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Lombardi's delivers
Lombardi's is often noted (and debated) as being New York's best pizza. we're not ready to give them that award, but they do make a dam good pie. great homemade sauce, fresh mozzarella, and a fantastic flavorful crust. any night of the week you'll find a line of people waiting to get in, but here's a little tip... Lombardi's delivers to just about anywhere below 14th St! (including the EV and LES!) delivery is fast and the pie is fab. so next time you order pizza, why settle for average when you can have a world class pie that people line up for delivered to your door.

the shot above is their traditional cheese pie. Lombardi's toppings are also excellent - pepperoni, sausage, fresh vegetables, and other great stuff like fresh ricotta and wonderful calamata olives. all pies are dusted with a sharp pecorino romano cheese. if you don't like sharp/pungent cheese you can ask them to hold it.

great blogs
inspired by the New Year and the 2005 Bloggies (some of our most highly consumed sites are up for awards!) we'd like to give a shout out to some of the GREAT sites we visit daily.

check out these great sites and then visit the Bloggie voting page and throw in some votes! (in no particular order...):
Gothamist
Go Fug Yourself
The Food Section
Whatevs
Photo Friday
Defamer
Boing Boing
Gawker
Rion.nu

and while we're namin names - a big CityRag thanks & props to a few of our first reads of the day:
Curbed
Thighs Wide Shut
A Socialite's Life
Daily Kos
Chowhound Manhattan

drug territory or art?
both. street art and street life commingle on a lamppost on Eldridge St. in the Lower East Side.

Running down what’s behind hanging sneakers

kitty smoke-in
dam, now the cats are mocking our smoke-ins. this is getting serious! Trixie and Olive smoke it up...

and they sent over a bonus link - Granny Smoke-in
(from the lovely Joanna)

Global warming is real and underway
so much in the news recently related to new studies that Global Warming may be going on at twice the rate previously expected. reminds us in this cold weather to be careful what we wish for...

New Scientist: Soaring global warming 'can't be ruled out'...
"The Earth may be much more sensitive to global warming than previously thought"

Union of Concerned Scientists: Global warming is real and underway...
"mountain glaciers the world over are receding; the Arctic ice pack has lost about 40% of its thickness over the past four decades; the global sea level is rising about three times faster over the past 100 years compared to the previous 3,000 years"

Computer models indicate global warming
"The world's climate may be more sensitive to rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases than previously believed"

"President George W. Bush has repeatedly rejected the accord as flawed and detrimental to American business interests."

Bush needs to check out the EPA Global Warming Site - Impacts...
"Rising global temperatures are expected to raise sea level, and change precipitation and other local climate conditions. Changing regional climate could alter forests, crop yields, and water supplies. It could also affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems. Deserts may expand into existing rangelands, and features of some of our National Parks may be permanently altered."

treat time
for the handsome boy...

mocked by cats
fully knowing our friends cat's would be jealous, we ran the story of Irving and Olive last month. and now we are being mocked by cats! submitted by our brilliant friends George and Joanna, we fear it's only the beginning...

Downtown Cats Stage Sleep-in Protest to Support "Real Olive"

three of New York's most influential cat activists staged a six hour sleep-in to protest the appearance of an impostor kitty named "Olive" on the blog site CITYRAG.com. When reached for comment during a particular frisky moment, the original east village superstar 'Olive' was gracious: "At first I was angry, but Trixie pointed out that imitation is the highest form of flattery, everyone knows I'm the famous original 'Olive', I guess there's room in the litterbox for another."

Pictured are the original 'Olive', Trixie, and Noodle.

ass rocketing takes off
apparently since Jackass the Movie was released in 2002 - the sport of ass rocketing has really taken off. (warning: some of this stuff is not work safe and there's a gruesome burn, don't click if it will Bum you out)

the photo on the right has been making the rounds (check out the whole series.) big shout out to our girl Black Lilly who ran it last week and inspired us to do a little Googling...

photo on the left is from mc motherfuckas Brazilian tour-diary

scroll down to see "Hat shooting a Bottle Rocket from his ass"

it's even hot with the ladies...
standing (click on link at bottom to see video)

or lying down (this one just launches and it's a little raw)

and for the hell of it, here's a rerun of the snow ass-fire video from the other day

plus... check out FileThirteen's hilarious take on the homo-eroticism of ass-rocketing

rock the tote
we're all about finding custom stuff made by crafty artists (still lovin our cozy's, thanks Cat!) today we were checkin out a cool new site we linked to last week and came across these FABULOUS TOTES! Rock the Tote also has some great t-shirts, purses, pins and other fun stuff (and some very funny writing.) check em out!...

