" :: jenna's plans.

“ We’re going to Fiji. We’re gonna get naked and just run in the surf and try to have a baby."

-Jenna Jameson on her V-Day plans with Tito Ortiz. Hmmmm…

Caroline Kennedy rectanges Obama

I found this to be VERY interesting.

" :: hatred

“Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”-Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.” -George Bernard Shaw

“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.” -Samuel Johnson

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.” - Saint Francis of Assasi

“Hatred is the madness of the heart” - Lord Byron

“When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.” - François de la Rochefoucauld

“Heav’n has no rage, like love to hatred turn’d, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d”-William Congreve

“Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored”-Chinese Proverb

“This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.”-Pilgrim Peace Proverb

do you think he will marry me?

Sigh.

Dave Letterman has Obama do the Top 10

This is awesome!

" :: depths of winter.

“ In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus.

my new addiction.

something about this is beautiful.

bad hair days.

a good list of decent nyc bars.

I think I am going to go to all of these in February. They aren't great. They aren't posh. But they are decent.

Coachella 2008 : announced and disappointing

Coachella 2008 is a sleeper.

The list for 08. Sad. What a pathetic lineup? Yes, there are some great bands, but Jack Johnson plays EVERY festival, he shouldn't be a headliner. Madonna headlined this festival 2 years ago...it apparently is now dying.

• Raconteurs
• The Verve
• Jack Johnson
• Kraftwerk
• Portishead
• Death Cab for Cutie
• My Morning Jacket
• Love and Rockets
• Justice
• M.I.A.
• The Breeders
• Rilo Kiley
• Sasha & Digweed
• Café Tacuba
• Fatboy Slim
• Spritualized
• Tegan and Sara
• Madness
• The National
• Animal Collective
• Mum
• Pendulum
• Sharon Jones
• Stars
• Battles
• Aesop Rock
• Midnight Juggernauts
• Does It Offend You, Yeah?
• Spank Rock
• Minus the Bear
• Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
• Diplo
• Adam Freeland
• Santogold
• Vampire Weekend
• Dan Deacon
• Hot Chip
• Cold War Kids
• Stephen Malkmus
• Gogol Bordello
• Chromeo
• Metric
• Danny Tenaglia
• Booka Shade
• Murs
• Cool Kids
• Sia
• Les Savy Fav
• Holy Fuck
• Black Kids
• Black Mountain
• Man Man
• I'm from Barcelona
• Kid Sister
• The Horrors
• Austin TV
• Shout Out Louds
• Luckyiam
• Autolux
• Modeselektor
• The Bees
• Professor Murder
• Cut Copy
• Busy P
• VHS or Beta

The Rules of Women from a Texan Gentleman

by Lyle Lovett, as told to Esquire.

The first rule of manhood is that they are in charge. Give it up. Realize they're smarter and better looking. We don't have a chance. You have to do everything you can to help yourself.

A woman comes to a table and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall and it's awkward.

Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due.

Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off -- cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise.

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex. We follow.

Never pass a woman a single roll, even if she says, "Don't pass them all over." Don't do it. Bring her the whole basket. Some things are a trick. I can hear the phone conversation later on with a girlfriend, "I asked him to pass a single roll. And he did!" It's a trap.

There's etiquette to listening: If they're talking, shut up. Just shut up. Simple enough?

In our modern world, what constitutes a thank-you note? Being able to dash off a text message has enabled me to be more immediate and less guilty. I believe the old adage that the sooner you write a thank-you note, the less you need to write. I realize that among real sticklers for manners, e-mails and texts would be verboten, but I think they can convey genuine sentiment.

Never look in a woman's purse -- invited or uninvited. Especially invited. Just refuse. Bring her her purse, don't fish around in there. We don't know what's in there, and we don't want to know.

Who are these guys that order for women? Never order for a woman. You're going to tell a woman what to eat? Never tell a woman anything. Ask. And be grateful for whatever reply you might get.

The idea is that you'd be like Cary Grant or George Clooney, in a graceful ballet of walking down the street, opening the door, and ushering a young lady into a limousine. But I'm really more like Maxwell Smart. I was opening a door for my fiancée today and I stepped on the back of her shoe and almost knocked her over. It happens a lot.

--As told to Andy Langer

" :: family values

“You don’t want your son’s father married to your son’s sister, you know? That’s bad for family values.”

— Mia Farrow via Esquire

a great picture of woody + scarjo

Cashmere Mafia viewers have std's?

“Cashmere Mafia on ABC… brought to you by Valtrex.”

— WHAT?! So Valtrex, a herpies medication, is sponsoring Cashmere Mafia. Do they think wanna be NYC socialites have herpies?

good old retail therapy

In this month, I am losing my best friend to an unworthy man. Losing my roommate who is my best friend to the same unworthy man. Even though I am technically losing just one person, it feels like I am losing two.

I've been angry with her for totally ditching me for this guy for like 5 months now, yep, they've only been dating that long and she is moving in with him (don't get me fucking started)...but the truth is that it doesn't matter how angry I am, I am more hurt. She is breaking my heart.

I haven't seen her for longer than 5 minutes in 3 weeks. She moves out sometime between now and the 1st.

