RANTS AND RAVES

RACHEL ZOE ISN'T THE ONLY SHOW THAT CAME BACK.

is anyone else sad they kicked off the two KOOKS already? i always like the contestants who come up with NUTS concepts and look like weird-ass art kids. i also like that there is a woman named Qristyl and a russian named Gordana. thankfully they are still in the running.

BABY AND DADDY WENT TO THE POOL THIS WEEKEND.

why does daddy look the same in both pictures while baby looks different? she always brings a lot of outfits to the pool.

from stylesightings

POP UP POTTY SCULPTURE.

MAKE ONE. they're cheap.

JASON SCHWARTZMAN FOR BAND OF OUTSIDERS.

DON'T WORRY MOLLY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND COVER UP YOUR GIANT BONER. we can all already see it. remember when sarah silverman modeled for boy by band of outsiders? this is the same thing only this time it's men's clothes. you can see the rest of them here.
molly, just click on that link and all your dreams will come true. i already made sure to print out some of the best ones to add to the growing shrine you have in your closet. your shrine complete with candles. 26 candles to be exact. because he was born on june 26th.

LIFESTYLE CRUSHING ON JOAN DIDION

I envy her lifestyle, minus the severe bouts of depression, etc.

BABY HAD A CASE OF THE MONDAYS

So she mentally repeated her mantra, "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful," and pretended that she was in this sexy bedroom with her fluffy dog, Nana.

IN CASE YOU'VE LOST YOUR PEA-SIZED BRAIN

And forgotten... Rachel Zoe Project Season 2 premieres tonight at 10/9c. Please tell me Brad is still prissy, Taylor is still long-suffering, and Rachel is still pin-thin. Don't even get me started on Roger-- for the sake of continuity, I hope he still has his boy-band bangs. For the sake of his own sanity, though, I hope he doesn't.

THE GREATEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN THE MORNING ON 45TH ST.

As I'm carrying a giant bag of laundry down 45th st. at 8am this morning (which I subsequently dropped off at the dry cleaners for them to wash and fold, MAYBE the best thing about NYC!) what do I see driving cheerily down MY street, but a giant Marimekko RV!

Apparently Marimekko uses it for trade shows and other events, but really I think it's an omen that my 24th year is going to be crazy-excellent.

MY CASUAL ENCOUNTER WITH QUENTIN TARANTINO.

so chris and i casually go to this dive bar called zeitgeist tonight. we casually order some drinks. we casually notice QUENTIN TARANTINO sitting at the bar with us. we confirmed the sighting with many sources, including the random cook who made chris a grilled cheese. we went outside and casually smoked and drank as if we didn't notice. we were very casual. i mean this like happens to us all the time, okay?

I'M HAVING A LOVE AFFAIR

With totem poles. Something about them gives me total diorama nostalgia (I'm recalling some A+ results-- the revolutionary war, civil rights, the marina towers), and I like it.

So according to Native American tradition, a totem is a symbol that can represent your family, clan or a certain individual. Also in this tradition people have animal totems, spiritual guides that follow you around throughout your life. Duh, totally. This fully explains things for me-- so that's why this omnipresent, invisible snapping turtle has been my constant companion for as long as I can remember.

But seriously this chick Denise Kupferschmidt's art is really cool: www.papermountains.net

WHY CAN'T MORE BOOKS BE THIS SEXY LOOKING?

but really. all we need is a simple cover that doesn't look too contrived in a MATTE FINISH. glossy ruins it right away. take it from someone who definitely does judge a book by it's cover.

this is a pic of robert rauschenberg taken by richard avedon for those of you who don't have brains or eyes or lives... or hearts.

AINT GOT NO BEEF WITH NO BRAND BABIES

From NYMag: "Three years ago, Kevin Carney and Brandon Day launched the Generic Man, a label committed to creating simple, extremely well-crafted shoes, with no logos or overt branding."

Now they have expanded to women's!

Baby and Daddy have always known the elusive and unique cool of the generic item. Now, lately lots of "cool" people are getting on this whole "label-less" bandwagon and that's great, but here's what I say to those people-- YOU ARE LATE TO THE PARTY, FRIENDS. And sorry, but the keg of coolness is almost tapped.

