Eyes on Special Mystery Project X

While Marianne was sipping strawberry margaritas in Mexico (Not that there’s anything wrong with that. And not that I’m jealous or anything.), I was taking new photos outside in snowy twenty-something degree weather for Special Mystery Project X (which you will be hearing about soon, but until then, which will be referred to as…Special [...]

Singing in the New Year

Yes, I said singing, not ringing. Because we rocked the New Year in with karaoke. A lot of karaoke.
As you might remember, I got a Playstation 3 for Christmas. So the next day I went out and bought the Sing Star game and two microphones to go with it. Sing Star is a karaoke game, [...]

The Rebels Holiday Party

Since no one’s employer seems to be throwing holiday parties this year due to the bad economy, Liz and I decided to throw one of our own at The Dove Parlour in the West Village Saturday night.
To make it extra fun, I made up little gift bags for each attendee – stuffed with silly [...]

Manhattan Party Hat Trick, Parts I & II

Give it up for the hat-trick, will ya? Two birthday parties and the Bowie Ball in one night. That’s a lot of terrain to cover. We’ll start out nice and slow with Parts I and II today, and then ramp it up to outrageous with the costumes and video in Part III for Monday.

Marianne Note: Liz [...]

Liz and Mar – Honorary Socialites

Last night Liz and I took part in the second annual Luxe Cause – a holiday charity event hosted by socialites Mina Jacqueline Au, Tracy Stern, Anisha Lakahni, and Gillian Hearst. Taking place in Tracy’s breathtaking Upper East Side apartment, each partcipant displayed their wares for well-heeled guests to peruse and purchase–all in the name [...]

Saturday Night Pictorial: Fate Prognosticators! 17th Century Drag! (You know, the usual.)

Where does one even begin?

Saturday night was one of those things where no one really wanted to orchestrate a big group outing, but one by one we (the “we” in the photo is left to right, Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Hieber, Alisa Kwitney, Marianne Mancusi, Megan Frampton, Elizabeth ”Bitsy” Mahon, Liz Maverick, and Jacob–thanks for the snap!)all decided to do [...]

Gamer Girls for reals, y’all. (File Under: Predictions of Doom)

Okay, so Marianne is in Texas, which leaves the cataloguing of our last adventure to me. Nintendo was hosting a special preview of one of their new games, and since we were in that Gamer Girl frame of mind due to the release of Marianne’s new book…what better way to celebrate?
The game being feted [...]

Saturday Frustrations and Fun

Yesterday was one of those lessons in patience that only New York City can teach you. Nothing went horribly wrong – yet nothing went smoothly either.
Jacob and I woke up and headed down to Soho to get our haircut (him) and colored (me). Yes, now we officially go to the same hairdressing place, which [...]

I (Heart) The Big Red Lever

When I got to the polling station, there wasn’t a line. But it only takes one idiot to muck up the system.
And that idiot would be me.
This was my first time voting in New York. In California, we had a little book and you flipped the pages and delicately poked little [...]

No Sleep…Til Brooklyn!

Wow. Where to begin? Well, how about Bar 9, an inconspicuous Manhattan pub on 9th and 54th. There, our friend Sarah Sweeney had an election gathering to either celebrate (or commiserate) the historic night.

There was a buzz in the air as we stepped inside. An excitement crackled. It was almost as if there was a [...]