Yvette is moving in and I love her. I'm so excited...She is a ball of energy, smart, talented, a good friend and I LOVE her...but I still can't help mourning the chapter of my life and my friendship with A that seems to be, well, ending.

On top of it all I saw my ex today. I had his jeans. I had to return them. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.

It is 15 degrees outside. Instead of going shopping outside, I am on ebay, beating out potential bidders one by one, as if beating them is liberating me and helping heal the hurt.

Delusional? YES! But for some reason it feels damn good.

Next up? This awesome Inhabit Cashmere Sweater (pictured above). I just got it for $30.95! It retails for $378. I really love super deals.....and moments where I just get swept away in the happiness of a good deal and forget the unhappiness of saying goodbye.

alice + olivia appropriateness

I just got this Alice and Olivia art deco mini dress on Ebay for $61.00. Score! I rectangle eBay in a major way. This is totally redeeming my otherwise somewhat lonely weekend.

" :: seating + lighting

Life is all about seating and lighting.
-Graydon Carter.

my sleepy daughter.

Sigh. This is what love looks like.

Clay Aiken....just when I thought he couldn't get gayer.

Gwyneth :: healthy again!

Back in business. Sigh. Love her.

" :: sopranos

"Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add up. I think there should be dreams and music and dead air and stuff that goes nowhere. There should be, God forgive me, a little bit of poetry." -David Chase, creator of the Sopranos.

....and these.

aren't they so damn cute?

I really rectangle these L.A.M.B. shoes

Gap Inc. launches online shoe shop

So I went searching for the Seychelles At Last boots that I want, seeing as Daily Candy blew out their inventory putting them on the Daily Deals this week...and I came across Piper Lime, an online shoe shop rivaling Zappos that is owned by *gasp* Gap, Inc.

Is this the work of Todd Oldham? Patrick Robinson?

I have to get to the bottom of this.

They don't have my boots, but they have a damn good selection of reasonable shoes.

ps--as pictured, they are having a killer sale. Check it out!

Tyler James (Amy Winehouse's man on the side) can sing.

He is much more talented than her husband. He's her ex boyfriend. And they spent the night together last night AND went to the Caribbean together. DIVORCE BLAKE AMY!

I want Chuck Bass' scarf

God I wish I had a boyfriend. I don't know if I can afford this, but I damn sure want it.

Via the New York Times:

There’s plenty of online excitement about trying to pinpoint the fashion pieces worn by the Gossip Girls. If you ask us, one the best-dressed characters is Chuck Bass. Do you remember his trench-coat departure scene? Chuck’s signature item is a patchwork polka-dot silk scarf. The Moment has learned that it is made by J. Press, the fusty, 106-year-old men’s store where the scarf sells for $175. According to the J. Press spokesman: “They have been around for a few seasons. It’s made from the silk remnants created during our tie making. No one really paid much attention to them and they weren’t really selling. At some point a costume designer stumbled upon it at the J. Press store and included the scarf in the show’s wardrobe. When ‘Gossip Girl’ started to air, people came out of the woodwork looking for them — they have become some sort of power scarf. They sold out fast, but J. Press found some extra units in the Long Island City warehouse and had them sent to the Madison Avenue shop. They are available only by phone” — call (212) 687-7642 — “from the J. Press store in Manhattan.” Wait, did he just say “power scarf”?

John McCain's daughter almost makes me want to switch parties.

Her blog that chronicles her journey with her dad on the campaign trail is real without being pretentious something that Chelsea Clinton couldn't master even on an extra fabulous day. Meghan McCain is cute, funny, smart, engaging, and a real person.

She doesn't feed her blog with political fodder, she is just a daughter supporting her father.

And I love that.

ps--her sense of style kicks Clinton's kids ass.

Bell X1 is my new favorite band.

Caught up with these guys by chance at Joe's Pub and it is love.



This song by Bell X1 is about a homeless guy Rocky, who lived on the street of the lead singer Pat Noonan in Dublin, Ireland. Pat always saw him sleeping at night curled up in his little hideaway. Then on one special night, Rocky was curled upon his dirty mattress and he had his arms wrapped around a female.

EDIT: Stand corrected, Anonymous, it is Paul. And he's hot.

Prints.

I think I want to buy a new print.

face thoughts.

What a f-ing day.

I think I need a chemical peel.

Yep, I think that would do the trick.

John M. defends Jess.

Sigh. I hate Jess Simpson, but I love him and you can't help but agree with him...Fellow Texans, I think it might be time to back off.

From his blog:

Dear Dallas and Surrounding Areas,

This isn't a sports blog, and it isn't a publicity stunt. (but have at me if it feels right.)

This is about doing what I think is right as a person, in this case speaking my mind.

I have never known anyone to have more pride in their home state and their upbringing in it than Jessica Simpson has in Texas. I don't really follow sports, but I have played some of my biggest and best concerts in your state, and having witnessed how dynamic the spirit there is, I'm betting emotions are running high right about now.

All witty barbs, blogs, and fashion policing aside, that girl loves Texas more than you know. It's one of her most defining traits as a person. So please don't try and take that away from her. (You probably wouldn't be able to, but it's less work for all involved.)

