TODAY'S INSPIRATION

YOU KNOW ME, I LOVE THE EASTERN BLOC. AND VODKA ISN'T EVEN MY FAVORITE SPIRIT, SO GO FIGURE. I DO LOVE ME SOME LOX,THOUGH. IS THAT CONSIDERED EASTERN BLOC? I ATE HALF A POUND OF IT TODAY WITH A PUMPERNICKEL BAGEL. I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN IF I COULD.

PHOTO: ELINA KECHICHEVA

CHINATOWN, NYC

I'M OBSESSED WITH BRIDGES, I LOVE TO RIDE MY BIKE OVER THEM, I LOVE TO WALK OVER THEM, AND I WILL TAKE THE B, D, N, OR Q TRAIN EVEN IF IT'S NOT WHERE I'M GOING JUST FOR THE RIDE OVER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. ON MONDAY I WALKED TO WORK, AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF ROOFTOPS IN CHINATOWN RUNNING ALONG THE FOOT OF THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, IN A "AS LONG AS THIS ISN'T MY REALITY" KIND OF WAY. I'VE ALSO THROWN IN SOME PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHINESE FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER QUENTIN SHIH.

Red Hook With Justine « High-Rise Hostess

MY WONDERFUL FRIEND OLIVIA HAS AN AWESOME BLOG CALLED HIGH-RISE HOSTESS WHERE SHE BLOGS ABOUT ENTERTAINING IN NYC! SHE HAS SUCH FANTASTIC AND ORIGINAL IDEAS, AND ALWAYS HAS AMAZING PICTURES OF HER EXCITING NEW YORK SOCIAL LIFE. YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT IF YOU DO ANY ENTERTAINING OR EVER HAVE PEOPLE OVER OR WHATEVER AND NEED HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE IT A HIT. SHE DOES A SEGMENT WHERE SHE ASKS FRIENDS HOW THEY ENTERTAIN, AND THIS WEEK I WAS THAT FRIEND. AND BEFORE YOU SAY "BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ENTERTAINING" JUST READ IT. AND READ HER BLOG EVERYDAY! THANKS OLIVIA!!!


Red Hook With Justine « High-Rise Hostess

OH WELL.

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE YOU ARE FORCED TO HAVE THOSE "THIS IS MY LIFE" MOMENTS THAT QUITE FRANKLY YOU'D PREFER TO HAVE KEPT TUCKED UNDER THE RUG. A FEW MONTHS AGO I SAW ON FACEBOOK A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND OF MINE'S STATUS: JUST CLOSED ESCROW ON OUR HOUSE!! BELOW HERS WAS MY OWN: DRINKING ON A TIRE. OK, WHATEVER. MOVING ON. NOW HERE WE ARE IN APRIL, AND THIS SAME FRIEND POSTED PICTURES OF HER BIG, BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND HER HUSBAND TAKING A BUBBLE BATH IN THEIR NEW TUB. BELOW HER PHOTOS IN THE FEED WAS WHAT I HAD POSTED TO MY FRIEND KIA'S WALL THAT DAY: THANKS FOR PUTTING THE FIRE ON MY HEAD OUT. I OWE YOU ONE.

SUNDAY NIGHT DELIGHT

THESE SHOTS ARE BEA-U-TI-FUL. I'M IN LOVE WITH THE HAZY LIGHTING AND THE MONOCHROME. I LIKE THE TWO WITH THE BLUE SKY BEHIND TOO. I'M NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CLOTHES. REALLY LOVELY. TARYN DAVIDSON SHOT BY JEM MITCHELL IN SOGNO FOR FLAIR APRIL 2010.

SOMETIMES I MISS SMOKING

PHOTOS: EVA GREEN BY SOFIA SANCHEZ AND MAURO MONGIELLO, PAZ VEGA BY NORMA JEAN ROY, NATALIA VODIANOVA, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, KATE MOSS

TODAY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEVIL MAKES THREE AND THE SWEET SAM MASON

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS THAT MAKES ME WONDER IF I WANT TO MOVE TO LA. I MEAN, I KNOW I WOULD HATE IT, AND I KNOW I WOULD FEEL LIKE I COULDN'T RELATE TO ANYONE, BUT THEN I SEE PICS OF CALIFORNIA LAUNDROMATS, AND WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH NO PANTS, AND I GET HOMESICK. I START TO IMAGINE THAT REALLY LA IS LIKE THE 1970'S. WHICH IT'S NOT. IT'S LIKE THE HILLS. 2010. NO THANK YOU, SIR.

P.S. THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THIS EDITORIAL IS A WOMAN ON THE PROWL. KEEP YOUR BOYFRIENDS AND LOVERS AT HOME.

PHOTO: CARLOTTA MANAIGO FOR ELLE ITALIA

IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE POSTED SOME BOOBS

AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ALMOST THE END OF THE WEEK, IT'S 70 DEGREES OUT...NEED I GO ON? I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS HEIDI MOUNT GIRL IS. SHOULD I? ANYWAY, SHE'S FINE. OF COURSE IT'S HARD NOT TO BE WHEN YOU'RE 18 AND THIN AND HAVE GOOD HAIR AND A MAKE-UP ARTIST. WHY SO CYNICAL? I'M IN A GREAT MOOD TODAY I DON'T KNOW! ANYWHO, THESE PHOTOS ARE SHOT BY DAN MARTENSEN FOR DANSK. STYLED BY MICHELLE CAMERON. I REALLY LIKE THE BIG OL' CORSET. I NEED ONE OF THOSE.

YES

I FIRST SAW THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOSE-UP OF THE GIRL WITH THE ROUND GLASSES AND A CIGARETTE IN HER MOUTH ON THE DANISH BLOG SPOTDING, AND I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. BUT I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS OR WHERE IT CAME FROM UNTIL NOW! THIS EDITORIAL IS FROM NUMERO MAY 2005 AND IS SHOT BY DUSIN RELJIN. I AM WILD ABOUT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND I DON'T EVEN LOVE THE SIXTIES!!! THEY REMIND ME OF THIS FRENCH MOVIE I SAW AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT IT WAS REALLY TRIPPY AND LIKE 7 HOURS LONG. BUT THE TWO GIRLS IN IT WERE SUPER STYLISH AND CUTE, AND THERE WAS THIS MOD-GYPSY VIBE. I LOVE THE SIDE-SWEPT HAIR AND THE HEAVY LINER ON THE BLONDE (AND OF COURSE HER GLASSES AND GAPPED TEETH). I ALSO LOVE THE GRAININESS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS IS A HUGE INSPIRATION!