June 23, 2008
“ you’re not beyonce, no one cares if you wear the same outfit twice.

someone’s mom. this quote was re-told to me this weekend, wise words. (via florajasmine)

My mom lives by this, in fact some outfits she’ll wear for whole week. I am beginning to understand.

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June 22, 2008

I am rooting for rain today.

fatmanatee:

Why, you say?  Because I’m heading into the city today, and I am hungering for a Shake Shack experience.  I tire of all you NYC tumblrs taking gratuitous pictures of your burgers and nom nomming all up in my face.  I want one now.  And rain = smaller line at the Shack.  Anyway, I’m going grocery shopping now, then back for a bit before heading to NYC, so kids, if you want to join me, e-mail or IM me through the google channels (fatmanatee45@) and we’ll discuss.

Ha! I walked to Madison Square Park in hopes of finding a short line last night. I thought I had lucked out until I walked around the corner and saw the enourmous line. We had to be in Brooklyn in an hour so we couldn’t wait. However I must agree, next time I go into the city it better rain. My birthday is the 3rd and I’m hoping for rain. ;-)

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Yael Naim Live, Free @ Central Park SummerStage

nycmeetups:

Sunday, June 22, 2008
From 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

It looks like I’ll be working, but so many other tumblrs also seem to be fans of hers that I figured I’d throw this your way. -ronen

Hmm.. still thinking whether I should make it to this. I do love her voice.

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June 21, 2008
w00t!
w00t!
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bubbles
bubbles
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in the back seat
in the back seat
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June 20, 2008
peterwknox: yourdp: Beer Thursday - Land Shark Lager by Margaritaville Brewing (beer #32) Bonus this week via TastyBooze: 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die Case In A Day - 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I prefer to think not. You need to sit down with a couple of friends and a couple of cases and power through the day and the case. People that have never done this think it’s easy and the people that have, know it’s not. Added Difficulty: Keep a hand written journal of what you are doing each time you crack a beer. Bonus Points: If anything is legible after beer 17.Run The Taps At A Bar… Conditions: must have 12 or more taps. This is pretty self explanatory. Belly up to the bar and order a single pint of every beer they have on tap one after the other. You are going to get to try a lot of new beers and chances are you will be piss drunk before the sun goes down.Century Club - Pretty simple, 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes without puking. Much like the case in a day challenge people always think this is easy until they actually try it. 60 seconds starts feeling like 5 seconds once you pass the 70 minute mark.Brew Your Own Beer - Yeah it might not taste that great and you will be “that guy” that makes all your friends try their shitty brew but every true booze hound has to give it a shot at least once.Pub Crawl Conditions: 12 or more pubs covering at least 1 mile. There is nothing better than getting a big group of friends together on a sunny day and catching a buzz while going on a walk. A beer at each stop with a short walk in between and you will be primed for a night of debauchery.Go To An AA Meeting at least once you should see how the other half lives. Learn a lesson from Charlie Kelly, throw out your beer before you actually get into the meeting. If you don’t somebody will rat you out.Learn Something About Wine And I don’t mean memorizing the flavors of Franzia, Carlo Rossi or Charles Shaw. Go on a wine tour and actually pay attention (without pounding Busch Lights between wineries) or go to a multi-course meal where they pair a wine with each course and explain why they go together. The knowledge will pay off each and every time you take a lady out for a nice dinner.Black Out Before Noon - Just once get out of bed at 9 a.m. and crack a beer instead of having your morning Tropicana. There are a finite number of years in life where you can get drunk before noon and not feel like a total douche about it the next day. If you are a college football fan then this is easy to accomplish. If beer isn’t your bag first thing in the A.M. then I would recommend a Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. It’s slightly fruity, high in booze and fan-fucking-tastic.Oktoberfest in Germany - As someone who’s been there twice, trust me in terms of a unique alcohol experience, it’s pretty unparalleled. Any place where you can puke on the floor under your table, and one waitress jokes with you while she cleans it up and another brings you another beer is unique in my book. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a girl throw up while making out with some dude so that it squirts out the side of their mouths. Gross but hilarious. –Mr. WonkaScotch - learn to drink scotch either on the rocks or neat. Much like golf, it is a pain in the ass to learn, but it will pay off in the business world. While you are at it, learn the difference between bourbon and whiskey so that you don’t look like a total fucking hayseed. If you really want to get a gold star on your chart learn the difference between a blend and single malt as well. Awesome list. And for those of you who want to know, but don’t want to look it up: “For a whiskey to qualify as bourbon, the law—by international agreement—stipulates that it must be made in the USA. It must be made from at least 51% and no more than 79% Indian corn, and aged for at least two years.” from here “A single malt is made entirely by distillations from a single producer at a single site, whereas a blend is created by mixing distillation from multiple producers.” - here My best friend already calls me a lush.. should I really attempt any of these?

peterwknox:

yourdp:

Beer Thursday - Land Shark Lager by Margaritaville Brewing (beer #32)

Bonus this week via TastyBooze: 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die

Case In A Day - 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I prefer to think not. You need to sit down with a couple of friends and a couple of cases and power through the day and the case. People that have never done this think it’s easy and the people that have, know it’s not. Added Difficulty: Keep a hand written journal of what you are doing each time you crack a beer. Bonus Points: If anything is legible after beer 17.