I just thought it would mean something coming from the guy who has the absolute least to gain from this. And if I'm out of line in having written it, too bad. I can spare a Wednesday's worth of bad press if it means sticking up for a good soul.

JM

Australian kid isn't sorry after throwing a rager.

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This is awesome.

I think I'm going to start to take Yoga again.

Any thoughts on these recommendations from New York Magazine?

First-timers pay nothing at Yoga Sutra (501 Fifth Ave., nr. 42nd St.; 212-490-1443), which caters to Bryant Park office workers grabbing some sun salutations on their lunch breaks. Depending on which style of class you choose, you could be sore tomorrow. The Vinyasa course, with its flowing series of chest arches and leg lunges, is especially challenging. Less strenuous: the Iyengar class, filled with slow-moving spine twists and prop-aided stretches.

Newcomers also get a free tryout at Atmananda Yoga Sequence (324 Lafayette St., nr. Bleecker St.; 212-625-1511), where the crowd’s exactly what you’d expect at a Noho wellness loft: fashionable vegans, limber models, and late-rising artists. Classes flow rapidly through 69 movements, focusing on proper alignment and breathing techniques. Occasionally instructors burn incense or massage students’ temples with jasmine oil.

At Integral Yoga Institute (227 W. 13th St., nr. Seventh Ave.; 212-929-0586), free Saturday-morning intro classes (beginning at 10:15) draw a mix of health-conscious hippies, trendy moms, and other West Villagers seeking some slower-paced exercise. Newbies are encouraged to ask questions while learning to sit properly, relieve lower-back tension with gentle torso bends, and experiment with shoulder stands.

It’s mostly experienced yogis at Chelsea’s Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center (243 W. 24th St., nr. Seventh Ave.; 212-255-4560), with only one class open to beginners. The first class—usually filled with classic inversions and standing postures—is free. Workouts are strenuous, but there’s ample time for meditation between poses.

And though not technically gratis, classes at Yoga to the People (12 St. Marks Pl., nr. Third Ave.; 917-573-9642) are open to the public for a suggested donation of $10. Expect St. Marks–style serenity: Teachers might pop in some John Lennon during stretching and read inspirational quotes for the after-class warmdown, and classes are often packed toes to fingertips with NYU students.

Gawker's Nick Denton is an a-hole.

I found this commentary to be pretty interesting although as you all can imagine, I LOVE the snarky attitude of Denton's followers and the writers who schill for him.

It is a Gossip Girl world and we're just living in it.

Love it.

" :: rabbi love

“A person asked a rabbi why the truth was written on our hearts, he said so that when our heart breaks, the truth can fall in … since there is no more fertile a place than inside a broken heart.”- Jewish Proverb

Real Housewives of New York

This is going to be interesting.

The ladies:

LEX McCORD

Born: Washington, D.C. Lives: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

Married: Yes; husband works in boutique hotel management.

Kids: Two sons, ages 2 and 4.

Job: Works in visual merchandising for a major retailer.

BETHENNY FRANKEL***

***yes that annoying bitch from the Martha Stewart Apprentice (!)

Born: New York. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: No. "I was engaged a few times," says Frankel, "and I was kind of like the runaway bride."

Kids: None, but her boyfriend of 10 months has three, ages 4, 7 and 9.

Job: Frankel's health food company, bethennybakes, creates wheat-, egg- and dairy-free baked goods as well as tailored, healthy menus for clients.

LUANN DE LESSEPS

Born: Connecticut. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, to Count Alexandre de Lesseps, a French aristocrat she met in the Swiss Alps.

Kids: 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter.

Job: Hosts "The Countess Report," her own cable show based in the Hamptons.

RAMONA SINGER

Born: Rhinebeck, N.Y. "Beautiful," she says of her hometown. "Boring, but beautiful." Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, and co-creating a jewelry line with her husband.

Kids: 12-year-old daughter.

Job: Buys and resells excess fashion inventory to discount boutiques and chains. Also developing her own skin-care products.

JILL ZARIN

Born: Woodmere, L.I. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, to second husband.

Kids: 15-year-old daughter; husband has three kids of his own, ages 25, 28 and 31.

Job: Owns Zarin Fabrics & Home Furnishings on the lower East Side.

"Real Housewives of New York City" premieres March 4 at 11 p.m. on Bravo, then moves to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Associated Press jumps on Britney bandwagon.

“Now and for the foreseeable future, virtually everything involving Britney is a big deal,” Frank Baker, the Los Angeles assistant bureau chief, wrote on Tuesday morning, three days after Ms. Spears was released from the hospital where she had been admitted in the wake of a custody dispute.

This is so sad.

American Idol to the rescue.

I cannot wait for this season.

