always nice to run into an old friend on the street ⚠️
company xiv has a new show and you definitely, definitely have to go. people often describe xiv as burlesque which it isn’t, exactly, but it is crammed to bursting with dance and circus and music and rhinestones and honestly most of the things I enjoy about burlesque.
for this show, cecil and I found ourselves at the serpent vip table, which meant we also had a steady stream of surprises - some edible, some unlockable, some human. wholly recommended.
Remember that time I moved here and wasn’t sick of it after 18 years?
When I last mentioned The Grand Paradise, I somehow didn’t talk about the Shipwreck Lounge at all. But it’s great, and you should go. The easiest way is just to get tickets to TGP and stop by the bar during or after the show, but it sounds like you can now go the bar without going to the show if you’d rather.
Trading cards, pencil/ink and digital media, 2015
These were created for Third Rail Projects’ The Grand Paradise’s Kickstarter campaign! These were among the many cool rewards donors could receive. (These eight are part of a larger set of fifteen that can be found in the resort itself.)
The cards are inspired by 1970s design, fashion, color palettes, and iconography.
super cool
Ahhhh!!! I got my fortune told with these last time! So cool.
My fortune last night included (I think) the libertine, who is pictured up there with the rainbow hair.
PS The Grand Paradise is great and you should go at once.
Tom Fruin’s stained glass water towers in DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Gowanus are among my favorite objects in NYC.
I almost always space out on buying tix to the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, but this year I finally made it to one of the events: An Evening of Entertainment from People with Black Glasses, featuring Janeane Garofolo, Ira Glass, John Hodgman, Reggie Watts and (of course) Eugene Mirman.
I had a great time. Highlights for me included Ira Glass’s anecdote about hiking sex, John Hodgman’s tales of the Massachusetts dumpmen, and the as-advertised eye contact booth outside the event space. Later, when I went to upload my photos, I realized that basically all of them feature Comedy Hands.
A few moments from Razzmatazz Revue: Tax That Azz. Such a perfect lineup, such a fun show, such abundant whiskey.
Clearly the thing to do when it’s the last day of summer and your faux brother is in town is have a cookout with the best people where everyone eats corn and shows their butt, and then go to Pumps.
Meet Hayes, one of the two bookstore cats at Spoonbill and Sugartown. He likes head scratches and sleeping.
So You Want to Play With Balls: A 6-Second Instructional Video