gnocchi nirvana at Apizz
Apizz is a hidden gem when it comes to Lower East Side restaurants. heavenly food, a rich and warm atmosphere, great service, and tucked away enough so that, although it's usually full, it doesn't get the crazy and busy scene 'inoteca and others do (and they take reservations.) we've dined there several times since they opened in 2002. at first the food was off to a slow start, but we're happy to report that on our last couple trips just about everything was excellent!

and last night we discovered a dish that embodies the term "to die for" - Gnocchi con Ragu di Carne...

homemade gnocchi with the perfect sublime texture, covered in a rich and slow cooked tomato sauce loaded with braised short rib meat that's incredibly tender and has a deep beefy flavor, and topped with a superb grated pecorino. the best Gnocchi dish we've ever had.

most of the menu features food either fully cooked or finished in the beautiful wood burning oven that's open at the front of the restaurant. more great dishes last night included: a fantastic appetizer of lightly fried asparagus, zucchini, and cremini mushrooms served with fresh lemon and a caper mayonnaise ( finished in the wood burning oven giving the vegetables a lovely smoky depth.) a whole sea bass wood smoked with lots of thyme and rosemary, served with a wonderful herb sauce, and a big arugula and tomato salad on the side. and a crispy chicken fillet with the same perfect arugula salad and shaved parm on top, sounds simple but this was an exceptionally bright and flavorful dish.

other highlights of dining at Apizz - the room is beautiful and romantic, tons of brick, raw wood, exposed beams. the head chef cooks everything in front of the room in the large brick fireplace, surrounded by fresh ingredients, bottles of high end olive oil, etc. service is excellent. a nice selection of Italian wines are listed by region, many great wines in the $30 range. and before the meal they bring out some of their wonderful chewy and crusty bread, with a dish of excellent ricotta and the server comes over to your table with a big crock of yummy tomato sauce and ladles it into a bowl on your table. so good, we could make a meal out of it.

the mussels, calamari, wild boar lasagna and many other dishes are also excellent. we've found the meatballs to be a bit plain. and while the pizza is very good, not rave-able. and they seated us for our 7:45 reservation at 8:20 - ouch.

more NY Gnocchi info ... we're a gnocchi lover, if it's on the menu we're getting it. and Apizz's version is now officially our NYC favorite! some other great versions around NY (for fellow lovers): the simple and incredible ricotta gnocchi at Lupa, Uncle Tony's gnocchi at Frank's (made with basil, marinara and fresh mozz), and the gnocchi in white truffle sauce at Assenzio (menus and directions for all can be found on Menupages.com) And for the very best NY chow talk and some in depth Gnocchi discussion, check out Chowhound.com (we've heard from the 'hounds that Hearth has a slamming version.)

snow be gone
observed this snow removal team moving down 1st Ave this morning. some heavy equiptment is used to bring together several blocks worth of snow piles and haul them off. a nice little operation, and it's good to see NYC's sanitation workers keeping smiles up after 5 days of this mess.

Farrah's reality series starts early
we were floored by a photo Ms. Miu ran last week of Farrah Fawcett looking very freaky and bloated. it threatened to stomp our childhood crush on her for ever! yesterday we happened to pass a bus stop poster for a new Reality TV Series called Chasing Farrah that is debuting in March (YUM!), and Farrah looked slamming in the poster. so we did a little digging online and Farrah's actually looking pretty hot these dayz. check out the pics in this recent shoot for her new show (even her shots from last August were looking good.) our theory is that what the Sun found is a post-plastic surgery photo of whatever voodoo-procedures Farrah gets to keep herself up (and not verification as the Sun notes that she's hit the wall.) Farrah's crazy, but she still looks good.

inquisitive
there's an obvious question here, if only we knew what it was.

today we came across Leo the Dog, a great dog who's had his own site since 2002! (big props to his owner) we showed it to Buddy and he's inspired.

a load of fun

Snow Ass-Fire - one way to stay warm in the snow

When The Uggs Rule The World

TOTC catches some funny and honest snips of a conversation as Dave Navarro chews the fat with Courtney Love

The Yuckiest Little Miniature Golf Course in the West (from ThighsWideShut)

Joe's NYC has some beautiful city snow scenes

Dress-A-Vac - truth is definitely stranger than fiction on the web! (from BoingBoing)

East Village dog electrocution last night
wanted to alert friends and readers in the East Village that a dog was electrocuted last night on northeast corner of E. Third St., at Avenue A. there was also an incident in Brooklyn Heights yesterday. this is almost a year to the day that a woman was killed in the east village last year. please be careful out there!

