what year is this?

yesterday on my way to work i saw not one, but two grown adults using a scooter as their preferred mode of transportation. 

 

how very hansel, circa 2001.

do you believe in life after octuplets?

apparently even cher is weighing in on the octomom:

"I'm so negative against her. She just shouldn't have any of those children as far as I'm concerned...She acts like someone who is not of this world. It's like, 'hello come down to planet earth with the rest of us'."

really? really cher? 

who knew?

in honor of her 50th birthday (i guess that's why she's also hanging on facebook), newsweek took a look at bizarro barbies of the past. my fave is the pooper scooper barbie: 

after her dog tanner does his biz, barbie use her "nifty magnetic pooper scooper" to put it in the bin. check out other oddball barbies here. 

OPP, take 10

Paris. Summer. Rooftop photo-op. Hey man, now you're really livin'. 

goodbye...

to conan o'brien in new york. 

in honor of his last show on friday, here is one of my favorite clips - conan celebrating st. patrick's day in chinatown:

i think the funniest part is at 3:15! 

goodbye...part deux

socks the white house "tuxedo" cat , who passed away last week at 19 years old. 

this put socks in the range of 82-94 in human years. 

apparently, there is inconsistency on the cat-to-human-yrs ratio. but, net net - the poor thing was old.

 

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flesh-eating fish pedicures?! eewwwww...

why i feel old, part 16

remember when barbie was hanging out in malibu with skipper in her dream house? today she's has fierce blunt bangs, is hanging out on facebook and looking to be my BFF. sigh. 

YoNYC #10

monday night i headed down to tribeca for dinner at the austrian "blaue gans" (blue goose) restaurant for some schnitzel, spätzle and chocolate crêpe lollipops to rival david burke. yummy!  

the jeans!

well, the 90s splatter jeans made it out of banana republic and on to the streets. this pair was even more colorful. 

 

table topic #28

this week's topic is from the travel edition:

28. What trip would you most like to take in your lifetime? 

there are a loads of places i want to see...mt. rushmore, japan, alaska, australia, etc. 

but if we are talking trip of a lifetime here, i have to go antarctica for sure. yes, cold. yes, desolate. but, i've always been fascinated by the place. maybe one day...

YoNYC #8

this afternoon i went down to DUMBO to the brooklyn flea pop-up market. normally out in fort greene, the flea has moved to a pair of vacant indoor spaces for the winter. 

i found a great pitcher for my collection. and JS picked up a few treats for herself as well. 

  

YoNYC #9

...and followed up the visit to DUMBO with a walk across the brooklyn bridge at sunset, back to manhattan. here are some pix:

that lunch meat's bourgoise

i keep seeing this commerical all the time. and i just can't look away. 

happy (actual) valentine's day!

enjoy this "heart chain" snapped in MoMA last month. 

 

YoNYC #7

today i went to the guggenheim, which i haven't been to in years - i even became a member today.  if you like abstract/conceptual art like i do, the current exhibition, "the third mind: american artists contemplate asia 1860-1989" is fab. 

who knew?

...that one could love lasagne so much that it'd be worth joining a facebook group?

oh, facebook

now you are picking on the unemployed? 

poor daddy, indeed. 

happy (early) valentine's day!

dog show redux

thanks to JS - frequent TFAAF reader/commenter and frequent live event video recorder - i have a brief clip of the one & only Sir Barksalot to cherish. 

i must day, the scrolling text and color commentary really is a great touch!   

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one of my biggest pet peeves is seasonally inappropriate footwear. case in point, the woman on the subway yesterday i open-toed shoes. (see poor snapshot above). 

granted, it was unseasonably warm yesterday - a high of 65º. but, it's fricken' FEBRUARY, people. wrong. 

 

my new obsession

...is M.I.A.'s paper planes. 

while i can't get behind those ridonk costumes she wore to the grammies (granted, preggers on her due date), i can't get enough of this jam on my ipod.

YoNYC #6

DOG SHOW! why yes, it was the 133rd annual westminster kennel club dog show at MSG tonight. best in show is tomorrow, but i think tonight's session still counts as a night out on the town. 

who knew?

who knew that my favorite dog from last year - sir barksalot - would again make the group finals?! 

and, turns out, his nickname is "barclay". he's also a "wash and wear dog" that requires minimal grooming. 

tried to get a glimpse of him backstage. but, sadly, he was going for the night. maybe next year... 

les terriers sont mes types favorites...

in honor of the dog show, here is my favorite dog song of all time. "terriers," by kids in the hall. the 90s are back, afterall. 

Stuff that is OTT

So sitting in Starbucks yesterday, mid-west style, and overheard this ridonks 'wedding planning' conversation.

Wedding Planner to bride-to-be: "How many people will be in your bridal party?"

Bride-to-be: "Seven bridesmaids, seven Groomsmen, plus a flower girl and a pageboy and a ring bearer."

WTF?

OPP, take 9

As it turns out, his poor spelling would be the least of her worries...

happy feet and more

oh, skymall. it's been awhile. i forgot about how great your gift options are. here are a few fab selections from the most recent issue:

"happy feet" foot alignment socks

traveling pet seat 

alien gnome bandits garden accent

what year is this?

splattered-paint jeans? what is banana thinking? 

 

YoNYC #5

it's worked out that work is even contributing to my year of new york city. just moved desks to a corner cubicle looking down broadway to times square. p diddy (or whatever he goes by now) even has my back. 

table topic #27

multiple choice today:

27. Would you rather have a great wardrobe or an amazing car?

i'm neither a clothes person, nor a car person. but, i'd have to choose clothes. not just because I don't have much use for one in NYC. it's just that i've never been into cars. 

i have always driven any P.O.S. car that was handed down to me - the maroon chevy caprice family station wagon, the grey oldsmobile nicknamed "the silver bullet," the pink "champagne supernova" lebaron & the lavender ford probe that came with insta-car payments.  

hmmm...actually...on second thought, i'll pick an amazing car. it's about time.

snowy day in new york

a wintry central park from the M72 bus. 

select-a-haircut

came across this poster in the window of a barbershop - haircut by numbers. i'm quite partial to #2 & #13, myself.

YoNYC #4

does M&M's World count? 

why i feel old, part 15

when did starbucks become a middle school lunchroom? i counted 14 girls in 3 cliques at around 11.30. and while i'm at it, vanilla bean frappuccinos & marble loaf does not a well balanced meal make.  

happy groundhog day!

unfortch, 6 more weeks of winter. but we love punxsutawney phil anyway. 

this cracks me up

checked the properties of one of our powerpoint files at work and came across this fine author. let me just say my mama can draft a mean deck. 

nice try

nice attempt barnes & noble, but you will never stop the crowds who linger & lounge on your floors. 

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OK, i don't portend to have much fashion sense. but, today i was walking behind a woman that had on: acid-washed jeans with a rip in the ass, gold hot pants underneath exposed, blue hoodie and a gold lamé fanny pack. when good hipsters go bad. 

mayanism tipping point

mayanism is sweeping the nation. not only do we have 2012 to look forward to, we can now get our own mayan horoscopes. 

YoNYC #3

today, pre-superbowl party, i squeezed in the Whitney Museum of American Art. the highlight for me was their "Synthetic" exhibition, looking at modernists use of acrylics and other synthetic media. unfortch, only one floor's worth, but i enjoyed all the same.