Jan 27
Every Friday we post photos of your dogs, and then we vote on which on is the cutest.
If you have a dog, please send me a photo at FridayPuppy@gmail.com. Please be sure to include the name of your dog and his hometown, otherwise I will make it up. The winner of the contest will win a big ol’ Gift Certificate to (drumroll please)… Bombers Burrito Bar. (ta da!!)
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Bodhi from Morristown, NJ !
Have a great weekend, and thank you for reading Friday Puppy.
To see the cute lil’ puppy photos… keep reading more…
Jan 26
Ok, so I have basically spent my life looking people and their clothes. The vast majority of the time I was being paid to do it. Some of the time I did it because I was looking to get someone out of their clothes. Sometimes, I just needed a laugh. So, by now, I’m not too fazed by too many things. I still love a lewk, I love seeing something new and beautiful, something clever and great looking. But its rare that someone always looks so good that I fear I might drop dead and void my bowels. Ladies and Gentlemen, enter Mr. Nick Wooster.
Nick Wooster is one of those people that, unless you read trade papers or read obsessive street style blogs, you wouldn’t know he existed, but, exists he does. I first knew about him when he was a menswear buyer at Bergdorf Goodman, now he’s a buyer for Park and Bond, an offshoot of the wildly successful gilt.com sample site franchise. He looks like someone from a Karlheinz Weinberger photo humped a J. Crew model. I saw him and I started to sweat. Not because I wanted to bang him, I wanted to be him. For all I know he’s a total douchebag who’s into chicks. I don’t give a fig, bitch looks good.
Here is someone who took some of the worst overwrought and easily misinterpreted trends, and not only nailed them, but mixed them together and makes it look totally authentic. Hyper preppy Americana, Military, Ironic Facial Hair, anything from Thom Browne, these are all reasons people share apartments in Brooklyn, but I think there’s a lesson here. Know yourself, know your body, and play to your strengths. Clothes should fit, no matter what your size (homeboy is pocket sized) grooming goes a long way, and as long as you have a decent watch and good sunglasses, you look like you’re about to get laid. On a personal note, I thank him for making me feel good about growing old with an arm full of tattoos. Now can I bum a smoke?
More photos after the jump. keep reading more…
Jan 26
My older brother David, who has much better hair than me, asked me if I could email him my gym workout because he’s bored with his current workout.
A lot of my friends smoke pot before going to the gym. Something I will never try because I would be so paranoid I would need a winter mask, Olsen twins sized sunglasses and a burka just to feel unrecognizable, and my burka is made of wool and that would be so sweaty. gross.
So basically this is how I feel about my workout: keep reading more…
Jan 25
Our very own blog writer, Craig, is celebrating a birthday today!
I didn’t even know! Thank God for Facebook notifications.
Hope you have a wonderful day, Craig! Can’t wait for your visit to the States in March.
Jan 25
As the London correspondent I feel that I have a huge sense of responsibility to bring you all the cutting edge news on what is happening in this rainy, cold city of ours.
I have bleeted on previously about how 2012 is going to be a huge year for London with the Olympics and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
I know a big section of FP readers probably absolutely hate sport and think the Queen is just a Granny with a whole load of sparkly stones who doesnt really do much apart from say ‘hello’ all day to strangers, so I have something else to offer you now as a reason to come to London this summer.
MUSIC
Jan 24
So, for a few weeks now I have been volunteering at the reception desk on Tuesdays at GMHC, a wonderful organization that provides a multitude of services to people living with HIV.
For starters, it was slow, so I took this picture and am writing this post at my lunch break. So don’t even try to get me fired, all you MB haters out there.
A few thoughts:
1. I am excited I can now wear a tie again during the day and not just at funerals, some weddings or Super Bowl parties.
2. I hope I have an opportunity to use White Out. I miss that stuff.
3. I am grateful for the opportunity to have water cooler moments with people again. Although I am yet to find a water cooler, I did find a vending machine filled with high fructose corn syrup. I guess I will have to bring my own white wine. J/K, GMHC.
4. The reception area where I work has no natural light. How do people work in these conditions?! I also have the privilege of looking at a fake tree. And a condom machine. But worst of all.. are all the PCs. I literally went home at lunch last week and brought in my Mac because working on these PCs felt like I was driving a Yugo.
5. Who do I talk to to control the temperature in this building? It’s like 100 degrees celsius in here. And we also need a new front desk. This one sucks. It’s not even cedar. And there’s no iced coffee cozy.
6. My lovely superior, Ashley, told me I looked tired earlier today. I can’t imagine why. I’ve been staring at a font size 8 Excel spreadsheet for 6 hours, have had zero incandescent lighting for my work tasks, and I have not had my afternoon nap. I asked Ashely if the break room had any cucumbers I could slice up for my eyes. She thought i was kidding.
Anyway, I will keep you posted. So far I really like it. It feels good to be on a regular schedule again.
Jan 24
I went out to Jillian’s Saturday night with friends, dancing in the “club” for the first time in a few years. I had a rare “twofer” vagina spotting from the same girl (so rare!!!), once when she stood up from a stool and couldn’t shimmy her skintight minidress down quickly enough, and once when she dropped her phone and flashed the entire bar when she bent over to pick it up.
Given that the temperature outside was “winter,” I’m neither convinced about the minidress epidemic sweeping Albany nor going out sans panties. If anything down there freezes…I shudder to think. Or worse, what if Twofer Girl had to sit in a cab? On the seat? Without a buffer? I just threw up a little in my mouth. I hope the poor girl made it home okay.
Speaking of making it home in one piece, my friend relayed a story to me that wins this week’s Spotted: Bad Behavior Award, summing up our Pearl Street edition.
My friend was at the Pearl St. Pub, outside on the patio looking toward Jillian’s. A young girl came stumbling out of the bar in a minidress and no coat, mostly supported by her girlfriend.
“Carlene,” my friend told me, “I don’t know how this girl managed to get this drunk so fast; it wasn’t even 10:30.”
While the girlfriend furiously typed away on her cell phone, the drunk girl whispered something to her girlfriend and in response was steered toward the bushes next to Jillian’s. The entire crowd on Pearl Street watched as the drunk girl hiked up her minidress and squatted “behind” a bush directly next to the outdoor patio. keep reading more…
Jan 23
This week we’ve decided to do something entirely new for FP. We’d like to hear all your tweets to the following question. Let the tweeting begin!
Jan 23
Monday morning again which means back to work but also a chance to win another great prize with Friday Puppy! A $50 gift card is up for grabs to DP An American Brasserie over on 25 Chapel Street in Albany. Five @ Five Happy Hour specials include: 5 appetizers that are $5 each, $5 glasses of wine and Beer, 2 for $5. All lasting from 5 until 7. Also they do a $7 lunch feature Monday through Friday. So what isn’t to love about this place? I’m salivating already.
We’re going to give away a $50 gift certificate to this signature restaurant by Dominick Purnomo. All you have to do is be commenter #27 and you win! They offer a menu of imaginative and inventive cuisine, over two dozen small plates, traditional favorites and a selection of Chef Yono’s signature menu items for lunch and dinner. Bottom-line: You want to be commenter #27.
Good luck!
Jan 23