Fragglerock and why Deborah Harry kicks ass
from the late 90's until around 2002, there was a great party that toured the rock club circuit called Fragglerock. Fragglerock was put together by some of the East Village's hottest promoters and drew a wild and mixed party crowd. but what made it great was a house band made up of local rock legends, that would cover one well known 80's band for each party. they'd practice until they had the songs down, dress up as the band did, and cover their best tunes (big hits and underground classics.) from Guns 'n' Roses to Heart - this was not a joke cover night, the band took it seriously, and every party was KILLER! here's one of our favorite stories from one of those nights....

the party's at Acme Underground, a down and dirty, rock space below Acme restaurant and Blondie is the theme of the night. the house is packed and everyone in the room is shoulder to shoulder. the band's amazing and the crowd is jumping. listening to Rapture, someone over our shoulder is singing along kinda loudly. so we turn around and it's... DEBORAH HARRY! she looks fabulous and is totally rocking out with the rest of the room and gives us a big smile! how fucking awesome is that - Debbie Harry checking out a cover night of her own music! a true rock goddess.

LES snow
shots of "Storm 2005" from around the lower east side and east village. after a storm in NYC the sanitation department pushes the snow together into massive piles (some 2 stories high) to be scooped up and trucked away.

artist workspaces
Wooster Collective is running a fascinating series of shots of artist workspaces. below are highlights from the first four parts, each filled with photos... Artist Workspaces #1 , Artist Workspaces #2, Artist Workspaces #3, Artist Workspaces #4, Artist Workspaces #5, Artist Workspaces #6

introducing the amazing wonder ball!
you can run with it. hold it behind your head.

talk into it. use it as a pillow.

it's the amazing WONDER BALL, with thousands of uses, you'll wonder what he'll do next!

Lower East Side Food Tour testimonials!

this summer we put up a bunch of information and a homemade map for a Lower East Side Food Tour that highlights some of the LES's very best ethnic and carry out food. this last weekend 2 readers took the tour and sent us nice email with some cool testimonials. so we thought we'd throw up the testimonials and repost a link to the tour and map incase you're in the LES and looking for something to do in the snow this weekend (and maybe we'll see you along the way. that strudel is looking good...)

TXP writes "hey wanted to give you city rag folks a shout and let you know that after reading your blog (and enjoying it for months) that we hit nyc this past weekend and had a blast following some of your recommendations... managed some of the "food tour". tinys is killer, economy candy the bomb, that dumpling spot was great" (TXP also wrote that they found Epstein's Bar to be a cool and welcoming spot.)

And Black Lilly took the tour and had a yummy time! she LOVED Sugar Sweet Sunshine (and spotted Buddy's pic on the wall :-) and even ran into our fave guy at Russ and Daughters!

dead wood

Oh SNAP – this fantastic photo was caught by Low Culture on Getty Images. Check out Low Culture’s hilarious Golden Globes post for more.

the cat in him
if there's a sun beam in the room, you'll find Buddy lying in it.

closed in sadness

Bush is the most corrupt president our country has ever seen. he is a liar and a war monger. he entered the office with an agenda to declare war on Iraq. in his 2001 inaugural address (PRIOR to 9/11) he began using the "weapons of mass destruction" language and declared his goal to go to war… “We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors. The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom.” he has consequently sent thousands of young people to die for a war no one supports, and he will send thousands more.

and it’s been noted by many main stream media sources that the balance of power has indeed shifted, but in a negative direction. China and North Korea, and other countries that actually DO have weapons of mass destruction, have seized the opportunity to increase their nuclear weapon production over the last couple years knowing our recourses are focused in Iraq.

today this site is "closed", in protest and sadness of 4 more years under this madman, and fear for all of our future.

protests going on today:
- Bush Black Out
- Turn Your Back on Bush
- CODEPINK
- Counter-Inaugural.org
- Not One Damn Dime
- Black-Thursday.com
- Gasoline Boycott Day
- Blackthursday.org
- Womeninblack.net
- International day of fasting and prayer for peace and democracy

nyc trippin'
more goodness from Black Lilly. she hit NYC this past weekend with a friend and took a bunch of pics from funny signs to beautiful skylines, her shots catch a cool NYC vibe. here's 2 of our favorites, but scroll down her page to see em all.

