The Jane Hotel

Went to drinks at The Jane Hotel in the West Village.  They play great music-none of which I recognized, all of which I am currently trying to find/download.  The back lounge area is cozy and looks like a prohibition era living room.  Any night spot with a fire place, although dicey for the 3AM crowd that may stumble through, is a win for me!

Under Construction! Donkeys of the Week!

So Blogger is telling me that I should collapse my tabs into one page since my 'followers' cannot see the other tabs when new content is published, so for those that missed please see below for some Choice Donkeys of the Week - Which will now be posted on the main page.  Enjoy!  Quick note on the irony here, Paris Hilton was Donkey of the Week about a month ago and this week she hit an innocent bystander with her SUV.  Round two for Paris!


9/3/10 and 9/26/10

Paris Hilton, because she told police the cocaine in her bag was gum. Yes, Paris, we are all convinced that you chew gum for fun on Saturday nights while whooping it up in Ibiza in your satin monokini and Lucite heels. 

Paris partying, chewing gum etc: 

9/17/10 

The "idiot" who attempted to attack Kelly Dodson in the projects of Lincoln Park, Alabama. By the by, is anyone concerned about the shanty investigation of this crime scene?  The carpenter turned policeman is dusting for fingerprints with what looks like a feather duster from a French Maid costume.  Hide your Kids!  Hide your wives!

Actual News Footage   ,  Autotuned Music Video!

Wining and Dining

Had dinner on Saturday at Travertine in NoLita.  New York Magazine named it in their "Where to East 2010" issue so we stopped through with the hopes of swinging by Kenmare for after dinner cocktails.  Food was delish and they had a mean cucumber martini. The Burrata and the Pici, homemade pasta topped with a bolognese bread crumb sauce, were perfect.  The restaurant opened out onto the street for people watching with an autumn breeze.  Never made it to Kenmare.  The cucumber martini needed a chaser, and the peach tart put me into food coma.  Gooddddd night!

Cheerio Ol' Chaps!

I just returned from London, which would explain my lack of posts (sorry!) and general curmudgeonly attitude.  I know London is supposed to be a magical foggy place filled with culture and well-learned folk, but I just never have fun in that dreary city.  Here is why:

• All food is served with too much dressing or a mysterious creamy sauce 
• The weather is always cold and rainy.  One time I was there and it was 50 degrees   and partly sunny and everyone was clamoring about the beautiful weather I brought in 
• There are too many chippies running around in white wash jeans 
• The shower heads in London are all too close to the wall.  You have to literally hug the wall to get properly showered; I don’t understand why no one has realized the nozzle needs to be at an angle for comfortable showering, OR, if everyone is aware of this fact, why they are OK with it? A colleague I travelled to London with in June complained to the front desk of the hotel about said nozzle issues and they transferred him to a handicapped room to accommodate his ‘request for standing under a shower head’.  Apparently you need to be handicapped in London to get a good shower.

I really do think I am a worldly gal, but I much prefer Paris or any other city I have been to in Europe for that matter.  OK, off to spinning and then a hot shower to combat the saucy foods and the fact that I still have conditioner in my hair.  Cheerio ol' chaps!

A Mad Tea Party

Christine O'Donnell recently won the Republican nomination for the Delaware Senate seat.  However, this tea party favorite seems to be out to lunch at her own tea party with the likes of the Mad Hatter.  Videos surfaced of her saying the following:

“I dabbled into witchcraft - I never joined a coven...One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn't know it. I mean, there's little blood there and stuff like that...we went to a movie and then had a little midnight picnic on a satanic altar."

Oh, what’s all the fuss about, she never joined a coven!  Yoohoo Christine, the fact that the word coven is in your lexicon is a red flag.  Furthermore, the cavalier mention of the 'little blood' at the satanic altar is highly concerning.  You went on a first date with a dude who took you to a place where something we don’t even know about was sacrificed.  I like how no news source mentioning this quote hones in on the fact that she has stream of consciousness just alluded to being present at a potential crime scene.  The 'little midnight picnic at a satanic altar' does sound quaint though.  Chivalry really is dead here in New York City.

