Coming together

This group is brilliant. I went to a holiday talk/cocktail thing at Norwood the other day. Lauren Bush of FEED talked about her new plan to change the way children eat in American schools which is horrid and causes kids to get diabetes and be obese. Global nomads was there too and mentioned they are helping Pakistani kids skype with kids in middle America which I personally think will foster acceptance of different cultures and people seeing each other as other humans and not so different and will lead to less wars and violence. After the very inspiring little event, I practiced acceptance of different cultures by joining some very fun and brilliant Italians for dinner at Quinto Quarto ("Alora, now we go to the BEST Italian restaurant) and dancing at the place under Bagatelle and a nightcap at the Ear. An epically enjoyable evening which I spent the next day recovering from. Thank god for steam rooms, hot yoga and salsa. Yes, salsa is somehow a miraculous recovery food, try it, I swear. Like over a poached egg and toast for impromptu weekday brunch. Which I made for my friend Alexis and her Danish boyfriend while I stayed with her for a couple days (they basically had loud breakup sex the WHOLE time I was there) and which I might need again tomorrow because I have just been invited to a party for Anthony Haden Guest who is apparently "a famous art writer and drunk". He did a doc on eurotrash, sounds like a fun dude. I guess when I was moping about being sans boyfriend around the holidays I forgot that this is NYC :)

my favourite christmas song that my brother tries to prohibit me from playing every year

I was a wise 7 year old

Indonesian Funeral Procession circa 1970's

Captured by Paul Kagan

Gracious vigilantes

My friends Gerald and Sam collaborated on these amazing photos:

www.graciousvigilantes.wordpress.com

Gracious vigilantes is a series of portraits shot by Sam Bassett.Concept and art direction by Gerald DeCock done exclusively at the Hotel Chelsea between the hour of sunset to twilight.

An Empire Day

Yesterday I had the kind of day I love in NY. I started out at the Soho House and ended up at a divey pool hall in Williamsburg where a bleach-blonde short woman walked around with a microphone serenading the Latinos and the hipsters with slow latin balads. Then they played lots of salsa and reggeton which made it hard for me to keep my hips still which is my excuse for why I played the worst couple games of pool I have ever played.

good lines

"I mean, bars are basically drunk people but it looks better at the Carlyle" - Bruce

Me: "How do you date 2 Egyptians at the same time?"

Her: "Well one was from New Jersey and one was from New York"

"It's movies like this that make me want to bottom feed." Alexis on Dirty Dancing