"People have so much money in NYC that they use bread for paper weights."

"I wanted to, I really did!"

a dog named Sew
an incredibly touching rescued dog story, and it happened right here in the LES (near Seward Park.) blogger Ash Tree shares the sweet and heart warming tale of Sew, a NYC street dog who finally finds a loving and safe home. (via Ebway)

snow Buddy
Buddy had fun tearing it up in the snow this weekend. we call him "the little blizzard".

don't blame the cake
an email convo we had with a friend today on Brad and Jen and Ang. dam we love this crap. check out the totally unverfied info our friend got this weekend, second line down...

us: Subject: why Brad left Jen - hilarious!

gf: haaa! I have an inside source with the scoop. My brother’s girlfriend friend’s friend works for ___(sorry, removed) and it turns out Brad and Angelina did have a little affair. The people on the set of Mr. And Mrs. Smith knew about it but were told to keep it on the down low. Poor Jen!

us: NO F'ING WAY!!

gf: Yes F'ing Way girlfriend! I mean come one who are we kidding - two hot people totally = they gonna get it on for sure!

us: did you see AJ did an interview last week on how much she loves sex?! um, good timing Ang, rub it in why don't cha! :-)

gf: No I didn't see that but CD just showed me an article where she states that she denies having an affair and doesn't want to be viewed as a home wrecker. She claims she was just a shoulder to cry on and vent - yeah riiiight! It was more than just a shoulder Angelina - paalease!!! HAAAA

us: well, technically, she isn't the home wrecker. if you're on a diet and can't have cake, but then you go and eat the cake, it's really not the cakes fault

pimps represent
Black Lily sent us this delicious link to "Don Magic Juan’s Annual Birthday and Players’ Ball" that was held in Chicago last month. the commentary is great and the photos are even better (all by Will Okun)... "virtually all the attendees at Don Magic Juan’s party are pimps and hos. Not Halloween pimps and hos acting funny at fraternity bars in the Midwest, but real street pimps and real street hos." so step off you wanna-be pimps, ain't no half steppin here... (all images below are copyright of Will Okun from Vibe Magazine)

dressing up the baby, pt 2
elephant. cookie monster.

dressing up the baby pt 1

comical
another funny comic from Jason Feifer of Happy Scrappy...

dim lights big city
looking up 2nd Avenue in the mist last night...

more misty NY shots

tag city
been snapping lots of street shots lately. here's a bunch of tags n' street art snapped in a short walk...

for amazing street art from NYC and around the world, stay tuned to the Wooster Collective.

wanna know what it's like to live in the East Village?... the GammaBlaBlog does a great job of capturing little snips of daily life that are raw and real. and there's a KILLER Street Art collection, that's nicely organized in categories for viewing (Marker, Messages, Murals, Paint, Pasted Paper, Sidewalk Art, Stencils, Stickers, etc)

and on the Gothamist.com today there's a report on the Graffiti crack down in NYC

family drama
everyone's got a little post holiday family drama to deal with. an old sore, or maybe some forgetten ig-nor-ant trait or off putting touch of google-eyes in a cousin you'd surpresssed nicely for years - thrown in your face all of a sudden...

we'll eBaum has just the cure for you. a page called "My Family Photos" that's so dam hilarious you'll forget you even have a family! (oh sorry, do we sound angry?) even if you're a lucky freak and love everyone in your family go to this page and laugh your ass off!

going to the dogs
the highlight of Buddy's day is his visit to the Tompkins Square Park Dog Run. come along with us...

