celebrated his bday in Williamsburg). And coincidentally it was Don's birthday as well. Lots of birthdays equals lots of celebration...and um...slamdancing? Yeah, you heard me slamdancing.
April 18, 2005
Thank God! Viagra ruled Kosher for Passover.
What kind of American do you speak? (its a fun quiz, really.)
I'm obsessed with the pool down the street by McCarren Park. My dad used to swim there when he was a kid and now its deserted except for the mob of feral cats that live there. It is enormous and held 6000 to 7000 swimmers. I will vote for any city politician who wants to reopen this baby as either a pool or a skatepark.
For any of you that forgot to send Jim presents for his birthday, could you please purchase one of these scrolling belt buckles and send it STAT.
Get a job watching television for the Jimmy Kimmel show.
Another day, another crime in which victim asks "are you going to shoot me?" and then is shot. Do not, under any circumstances, ask a man with a gun if they are going to shoot. It seems to make criminals angry.
April 17, 2005
April 16, 2005
Jim does not believe me that flossing your teeth makes you an all around healthier human and can add 6.4 years to your life, so for all you other non-believers: FLOSS YOUR TEETH. And while you are at it, take your calcium.
We went to see Duran Duran last week at the Garden. My nine year old cousin Liv, who was sitting next to me, said "Madonna was much better. She came in in a cherry picker." I love those been-there-done-that city kids. That's not sarcasm. I totally love them. Liv was also wearing these grey and pink high-top nike airs that I was coveting all evening.
Earlier, when I expressed concern to Liv's younger sister Marley (who is four) that Charlie & the Chocolate Factory might be a little scary she put me in my place with, "Its only scary to adults. Not children." and turned back to watch the tv. And my other little cousin Jack (three years old) told me he prefers his pizza "without weeds" (weeds meaning basil). He also, for reasons unknown to all, speaks like a 70 year old man from Canarise, often asking the "guyls" to be quiet.
So, all in all, hanging with the kids was more fun than the show. Plus, I think I got a bit freaked out by the overwhelming female screaming component of the Duran Duran audience.
Columbia's music lab is doing a project on downloading? bad bands? I don't know but you can go there and check it out.
April 11, 2004
Ok, when we went out Saturday night, I took some of the worst pictures ever. Endless photos of people with eyes closed and double chins. Next time it will be photos first, shots second. Take the valium after I take the pictures...I've got it. Without further delay here are the few passable ones. Happy birthday Jim!
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April 7, 2005
Ok, here's the deal: we are all supposed to call 311 at exactly 1:11 tomorrow, Friday, April 8th. Call and say you would like to register an opinion about the Williamsburg/Greenpoint redevelopment. Then tell them to please reduce the height and bulk of future development, increase the amount of park space, keep local jobs, mandate affordable housing...and uh, whatever else you think. Like how I told you what to say? I got an email from the North Brooklyn Alliance that told me to begin with. I am merely a sheep. Baaa haaaa.
It was Jim's birthday on Tuesday and his choice of restaurants was Bonita, which turned out to be possibly the only passable Mexican food in Williamsburg. We have had some seriously gut wrenching experiences with comidas mexicana in the hood, so I was skeptical, but Jim just wasn't ready to stop trying. And we were pleasantly surprised.
Came home and watched Sideways. Is that the lamest birthday ever? I know, it was a Tuesday night...what was I supposed to do?
I did think Sideways was charming and especially funny when Miles heard from his agent that his book was rejected because the publishing house didn't know how to market it. Not funny ha ha, funny...sad. Cos all I could think was there was a time when taking on a book wasn't a marketing decision?
Oh, you know what else we rented last week? Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. And it was gooooood! Yesiree boy. I wouldn't exactly call myself a Metallica fan, although I could probably sing along to every song off of Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and the Black Album. But Jim was saying he never even liked the band and it was super enjoyable for him too.
Why am I telling you this? I actually have a reason this time. Because VH1 (yeah, VH1, you heard me right) is playing the movie commercial free on Saturday night. I just saved you 3 dollars.
Anyhoo, last week we had the pleasure of attending John's big 3-9 birthday sunday afternoon liquor and dancing extravaganza. Lisa took pictures and I did not. (Because I forgot my camera.)
We brought a bottle of Chopin vodka for John which we picked out by using this handy rating chart.
Next week is Dine Out Brooklyn. Represent.
I found this too late to buy it for Jim, but NBC is selling Triumph the Insult Comic Dog talking dolls. And you are more than welcome to purchase it for him.
Later gater.
April 2, 2005
We are total neurotic hypochondriacs. Once after returning home from a snowboarding weekend with pains in his feet, Jim turned to me and said, in all seriousness, "I think I have nerve damage." Which sent me and everyone else into the room into hysterics.
So anyway, as crazy as this sounds, in recent years we have heard rumors of friends and acquaintances of ours becoming infested with bedbugs. Ok, not so much rumor and innuendo as actual fact. Bedbugs are resurfacing my friends! They are everywhere! And every time we hear about someone having them we freak out and think we have them too. In the past year or so we have replaced all our bedding and went so far as to buy one of those sterile matress covers that zips up around your mattress.
I read this bedbug story this week and after once again thinking "I have to burn our sheets" I finally found out what bedbugs look like and am happy to report we do not have them.
The other health related issue currently weighing heavy on my mind is the safety of fish. I started eating fish like 2 years ago? i thought eating fish would make me super healthy and add more protein sources to my formerly vegetarian diet. It took me a year to train myself to eat it and to figure out what kind I liked. I now eat tuna, salmon and shrimp. But how safe is tuna? According to this mercury calculator I can't even eat a can of tuna a week without injesting dangerous levels of mercury. Thankfully, the shrimp and the salmon are still ok.
Speaking of food - did anyone see this new Burger King sandwhich? Who is that hungry at breakfast? They should knock it up a notch and add scrapple.
Empire penguins honor fake god.
Very funny ebay scam.
Last public hearing about the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront redevelopment on April 4 at 1pm. I can't get work off, but for anyone that can, there's more info at the Williamsburg Warriors site and the North Brooklyn Alliance.
Oh, and if anyone in the hood is wondering what those orange balloons floating over the waterfront are for (we were wondering aloud all week) ...They are there to represent the height of the proposed 40-story condo developments.
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