Hollywood + Their Political Dinero

Jennifer Aniston
–$2,300 to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama

Tyra Banks
–$2,300 contribution to Obama

Halle Berry
–$2,300 to Obama

Zach Braff
–$2,300 to Obama

Christie Brinkley
–$2,150 to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton
–$1,000 to Obama

Jerry Bruckheimer
–$2,300 to Republican presidential candidate John McCain

Cher
–$2,100 to former Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden

George Clooney
–$2,300 to Obama

Michael Douglas
–$4,600 to Clinton
–$4,600 to Richardson
–$1,500 to Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich
–$4,600 to Dodd
–$4,600 to Obama

Jamie Foxx
–$2,300 to Obama

Kelsey Grammer
–$2,300 to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani

Tom Hanks
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Obama

Val Kilmer
–$2,300 to Richardson

Tobey Maguire
–$4,600 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Obama

Steve Martin
–$2,300 to Dodd

Lorne Michaels
–$4,600 to Dodd
–$2,300 to McCain

Bette Midler
–$4,600 to Richardson
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Obama

Eddie Murphy
–$2,300 to Obama

Paul Newman
–$4,600 to Obama
–$4,600 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Richardson
–$4,600 to Dodd

Edward Norton
–$2,300 to Obama

Rosie O’Donnell
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Obama
–$2,300 to Richardson
–$2,300 to Edwards

Sean Penn
–$2,300 to Kucinich
–$4,600 to Edwards

Ellen Pompeo
–$4,600 to Obama

Lynn Redgrave
–$250 to Clinton

Rob Reiner
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Richardson
–$2,300 to Edwards
–$1,000 to Dodd

Chris Rock
–$4,600 to Obama

Adam Sandler
–$2,100 to Giuliani

Brooke Shields
–$2,300 to Obama

Will Smith
–$4,600 to Obama

Steven Spielberg
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Richardson
–$2,300 to Edwards
–$2,300 to Obama

Ben Stein
–$750 to Giuliani

Ben Stiller
–$2,300 to Edwards
–$2,300 to Obama
–$4,600 to Clinton

Barbra Streisand
–$1,000 to Dodd
–$2,300 to Clinton
–$2,300 to Edwards
–$2,300 to Obama

Oprah Winfrey
–$2,300 to Obama

Renee Zellweger
–$4,600 to Clinton

John M. does Justin.

Such talent. So cute.

the not-so Golden Globes.

They weren't aired and they screwed over the Sopranos. Yawn.

The only good wins were Atonement and Daniel Day Lewis. The rest is just ridiculous.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Atonement

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Julie Christie – Away From Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men

Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (France, United States)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
No Country For Old Men

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Atonement
Composed by Dario Marianelli

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Guaranteed" – Into The Wild
Music & Lyrics By: Eddie Vedder

Best Television Series - Drama
Mad Men (AMC)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Glenn Close – Damages (FX NETWORK)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Extras (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Longford (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Queen Latifah – Life Support (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jim Broadbent – Longford (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Samantha Morton – Longford (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)

Donald J. Pliner on eBay.

I am currently watching these boots on eBay. I cannot tell if the wood heel is cheesy but I think I am digging them. I am hoping they do not get out of control and super expensive. For $19.99 they are a shoe-in :)

ha--super cheese, I know.

What is my obsession with boots? Are you obsessed to?

Tionna Smalls :: Back in the Game

I haven't written about how Nick Denton took back over Gawker and axed my favorite contributer, advice columnist with great ta-tas, Tionna Smalls because I was really too angry to write anything that wouldn't have been filled with @@)*$%($)W*(%.

So I refrained.

I'm glad to see that Tionna has a new home!!! I am sure soon she will move on to bigger and better publications than this kind of weak blog that is playing host to her now, but I am glad that no matter where she is writing---that she is just writing again.

She is right---life is what you make it.

Thanks for keeping the faith Tionna and being a strong enough woman to fight through and prevail.

I cannot f-ing wait for your reality show.

mandy moore :: truly beautiful.

This is just a beautiful photo by this amazing man.

R.I.P. Shu Uemura

The fact that it has been over 10 days and we are JUST NOW finding out that legendary makeup pro Shu Uemura died (!) of pneumonia is really unbelievable.

He is a master. If you don't have his eyelash curler. Get it. Your boyfriend will totally think you look even hotter.

Brazilian Job -- the movie (!)

I just got word that THERE IS GOING TO BE A SEQUEL TO THE ITALIAN JOB (!!!) It is going to be coming out in 2009 and it is going to be called the Brazilian Job! It comes out in 2009 and Jason Statham, Marky Mark, Charlize Theron et all are returning!

Love, love, love this.

I really want this James Perse dress.

It is on sale for $97.50 at Shopbop but I would need to get it altered (I don't wear anything 'tea length') so we are talking +$40 more, which makes it full price again.

Plus it will NEVAR look that good on me.

Is it worth it? It looks so soft....

Why I like guys like Jason Statham.

...and he looks even hotter in these photos by Richard Phibbs. In fact, Richard Phibbs takes lots of awesome photos. I am going to be sharing some of my favorites over the next few days. He seems to excel at beautiful--and interesting--portraits.

But for now....Jason Statham. I don't know what it is about this guy that makes him my #1 celebrity that I'd love to have wild passionate sex with every single day for the rest of my life. I don't think I'd want a fling with him, which is strange, because he seems like the bad boy, fling type. The kind you don't want to marry because you know that they are of the general TYPES of men, the least likely to be trusted. Well, besides professional athletes. Those guys are the WORST.

So what makes guys like this sexy? It sure isn't his height. He's only 5'8 1/2 aka WAYYYY below my requirement.