"hurry, we're almost there"

seeing friends

kickin' it up

gettin' some love

history behind walls
we've been in the same apartment in the LES for over 17 years. but it wasn't until 1996, after over 8 years there, that we discovered the fireplace.

reading The Alienist at the time (a GREAT book by Caleb Carr about a series of child murders in the late 1800's, primarily set in the Lower East Side), and immersed in a part where Carr vividly describes tenement life, we realized "all the apartments had fireplaces back then." noting the section in the center of our wall that jutted out slightly - it hit us!... there's something behind there!!! we quickly started knocking about the wall ... knock, knock, knock, THUNK! there was a hollow spot! grabbed a hammer, and a minute later we'd bashed a baseball size hole in the wall. a "whoosh" of musky, ancient air filled the room. got the flashlight out and we could see it was a really old and really dirty fireplace (but with great potential.) next day we rented a reciprocating saw from Ace Hardware and started cutting down the wall. the fireplace was filthy. we spent days wiping it down, and weeks repointing the bricks (the cement made today is much brighter and didn't match so we hand mixed in some of the old mortar we'd scraped off to maintain the old look.) later we finished off the edges with sheetrock.

and today we have a beautiful fireplace that really speaks to the history of our apartment and the LES. it's very tall, the hearth area is almost 4 feet high. which fits the LES tenement scene painted by the Alienist. these fireplaces provided warmth but just as important, they were used to cook in. there's also a small square hole towards the top that served as a flue. the interior still has remains of a blue ceramic that covered the surface. and our favorite part is the massive hand cut granite hearthstone that supports the bricks above the opening.

it seems it was fashionable back in the 30-40's to cover these old fireplaces when they became obsolete (due new fangled heating and cooking methods coming on the scene.) but it's time they were brought back in the open! our fireplace is beautiful and adds a touch of magic to the apartment, with it's warm look and interesting history. we've spent many hours wondering what life was like at the turn of the century and it's given us a wonderful sense of the history we live in. so if you live in an old building in NYC and have strange architectural angles, grab a hammer and see what's behind it! (just a little warning, start with a small hole, our downstairs neighbor followed our idea and his fireplace was a cracked and smashed up mess.)

snow fight
the beautiful white snow, fresh air, pine tress, sparkling powder... we're not sure what makes this snow boader and skiier go at it, but this isn't your usual snow fight

and since we haven't gotten much snow in nyc this season, here's a very addictive and cool little snowball fight game to get your freak on.

scoop of the day!
Mary's Dairy, the fabulous dessert and ice cream place that hit the west village by storm this summer is opening an east village branch! it will be located on 1st Ave between 9th and 10th Streets. unfortunately they won't make it in time for tomorrows warm weather, but we're told it should be open sometime in the next week or 2! stay tuned for a visit. we scream for ice cream.

east village dog fashions
the streets of the east village are filled with cutting edge fashionista's, but it's the dogs that rule the scene...

shape of things to come
it hit us like a ton of bricks this weekend (ok, pun intended) - the Avalon Chrystie Building has arrived! we have to admit we're pretty psyched about Whole Foods, a swimming pool and hopefully some good restaurants coming in. but there's no denying the landscape of our lovely, old fashioned, tenement lined East Houston has been changed forever...

cult of the ukulele
clicking around BoingBoing, we caught a note on Mark’s page that he’s “a ukulele fanatic" and has a site dedicated to this passion. our grandfather played a uke until he died at 99, and we love Hawaii, but never really considered the idea of “ukulele fanaticism” – seemed worth a quick click…

2 hours later on Ukulelia.com we'd...
- read tons of uke trivia, viewed beautiful sites by passionate Hawaiian’s and other people dedicated to this great instrument.
- became absorbed in the cult of unusual custom ukes
- ordered the coolest uke kit for only $30 delivered! (we’re seriously psyched)
- and then, yesssss!, we found a page with easy cords for Beatles tunes
(if this all goes well, we will be retiring in one year to Anguilla we’re we'll be in high demand for bar entertainment!)

local color
east village graffiti

swear by it
a cool site we found last week, HappyScrappy has some great posts and fun stuff to click on, but it was this little unassuming page of pun filled drawings called "I Can't Draw" that hooked us. (link via ThighsWideShut)

hairy scary

we *heart* kids who fight back
blowin it up like napoleon dynamite, this short video of a nerdy kid getting pegged with food and then taking down one of the culprits in one swing is gut wrenchingly awesome!!! each time we watch the clip we fall more in love with it.

it's from a killer site found on eBaum's world called Wimp.com - a clean and simple list of links to funny and cool stuff updated daily, yum!

puppy porn
our friend Claw called to tell us to check out the porn in our inbox... pictures of our friends Pam and Eric's new puppy Dolly Parton....

