Actual photo of my stoop. That slipper was there for days. In the rain.
Mordechai Youngman-de Villeneuve was so angry at Daddy #2 for not giving him chia seeds with his morning Chobani that he flung his shearling slipper out of the carriage during his morning walk. It landed on the column outside a brownstone on a less fashionable Brooklyn block, and there if remained a monument to his discontent.
I saw a print at the Park Avenue Armory show this year of a hipster lady wearing these, and now I know that you can buy them for yourself! Can you hear the ocean in them always? Experiment: wear on the subway and see how people react.
Unfortunately they’re kind of expensive for things that are virtually useless.
A while back, a video called Lovely Owl went way viral, mostly due to the footage of an adorable baby owl practically purring while being pet. The video was shot at an owl sanctuary in Italy called I Falconieri delle Orobie, which I emailed yesterday to ask for an update on the little fella (lady, it turns out.) Apparently Vice magazine had a similar idea to me, but they actually did a fancy follow-up and went to the sanctuary itself to play with the owls. Below is my interaction with I Falconieri (my Italian is very limited.)
AWWWW!
Me: Molla! Come sta?
I: Molla sta bene e presto metteremo su fb delle nuove foto … Grazie
[Rough translation: She’s good and now you can see a new photo on Facebook.]
As a kind of lay guide to Hasidim, I’ve been asked many a time about the Weberman sexual abuse case that is currently being tried in court. Only a few people, however, have asked me about the trial itself. The bigger question seems to be, “Is ‘Lemon Juice’ a traditional Hebrew name?”
Arrested yesterday in court for taking a picture of the accuser.
To which I must respond: “No. No it is not.”
Good shabbos, everyone!
From Sandy-ravaged Greenwood, which is where I will be buried if Pere Lachaise doesn’t take me.
The search for a print of this continues…
Fucking delicious. In case you can’t read, “halfsies” are half curly fries, half regular fries.
ML: i wish i were a pothead
me: omg HALFSIES
that’s the most amazing thing i’ve ever heard of in my life
ML: what just the halfsies
or the whole thing
i can’t believe it’s only $6
me: no the halfsies are amazing!
i’ve never heard of such a thing!
ML: hahah
me: wait
where the fuck is this meal available?
ML: jack in the box!
me: we. must. go.
i’m getting brunch burger
ML: oh plum
sometimes i feel like you and i are just meant to be
me: we ARE
ML: the nearest is in ohio
me: you know what else is meant to be?
ML: what?
me: me and HALFSIES
So I will post one thing each day on this blog that I would like YOU to buy for me! (Kidding –– unless I am really hard-pressed for material between now and December 25th.)
Doll head planters!? H/T Miss Moss.
1. I hate this category the most of all my blog categories, but please please please buy me this for Christmas:
PLEASE IT’S ONLY $6,000!
2. My beloved is working at the voting centers in Virginia, and when I asked him how it was going, here is what he said:
“nutso super busy these people are crazy talk later”
Seems about right.
3. My blog is getting WAY more hits the past few days than normal, and I’m pretty sure it’s because I mentioned MM Schneerson. So!
SCHNEERSON
SCHNEERSON
SCHNEERSON
SCHNEERSON
Keep ’em coming, folks.
A few days ago, the Times Magazine ran a little piece about a book forthcoming on Carl Aubock, the Viennese designer. Shamefully, this was the first I had ever heard of Aubock, but now I am coveting all the wee oddities he’s fashioned over the years. Below, a selection of random pieces of his you can snap up online.
Paperweights, on 1stdibs.
Foot keychain, on Ebay.
Feather tray, via Original Berlin.
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