He's just one of those guys. The ones you know you shouldn't like, but you can't help but really find yourself drawn to. Like some kind of moth to a flame I feel like I want my life to be an adventure. I want to be with someone WITH a spine. With balls. Someone who is a badass. Someone who shows his softer side only to me. One part rock and roll, one part gentlemen.

I don't want to be with a guy that couldn't kick another guy's ass. Not that I would ever want him to, because I wouldn't, but I would want to know that he could. Does that make sense?

Sigh. Jason Statham. Former Olympian. Former Blackmarket Salesman. Currently sexy, single, and out of my league in Los Angeles.

" :: more gwyneth

"It was really important to my mother that we have an East Coast education and sensibility. She took us to the opera, which I hated at the time but appreciate now. She was always dragging us to see underground dance troupes and to bizarre theater performances in converted churches in the Village. She wanted to show us the world and its possibilities. She wanted us enriched, and I love her for it."

---Paltrow to Dotson Rader in Parade, January 17, 1999.

Dwell Studio is coming (!!!!) to Target

Kudos to Domino for spilling it. DwellStudio's super chic sheets, pillows, and everything else for the bed is super luxe and hopefully will not turn cheesy when it arrives on Target's little red shelves. Crossing my fingers.

February 08 debut...

Serge Becker + his drama

The guys over at NY Mag have the full scoop on all of these shenanegans going on with Serge Becker and his weed man. To think that he does not have a weed man and there are not shitloads of cocaine going through The Box and La Esquina, especially the former, is just craziness.

OF COURSE IT IS THERE. Have you been to The Box? Anytime there are midgets and showgirls--cocaine is not too far around.

To follow this story as it unfolds is very hard so bare with me.

Basically, Cordell Lochin got arrested for moving a shitload of weed.

Serge Becker, part-owner of The Box and La Esquina, responded by telling NY Mag that Cordell Lochin, was merely an “indispensable advisor” not a partner like he claims.

However, a December 15 memo from a government attorney calls that "statement" from Becker into question, pointing at an undated letter from Becker that describes Lochin as “more than just a business partner.” That letter pleads for leniency because his company is “in the design stage of our second location of ‘La Esquina’ in Miami Beach at ‘the Gale’ hotel.”

The attorney’s letter, which you can view here on NY Mag's site, points to conflicting documentation (shocker!): “These issues create a question whether any ownership or operation agreement relating to La Esquina was changed as a result of defendant’s arrest on the pending charges to create an appearance that defendant had no ownership in the establishment.”

Then there’s the matter of Lochin’s ownership in The Box. According to the federal prosecutor, a September 2006 Investor Prospectus indicates Becker and Lochin were then in the process of negotiating a $500,000 investment in The Box in return for a 25 percent share of its parent company, Variety Entertainment Group. An e-mail from Becker to the defense counsel indicates Lochin had a 40 percent stake in that Box investment.

What doesn’t seem to be in dispute is that Lochin was drawing a $50,000 salary from La Esquina, plus a $6,250 monthly share of La Esquina’s profits, plus a $1,000 monthly check from The Box (documents indicate Becker and Lochin were reinvesting their profits from the latter), adding up to an annual income of $177,000. WHAT?! Yes, I'd say he has a share.

The Deathwatch of BarFry.

This makes me sad.

Eater does this 'deathwatch' thing where they predict the demise of New York eateries based on a variety of factors.

This is the first time they've 'deathwatched' one of my friend's joints and I really hope they are wrong.

Maybe all that BarFry needs is a new name? Their raw stuff is simply fantastic, perhaps this is just a case of misbranding?

Dan Golden does planes, trains, automobiles.

I couldn't be happier for Dan Golden. The two geniuses behind this concept have so many lofty ideas--the sky truly is the limit. So cheesy, but true.

It is a great feeling to see people that REALLY deserve success start to have that come to fruition.

Love.

Britney tabloid madness.

I think this montage of all of this week's tabloid covers further proves my point that this is just insane. Enough is enough.

Katie Holmes is growing on me.

Katie Holmes had her big premiere last night for "Mad Money." When Katie was asked about Tom's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, being pregnant she said: "I'm so happy for her. It's wonderful." Hmmmm...I love both of them, I wonder if they really do get along? Isn't Katie worried that Tom will kick her to the curb the same way that he did to Nicole?

Katie on the filming experience: "Having [20-month-old daughter] Suri and Tom [on set] was wonderful. You think you love to do something and then you have the people you love there. It makes it a billion times better and you didn't realize you were missing that before. It's like 'Oh my God, life can be this good.'"

If she really is this happy then I am happy for her. If she isn't, she is doing a damn good job of faking it. I agree with her--doesn't everyone want to get to a point where they can say--wow I had no idea that life could be this good?

amy winehouse is a classy broad.

" :: methods of madness.

Some say--how could he do it? I said, how could he NOT do it that way?

Paul Thomas Anderson [discussing Daniel Day Lewis] and his methods behind the film There Will Be Blood.

Daniel Day Lewis on Charlie Rose

If you have/haven't seen There Will Be Blood this is a must-watch. Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson discuss the film, the struggle to make it, the balance between religion and power and the environment and faith, and what it is like for Daniel to be in every single frame of the movie.

Simply fascinating.

the reject line.