Run The Taps At A Bar… Conditions: must have 12 or more taps. This is pretty self explanatory. Belly up to the bar and order a single pint of every beer they have on tap one after the other. You are going to get to try a lot of new beers and chances are you will be piss drunk before the sun goes down.

Century Club - Pretty simple, 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes without puking. Much like the case in a day challenge people always think this is easy until they actually try it. 60 seconds starts feeling like 5 seconds once you pass the 70 minute mark.

Brew Your Own Beer - Yeah it might not taste that great and you will be “that guy” that makes all your friends try their shitty brew but every true booze hound has to give it a shot at least once.

Pub Crawl Conditions: 12 or more pubs covering at least 1 mile. There is nothing better than getting a big group of friends together on a sunny day and catching a buzz while going on a walk. A beer at each stop with a short walk in between and you will be primed for a night of debauchery.

Go To An AA Meeting at least once you should see how the other half lives. Learn a lesson from Charlie Kelly, throw out your beer before you actually get into the meeting. If you don’t somebody will rat you out.

Learn Something About Wine And I don’t mean memorizing the flavors of Franzia, Carlo Rossi or Charles Shaw. Go on a wine tour and actually pay attention (without pounding Busch Lights between wineries) or go to a multi-course meal where they pair a wine with each course and explain why they go together. The knowledge will pay off each and every time you take a lady out for a nice dinner.

Black Out Before Noon - Just once get out of bed at 9 a.m. and crack a beer instead of having your morning Tropicana. There are a finite number of years in life where you can get drunk before noon and not feel like a total douche about it the next day. If you are a college football fan then this is easy to accomplish. If beer isn’t your bag first thing in the A.M. then I would recommend a Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. It’s slightly fruity, high in booze and fan-fucking-tastic.

Oktoberfest in Germany - As someone who’s been there twice, trust me in terms of a unique alcohol experience, it’s pretty unparalleled. Any place where you can puke on the floor under your table, and one waitress jokes with you while she cleans it up and another brings you another beer is unique in my book. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a girl throw up while making out with some dude so that it squirts out the side of their mouths. Gross but hilarious. –Mr. Wonka

Scotch - learn to drink scotch either on the rocks or neat. Much like golf, it is a pain in the ass to learn, but it will pay off in the business world. While you are at it, learn the difference between bourbon and whiskey so that you don’t look like a total fucking hayseed. If you really want to get a gold star on your chart learn the difference between a blend and single malt as well.

Awesome list. And for those of you who want to know, but don’t want to look it up:

  • “For a whiskey to qualify as bourbon, the law—by international agreement—stipulates that it must be made in the USA. It must be made from at least 51% and no more than 79% Indian corn, and aged for at least two years.” from here
  • “A single malt is made entirely by distillations from a single producer at a single site, whereas a blend is created by mixing distillation from multiple producers.” - here

My best friend already calls me a lush.. should I really attempt any of these?

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Woah - NY brings it this weekend:

supernice:

• Mermaid Day Parade at Coney Island

• Bubble Battle NYC at Times Square

• Gogol Bordello at McCarren Park pool

• Make Music New York (850 free concerts tomorrow!)

• Afrika Bambaataa at The Gowanus for Sunday Best

• Oh, and hello Blondie is performing on Sunday night.

Can’t, won’t, don’t stop!

Yes, yes and yes. I have the weekend off.

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So tired

peterwknox:

noraleah:

brieflynoted:

What is my deal? I can barely keep my eyes open today? I don’t get it. I got 7 hours of sleep last night, but I feel like I got one. My 16 oz black coffee is not helping, and needless to say, neither is looking at my computer screen. Wake up, Erin!!! Jeez.

A health guru once described sleep to me this way:

For every hour we are awake, we collect a brick in the metaphorical backpack that we carry around in life.

For every hour that we sleep, we lighten our load by 2 bricks.

So in order to maintain well-rested equilibrium, we must sleep half the time we are awake (i.e., 8 hours a night). One or a few nights of less sleep do not immediately effect most of us, but if that balance is out of whack for too long, we end up with 30 bricks in our backpack. Even getting 7 or 8 hours of sleep doesn’t help much, and we drag ourselves around all day, as Erin is.

Every 2 or 3 weeks or so, I try to sleep 12 hours straight (if I can do so without feeling monumentally guilty). Then I’m back to some semblence of normal, for a few days.

Oh, New York….

I feel like I have 30 bricks in my backpack today.. sigh

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June 19, 2008
florajasmine: mmm. i love me some jakey goodness. gauntlet: puthiminpumps: This has been a public service announcement from Terry Richardson. This picture has just made my day. Hm, wonder where I can get a life-size version of this..  ;-)

florajasmine:

mmm. i love me some jakey goodness.

gauntlet: puthiminpumps:

This has been a public service announcement from Terry Richardson.

This picture has just made my day. Hm, wonder where I can get a life-size version of this..  ;-)

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