I guess we can add Wiccans to the list of Tea Party enthusiasts along side Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.  You know what they say about keeping good company!

Lollipops, Butterflies, and Profanities

Anyone who has said its 'All in the Family' must have been referring to Hip-Hop because the Jay-Z/Eminem concert at Yankees stadium this week was like one big warm cozy hug.  Lollipops, butterflies, and profanities!  The love fest kicked off with Eminem, BOB, and surprise visits from Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.  Hugs all around - Eminem loves Dre, Dre loves Eminem, and although 50 Cent was in his signature bullet proof vest, he was a teddy bear in between takes of 'In Da Club'. 

The days of rap ridden with warring sects, shootings, and East Coast versus West Coast  are most certainly over.  Puff Daddy, Puffy, Diddy, or DingaLing (whatever he's going by these days) was in the friends and family section cheering on his besties like a proud parent.  Mary J. Blige was shoulder to shoulder with him rocking out until she showed up on stage later, shortly followed by Drake. 

When Jay-Z finally came on, more hugs and love.  Love to NY, love to NJ, love to the Bronx, love to Queens.  CT didn't get any love, weird.  It was always entertaining when Jay-Z would say 'to all my homies in the Bronx on the streetssssssss' and it panned to a white kid in a collared shirt on the big screen in Yankees Stadium.  Pysch, Jay-Z!  We snuck in some Upper East Siders too - who looked a little nervous but super excited.  And of course more surprise guests of the night - Kanye came on and so did Beyonce.  Sasha Fierce was amazing per the usual and looked so in love with her man (more love, theme of the night).  Kanye was a smidge less charming in a red leather suit and giant gold cowbell draped around his neck.  He looked very much like the douche bag/jerk off combo he sang about at the VMAs (thank god he didn't try and sing that number, that would have been an awkward sing-a-long).  The pinnacle of the night was when he sang Empire State of Mind in Yankees Stadium.  I think Jay-Z was just as touched by the moment as we were, seeing each person in Yankees stadium standing up and singing along. 

At around 1:00AM Jay-Z announced, 'I could go all night New York!', which was my queue to leave, because unlike Jay I would not be sipping on Bellini's with my girl B the next morning.  Some of us still need to hit the pavement in the concrete jungle.  We slipped out the back and apparently missed Chris Martin and Viva La Vida, but we had to viva la vamos.  Maybe next time.

Fridays Get Weird

Usually CNN is my best and most reliable source for news but today was definitely the exception with this creepy article:


What To Do When Body Parts Fall Off

Really? What a fun quick list, lets post it on the fridge.  Quick tips on how to manage missing body parts, as if this is one of those inconvenient tasks we have to handle on a ho-hum day.  This is like a delayed sequel to Beetlejuice.  Not to mention the bizarre close up photo of a man with a 5 o'clock shadow and missing tooth.  This is the guy who will pull up in a white van and cause the aforementioned broken and missing limbs. 


For those that don't have time to read the whole thing, feel free to skim the 'highlights' which include:

'With knocked-out tooth, keep the ligament trailing off the end of the tooth moist' or 'Eyeballs: Don't push back in'

Mmm Trailing ligaments, Happy Friday!

Oh, The Way We Were

Top Ten things I will miss from summer in the Hamps:

1) BBCs in Montauk at Cyrils

2) Deadly martinis at Bamboo in East Hampton that cause unsuspecting diners to do a loud.slow.clap

3) Surf Lodge Endless Summers 

4) Should I be concerned that all of these memories are cocktails?

5) Rubix Cube at the Talk House 

6) Rubix Cube at the Pound House

7) Esc-o-lades (why not?)

8) Group Dinners

9) Trivia

10) Trying not to get taken down by waves at Indian Wells Beach

...but there is nothing like Fall in New York, or at least that's what we are all telling ourselves as a coping mechanism.

Goodbye Hamps, Hello NYC!