I was just going back through some of the replies, etc. from this crazy game of craig's super crazy list that I chose to share here and I realize that the guy from my 'superficiality' posting never wrote me back. Weird because he saw my picture prior to me seeing his and my response was normal so why abandon the ship?

I think maybe some of these men just do it to do it with no real intention of anything ever materializing. Or perhaps they are so used to spam that they just assume that nothing is genuine? But if that is the case, why even bother replying? I'm so confused...

Perhaps the real question is, after me simply pressing the delete key to dismiss so many potential suitors (although many without any potential to even be a potential) why does it bother me even the slightest that I got rejected in turn?

It truly is par for the course, is it not?

Life and relationships and dating is all a series of rejections. I reject him, he rejects her, he rejects her again, I go back to him he rejects me. It is all some cycle of rejection until you meet someone who doesn't make you want to keep pushing people around in search of the right one. The guy that makes it easier to say 'stay' rather than 'leave.'

some craigslist cheeseball sent me this quote

"what if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew... was the only someone for you?"

-Sleepless in Seattle

Umm yeah. It is from Sleepless in Seattle, so he isn't even in the prospect park, but it still is a memorable thought. Only....if that is life, if you could possibly NEVER meet that person, then what is it all about? I hope that isn't the case. I'd like to think that if we're lucky, we will all fall in love with the right guy. At least the third time ;)

Amy Winehouse goes Blonde.

I must say...I actually like it. It makes her batwing eyes look bangin'.

Polish man finds wife in a brothel.

You have to love Eastern Europeans this is classic!

"The woman, who had told her husband she had been working at a store in town to make extra money, Reuters reported.

"I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the Polish tabloid Super Express on Wednesday.

The couple reportedly are getting a divorce.

So who is more at fault, the woman working to get more $$ or the man who is going there? Did the wife know he went to see hookers? How are there still brothels?

I think I might avoid any dates with Eastern European men. I would flip out if my man was in a brothel. At all. Except maybe that bunny one that Hefner goes to. Is that still around?

Sigh. Men.

"pencil dicks can be laughed at"

This was the subject of a spam email I just received to my inbox.

Love it.

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will end voting on Friday. Winners will get their witnesses she interviewed, "The government never the intersection of West and Falcon Streets in Chatswood

Fun-day Sundays.

I have just been told from a reliable source that it is best to post to Craigslist on a Sunday afternoon. Why I do not know? Interesting.

Bill Gates keynote CES 2008

It says 2007 but it is really 2008.

He is pretty funny. Cheesy but funny. I love how freely he is able to make fun of himself. If only more men were that way.



ps--Remember those Vanity Fair covers that he did? Almost everyone person in this video was part of that...I guess it was a good networking situation :)

My CB2 item of the day

It really is seeming like everyday I find something from CB2 that I love...Sigh. Today this is it.

The Alchemy Stool. $129 (so reasonable!)

I might snag this, oh where, oh where could I put it?

Britney Spears---Everytime... Prophetic?

Even though I loved this video when it came out, I never really put it together when all of this madness started how prophetic it is.

In this video you see her: being hounded by paparazzi, make mistakes, and generally feel like perhaps it would be better to be dead than alive.

So sad. I wish these people would just leave her the f alone.

This movie looks freaking awesome.

Jack Black + Mos Def looks like a super intriguing combo.

a long-winded reply.

I was so glad she wrote me back that I think I might have gone slightly overboard.

I have major diarrhea of the mouth here and ramble about god knows what.

I am starting to become skeptical of if this is really going to materialize yet I can't shake the feeling that I really hope it does.

On Jan 8, 2008 7:15 PM, REDACTED wrote:

Hi REDACTED,

I'm glad I wrote again. I wasn't sure and didn't want to bother you...but Gmail can be tricky and annoying. Sometimes I love the conversation element (the way it groups together) and other times I feel like I miss a lot.

As for REDACTED, I think hedgefunds in general suck you in. I think that applies across the board and it really doesnt matter what your role is. I really think the financial world is super intense in general. So draining and stressful. I'm glad I dont have to worry about that. I have so many friends in that world who have a love/hate relationship with their jobs in that field. I guess you know, working at Citibank right?

I really love NY. I honestly cant believe it took me this long to get here. Austin, Texas is a great city. I moved there on a whim post graduate school (I can be impulsive at times) because I heard it was a really fun city to live in. I'd visited a few times and decided to give it a shot. I lived there for a little over 2 years and loved it. It is such an awesome place for music. I really love going to see live music (the small shows in bars/lounges/small venues) and got to see a ton of it there. I also loved the lakes. I had a boat there and went on the water a lot, jet skiing and boating. It was just a beautiful place to live.

However, it is a college town at heart and you get burned out easily. I remember looking at my group of friends and realizing that I didn't want to have some of their lives (38 still single, partying it up with the 21 year olds on the lake). I just knew that I wanted more for my life than that career wise. So I decided to move here.

I lived here during undergraduate in Astoria and promised myself I'd come back someday. The West Village is amazing. I really love the smally tiny restaurants and low key bars/lounges. It just really feels like a neighborhood, if that makes sense?

I'm so jealous that you went to NYU! I went to Indiana (undergrad) UNC (grad) both schools in small college towns. I almost came here, I would have liked it much better I think. I love the East Village, as well. So much character. There is an italian place I go to, Max's, over there a lot...and Momofuku of course as well.