(she's a fawn colored french bulldog. her older brother Dio, a creme frenchie, is one of Buddy's best buddies.)

dissin' Nipsey
browsing GettyImages we came across the "NY: Premiere Of "The Aviator" photos- and we'd swear they identified Nipsey Russel as Ben Vereen! did a quick search and found a recent shot of Ben in their archive. caption under photo on the left "DECEMBER 14: Actor Ben Vereen attends "The Aviator" film premiere" - caption of photo on the right "OCTOBER 21: Ben Vereen attends the after party for the opening night of "Jewtopia"

actually this is a pretty big dis to Ben too, since Nipsey is 80-somethin' and Ben's 60ish.

we *heart* drunk pranks
holy drunk induced coma, this page on eBaumsworld has the funniest fucking photos ever! "Day After Party" features a killer collection of freaky pranks played by people on their drunk and passed out friends. drawing on people with sharpies and various homophobic jokes are very popular, but the giant butt-joint is a new one! (also lovin the toothpick afro) check out eBaumsworld for bigger pics of the thumbnails below and lots more great shots!

(all photos copyright eBaumsworld.com)

army of one
some of the beautiful and detailed arm work done by Michele Myles, one of the owners and founders of Dare Devil Tattoo on Ludlow Street. Michelle is one of the original Tattoo "homesteaders" of the early 90's, tattooing out of various apartments around the EV when tattooing was still illegal (up until the late 90's there was a law against tattoo shops in Manhattan.) if you want a killer tattoo, go see Michelle.

big pimpin'
- Lindsay's "highdeas" series is brilliant... "if you're new here, I used to do this thing all the time where I'd put up Highdeas. Highdeas are ideas that you come up with when you're stoned, or that sound like the person who came up with them was stoned." and of course, it's right up our alley. so it was very cool to see our submission (thought up by our friend Jason) show up... "the bacon bikini. You make a bikini out of strips of bacon, your girlfriend lies out in the sun and later you have a tasty snack."

- saw on the Gothamist that nominations for the Bloggy Awards are open from now until Monday. it looks like a cool way to give a shout out to your favorite blogs, and ones that work overtime to bring us great content (like the Gothamist!) and hey, if ya like this site and feel compelled you can throw in a word for us :-)

landing ears
"ground to Buddy. lower your right ear. perfect. hold her straight on. you're ready to land"

Paris, drag queens and a joint
what's not to love about this insane photo from Mark theCobraSnake

(we dig shots of celebs in close proximity to weed)

we *heart* drunk girls
combing the JJB board last night we spotted these hilarious shots of this girl's new years eve party. we LOVE that she looks like the drunkest person at her own party (and posted these crazy pics of herself.) NYC may be party capital of da world, but we wanna party with this chick!

linky goodness
- A Test of Will captures first hand the holiday bag insanity at NYC's La Guardia Airport, and pretty much nails in his comments the reason we're all about the carry-on! (photo below is from his site)

- spotted on Nick's cool CatchDubs... "SWAPATORIUM: A Journey Through Junkland - Flea Markets, Thrift Stores, Antique Shops, Garage & Estate Sales, Collecting, Odd Finds, Swaps" and we knew it was love at first site. got even better when we clicked around and found this post... "Several years ago, I purchased a large set of female mug shots from the 1940s. These are a few examples."

- You Can't Make It Up cracked us up with this rant on an NYT article about a snotty, spoiled chick and her apartment (we also like the random "Charles Nelson Reilly Says" posts speckling the site.)

- found this on Lusty Lady one of our fave sites... Manolo's Shoe Blog is super fabulous, and these "Boots for the Super Fantastic Tough Girl" kick ass!

- a funny holiday story and comments from Peace Dividend... "I think if you purchase, for your 2-year-old son, a gun that makes burping sounds when you shoot it, you pretty much deserve what you get."

- Rion's photos of New Years Eve in Times Square are incredible. rich and vibrant, they take you right into the heart of it all and the energy of the moment. the confetti shots are simply MAGICAL!

- and last but not least, Brooklyn Vegan is our favorite blog covering the NY MUSIC SCENE these dayz! this guy is hitting some of the best shows in NYC and posting on them the very next day! the writing is down to earth, real and informative, photos are raw and beautiful and the depth of coverage is fucking prolific. (and scroll through the archives and check out his best of 2004 compilations and lists)

2005 kisses
wishing you all a fucking fantastic 2005! (and thanks fo reading this lil site. Buddy sends you kisses!)

Buddy's holidays...
what did Buddy do for the holidays?... bugged our adorable nephews 24/7 (and they loved every minute, even though he tried to steal their presents :-)