I am not alone

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I read www.gofugyourself.com
I love the way the "fug" girls blog.
During fashion week, they're guest blogging for NYMAG.com

this is what they had to say today....

(click here)


*sigh*

Ce soir ou Jamais

(picture courtesy of CLAUDETTE BARIUS / HBO)

Saw me some Jeremy Piven last night at this event at MoMa.

Learned a few things too:

1. JP is super short
2. Also super HOT
3. Food tastes better bite-sized (Sm'ores, Tater Tots, Grilled Cheese)
4. Brady hasn't lost her wingman status
5. Vince is a lot funnier when I've had some (A. LOT.) of wine.
6. Even when food is miniature, women in fashion will still not eat it all.
7. Stuffing your face with tiny apple pies is neither attractive nor really inconspicuous.
8. Stilettos hurt
9. Jeremy Piven does not like being followed around at an event
10. Neither does his publicist, on his behalf.
11. Chasing is made harder by said stilettos.

shameless self-promotion

I have this friend, Megan...She is a goddess.
She is one of my closest confidants and a tireless supporter.
I've been through some tough times with her help, sordid tales of love won and lost, jobs I loved and hated and roughly 4 apartments.

We met at Seventeen years ago, where we shared a cube and I mercilessly kicked her chair and generally tortured her.

....what, you're surprised?

Anyway, since then we've really become close.

It's really rare to have someone in your life who listens and supports you without judging. For that and many other countless reasons, Brady is my dear friend.

Well, she also blogged about me today, which helps.

...I kiddddd, I kidddddd.

But, back in the day, we used to go to Brother Jimmy's on the UES EVERY. WEDNESDAY. NIGHT.

(picture circa 2003 or 4)

It was a crazy time, where we got a chance to gossip and let our hair down.

Usually, the night would start with a shot of Jack and a Heineken (for me) and an on tap beer for her. Those nights, although somewhat foggy, were some of the best times.

We met a lot of interesting characters up there and since then we've moved locations and altered our drinking regimes somewhat ( I think Brady told me I was "declawed" since our Bro Joe's Days) --what? I'm getting old!

Despite a lot of messy nights and bouts of crying over spilled beers, I'm happy to report we're still as close.

I'd like to think closer.

ben the wondermutt

Ben is getting pretty cute.
I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan in the beginning.
He's in an awkward stage where he looks a lot like a baby deer, all legs and very wobbly. There's no more cowering or shyness.
He's totally comfortable in his new home, as I witnessed 2 or 3 times where he literally ran down the hallway at top speed and LEAPED onto Sophie.
Of course, this only occurred a few times before Sophie literally pinned him to the ground, his ass in the air and her mouth on his neck. I am sure if I could understand Golden Retriever, I would have heard many expletives that I couldn't repeat here.

(but you know I still would)

...ok, seriously?

(photo courtesy of Theron Parlin on flickr)

So apparently, taxi drivers in NYC are planning to go on STRIKE tomorrow morning at 5am.
what are they protesting?
prices?
more vacation days?
better cars?
NOPE.

They are striking because of a proposal to put GPS technology and credit card capability in every cab.

WHAT. THE. HELL?

Drivers claim that this will allow the city to keep tabs on them. I'm no genius, but they can probably do that anyway, without GPS in your cab. The mayor says that the city wants to HELP people, help them find lost items and make it easier in general--and that's alright with me.

They're planning a two day strike.

The only redeemable quality about this strike is that Fashion week starts tomorrow and it will be pretty funny seeing all those editors hoofing it in their Louboutins.

road to nowhere

Was stuck on the subway this morning. When I say STUCK I mean I was trapped underground for an hour UNDER THE WATER between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

I was reading my book, eating my Kirsch-approved protein bar so it wasn't bad. FOR. THE. FIRST. 10 MINUTES.

When I got out of the station in NYC, I climbed the stairs and planned to head back to Brooklyn, figuring that it was not in the cards for me to go into the city. HA.

At the top of the stairs there was NO ONE. A screen closed the main entrance to the subway and there was NO ONE there. At the opposite track, I saw some MTA workers and asked them if the downtown trian was running. He said I just missed it, it had just left on the UPTOWN EXPRESS TRACK.

"Oh, really?" I asked, "What an idiot I am, I totally missed the sign."

"Oh," he chuckled "there wasn't a sign. There's no service on these tracks right now."

"Ahhh," I said, "so yo guys are the idiots, thanks."

Maybe I was too harsh, but this is the second time that I've been shocked by the inability of this city's subway system to advise their customers of delays. The GREATEST city in the world has a subway system that can't communicate properly with its customers. When I was stuck on the train, the announcer came on to tell us there was a delay because of bad wires between West 4th and 59th street and we would be moving shortly. What the Hell does that mean?? That was all he said, that's it.

There was no thought process involved, why not try to get the train to the next station, try to get the people off or something!

I thought of airplanes, and how even though we all laugh and mostly ignore it, we all pretty much know where the exits are on a plane and what should be done in an emergency. There are lighted exits, slides and safety seats. But, in the subway, you're literally trapped...

...like a rat.

time traveler

(photo courtesy of www.imdb.com)

Am spending the weekend in CT for some much needed peace and QUIET. When I came across a photo of me from my brother's bar mitzvah luncheon (DEFINITELY not posting that, all I can say is French braid gone very very bad) where I performed "Ain't never had a friend like me" from Aladdin (hey, it was popular back then) and saw the Hebrew version online today. Now THAT would have been a bit more impressive...