So what part of Brooklyn are you in? I go over to some restaurants in Park Slope and Williamsburg sometimes but that is about the extent of it besides the Botanical Gardens. My best friend is moving out of our apartment to move in with her boyfriend out there (long story, bad idea) so maybe I'll be visiting out there more. We shall see :)

Sometimes women get men in their lives and forget their friends, I'm sure you've seen that happen 100 times.

I just realized how much I wrote about my life, sorry I'm such a rambler.

So, how did you meet your husband? How long have you been married? Where did you grow up?

Feel free to not answer any of those if you'd like :)

As for REDACTED....However it ends up working out easiest for you is great, thanks for keeping me posted. I'm in town until February when I'm gone for a week, so I'll be around. I really look forward to meeting him. It is so strange to wonder what a person is like in person and have no idea.It is so interesting and suspenseful and strange all at the same time.:)

Hope you had a great weekend,

Sarah

she didn't get it! she replied!

I have two confessions.

1) I had a dream about this guy I've never met or even spoken to and I don't even know if I will ever meet him. How pathetic is that?
2) I was so f-ing glad when she wrote me back. Mostly because I had myself convince that I had been majorly played and it feels great to have my faith in people and in women and in her restored.

Obviously yes, I am reading way into this whole thing. It is getting a bit out of control. I realize this. I am working on that.

Another confession, I think I might be wayyyy more excited about meeting him than she is about setting me up with him. Just an observation :)

On Jan 8, 2008 4:34 PM, REDACTED wrote:

hey sarah! no actually I didn't and then I went thru my sent mail and saw a mail attached to the original email I sent u in there! I hate how gmail works. It's so weird how these emails don't come in separately and they group them to the original emails when you hit reply to them. I guess it started out as a sent mail and all incoming will stay attached to that email. so wierd. but thanks for writing me to check up, othewrise I would've thought that you lost interest. =)

Anyway, I haven't gotten a chance to bring anything up to REDACTED lately since he's been really busy (I think the hedgefund he works at treats him like crap being only 1 of 2 IT guys there). But I'm going to find a way to ease this situation into a conversation. Worse case, we can arrange a night out to hangout and you can come meet up with all of us and you two can "happen to meet" heheeh.

Anyway, I hope your weekend was well! I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, how are u liking it up here in NYC having only been here a 1 year or so? It's awesome that you live in the west village. I lived in the east village for 4 years when I went to NYU and couldn't stand leaving it but I moved to NYC (i'm from jersey) there after (live in bklyn) and love it.

catch up with you later,

in case you haven't noticed...

Celebrities are starting to bore me. More importantly, I am just starting to be saddened by the state of affairs. I used to love TMZ, now it annoys me. Even the Queen of All Media is getting on my nerves. It just isn't interesting anymore. Rather than these outlets pointing out funny or interesting tidbits about celebrities they've taken to chronicling their every move (especially with some specific ladies) and that just isn't interesting. It isn't funny anymore. It is sad.

Enough with the Britney drama. Seriously. Enough.How are these paparazzi going to feel if Britney offs herself? They have to realize that part of her having such a hard time is the fact that they never leave her alone. No, that isn't an excuse for her behavior, but it is getting to the point where enough is enough. Let her live. Let her heal. Let her die if that is the choice she makes, but DO NOT be part of the reason of that she does.

That crazy YouTube guy is right, she really does need to be left alone. Fueling the fire is only feeding her fears and making her ultimately hurt herself more than she should or probably could have ever imagined.

...and I officially love this vase too!

This is so freaking cute. One of my resolutions for 08 is to buy myself flowers once every pay period. They are only $5-$10 on the street and they make me smile.

Next payday, meet me at CB2.

I am really loving this pillow from CB2

I am really digging this pillow from CB2. They have some super cute accessories. I am glad they have made their way to soho/chinatown. I say chinatown, they say soho...I guess it is all relative. One day in the not too far future Soho will have overtaken Chinatown. Just wait til that Mondrian hotel opens.

Anyhow, I think this might mark the first time in my life when I've liked something 'on sale.' What a great start to the New Year.

cab drivers need love too?

What is wrong with this email....

1) everything is yellow.
2) everything is yellow.
3) the photo is of him in a cab smiling through the window.
4) he's driving the cab.

On Jan 7, 2008 11:27 PM, wrote:

well well hello there

My name is {REDACTED} and I just came across your posting in craigslist.

I am 34, very down to earth humble funny warm sensitive passionate clean cut hard working businessman

Cool stuff and Maybe we can click !

If you are willing then I am willing to give it our best shot!

what you say my dear?

email me and we can exchange phone #

Best wishes

Girl trying to hook me up hasn't replied :(

So she hasn't replied. Sigh. Maybe he wasn't real? Maybe this was some type of social experiment on her part? Maybe I am a fool? Maybe I am reading into all of this WAYYYY too much.

Maybe I should give it another shot.

On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 PM, Sarah wrote:

Hi Lily,

It has been a few days, just making sure you got my email? I opened some serious spam in it courtesy of Craigslist and I had to have gmail fix my inbox... I am not sure if that did anything with emails I sent prior to discovering the problem, but just wanted to make sure as I remain interested in meeting REDACTED

Hope you had a good weekend,

Sarah

Britney + Adnan Ghalib (Paparazzi) Step out in Palm Springs

Adnan Ghalib, the married Middle Eastern paparazzi that has been all over Britney Spears like white on rice is starting to make me think that maybe it really can get worse for Brit.

Here he is with a better haircut, one step closer to ruining Britney's life even more than it already is.

so who had the exclusive preggo Jamie Lynn Spears photos?

I think based on time/date stamp, TMZ you might have lost this one. Round1 : PageSix

GO Buckeyes!!!!

GOOoo BUCKEyeS!

tables + chairs of changes.

So my roommate/best friend (??) Aleeza is moving out. Sigh.

This will be an entirely new posting.

On a positive note, my lovely friend Yvette is moving in. We are going to refresh our apartment and get new things. First thing on the list: some cute stools and a pub/bar/small enough to fit in the limited space table.

Here are some that I am looking at. Thoughts, invisibles??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-of-red-Archirivolto-Mambo-Stools_W0QQitemZ270200966155QQihZ017QQcategoryZ38201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/NR-FIBER-GLASS-WHITE-TABLE-TULIP-BASE-EAMES-ERA_W0QQitemZ150202521814QQihZ005QQcategoryZ38202QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

From Overstock, I like these (nesting is so cute and NYC friendly) and Yvette found this awesome one, how cool is this (pictured here because I love it)?

She has such good taste. I am so excited to be living with her. I think it will be great to turn over a new leaf (isn't that such an ANNOYING expression!)

For some reason I am also digging these:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fur/531589492.html

HELP!

Jessica Seinfeld Still full of Shit

You know, I'm really not surprised to read this, but it is still pathetic nonetheless.

How can you write a book and just steal ideas? Doesn't she realize she is too famous to get away with that?

I hope that she really didn't do any of this and it is just a coincidence...but then again someone who meets her husband while married to another rich guy that she conned is obviously just trying to move up the ladder.

Sad. Pathetic. Yuck.

didn't I specifically say older guy?

Maybe I forgot. Anyhow, 20 years old isn't going to cut it no matter which way you dice it. I'm really having a hard time figuring out why these people even waste their time. If you can't manage to spell out the word 'your' and you spell up 'upp' then do you really think we have anything in common if I say I'm an ambitious, professional girl?

Craigslist is looking like this:

5% Normal guys who actually read what I wrote
90% Total jerk offs who reply to every ad on there and have no idea who/what/why they are even doing so.

I think I might have to post another one just to see how many of the same people reply, even if I use the same photo!

I wish I could share this guy's photo. He is in front of a Christmas tree wearing JEAN SHORTS!

On Jan 7, 2008 9:34 AM, wrote:

hey wuts upp im mario im 20 and i live in staten island i saw your post on craigs list it seems to me like ur an interesting girl so hope to

" :: sisterhood

“the best thing about Christmas was having my sister and brother home.”

— Elizabeth (my sister) to her Youth Group. Awww. So Cute!

Dating via the Internet Code of Conduct

I've been trying to figure out in my mind how I am going to share with you my journey (or lack thereof) with some of these CL respondents. So I have figured out that I am going to establish a

"Sarah's Responding to Internet Men Code of Conduct"

1. I must not reply to ads that do not immediately occur to me to respond to. I cannot start to feel sorry for these guys. I am not their savior.
2. I must replace their names and email addresses with REDACTED, especially if I am making fun of them. This is journalistic for --- not sharing to protect privacy.
3. If they do not send a picture, I will not respond.
4. If they write something awful, I will not reply with a lesson in grammar and punctuation.
5. When I reply to a guy if he becomes a 'prospect' I will create a nickname for him and refer to him on here by that nickname.
6. I will try my best to chronicle any 'prospects' as they unfold.
7. I will not give out my # until at least 3 photos have been shared and/or a Facebook or Myspace page. I have to make sure he isn't a photo stealer.
8. When/if I meet him/them in person it will be in public, with lots of people.
9. If I ever really decide that I like one of said 'prospects' I will either 1) stop writing about it 2) tell him that I have been and will now cease or continue.
10. I will not send any of them the sexy picture of me in the jean skirt.

Is there anything else I should add? This might be a work in progress as it unfolds.

i don't cheat, i don't lie, what more...? HAHAHAHA

This is just cracking me. Up. I cannot stop laughing. I'm literally rolling around on my bed howling. I think the last time I laughed this much was during Britney's VMA performance. Although that was with a tinge of sadness. This isn't sad. At all. This is funny.

I don't even know what to say about this.

Hmmm [REDACTED] What do I want besides lying and cheating? Ummm everything. No lying and cheating should be a given. I don't even think you and I are on the same planet, my friend.

My standards would probably have you tounge tied. I SO WISH I could share with you guys his email address ,lets just say that it has the words "mister" and "happy" in it.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAA.

Moving on.


On Jan 6, 2008 3:40 PM, REDACTED wrote:

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

WELL THIS IS ME I DON'T CHEAT AND I DON'T LIE WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
http://www.myspace.com/[REDACTED]

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