When Baby and Daddy lived in Chicago together 35 years ago, they used to do some grocery shopping for select items at Aldi, the discount grocery chain-- probably because both of our moms used to buy us generic food at the grocery store-- no-brand fruit snacks, juice boxes, raisins, you name it! (Daddy's mom also used to buy pop in those sad liter bottles.)

ALSO, THIS IS THEIR NEW DOPE MUSIC VID FOR SINGLE AND FAMOUS. WATCH IT.

BUY THIS SHIT OR I'LL KILL YOU.

KFLAY AND MC LARS HAVE A NEW EP CALLED "SINGLE AND FAMOUS" YOU ALL SHOULD DOWNLOAD! IT'S LIKE REALLLLY GOOD YOU GUYS. I PROMISE ;)

CLICK HERE MUTHA FUCKAS!

MMM... DADDY LIKE.

JUST FOR LAUGHS... DOs AND DON'Ts

I bet more people would be cool with the paparazzi if they went for this guy's "upper-class Malaysian bug collector" vibe, rather than "pack of Brazilian rapists."

if you are ever sitting at work thinking "i need a pick-me-up" click here and go to the "dos and don'ts" section of the VICE magazine website.
it's LEGIT really funny.
you could spend hours going through all of them chuckling to yourself.
or if you're lucky you'll have one of those really painful silent laugh attacks because your coworkers are watching you and you already got busted for gchatting too much.

this happened to me when baby sent me a youtube link to a man singing church hymns and i read all the comments WHICH WERE WRITTEN SO RECENTLY IT WAS SCARY. like there were LITERALLY multiple comments from that VERY DAY on this old ass video from the 70's of some man singing a jesus song. anyway i started silently laughing so hard at a comment from "BethCat 61" that i couldn't breathe and my shoulders were shaking up and down SO high. but i had to stay quiet because my coworkers were watching. and by "coworkers" i mean my dad.

PLEASE WATCH THIS TRAILER FROM 1985. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ACTUAL MOVIE. THANK YOU RYAN.

THEY SEEM TO BE MORE WELCOMING IN SCANDI.

just look at all these BABIES at copenhagen fashion week. OF COURSE they would be more family oriented in scandinavia even at these high profile events. if there were babies in the front row of a show in paris or milan i bet some evil fashionista bitch would put out her cigarette on some baby's head. and that evil bitch would be me. just kidding, i loooooooove kids.

ANOTHER BANGIN' KITCHEN

"I can’t recommend more highly taking a stylistic view of your kitchen and turning it into a room with a pulse rather than just a collection of appliances."

ALSO COOL-- turning a kitchen into a room THAT'S NOT JUST A KITCHEN. this isn't rocket science people. mix it up a little. okay?

ALSO BABY AND DADDY

And if they were artists popular in the 80's, they would be Jenny Holzer and Robert Longo. DUH, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU EVEN HAD TO ASK.

BABY AND DADDY

If Baby and Daddy were a rock duo, they would obviously be The Kills. I can't believe I even have to post this, because it is so TERRIBLY APPARENT.

MARK RONSON+GUCCI=SNEAKERS

"All the new styles Ronson and Gucci will release during a pop-up on the tour (currently planned to include London, Berlin, Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo). Gucci Ronsons will retail for $500 to $600 at Gucci Icon-Temporary pop-ups this fall; the first opens in NYC’s Soho, October 23."

i could care less about the shoes, but mark...oh mark. is it just me or is ronson looking better and better these days?

SEXY STOREFRONT.

lanvin homme designer lucas ossendrijver. on the selby.

RIP JOHN HUGHES

the writer of 80's high school comedies that took place in our suburban chicago homeland died yesterday.

ferris bueller, breakfast club, home alone... not to mention my absolute favorite, curly sue. just kidding curly sue wan't that great. but the others were john, the others were.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SWAG BABY GOT FOR HER BIRTHDAY

An amazing pink tutu, spinach deep dish pizza, flown in from Chicago on dry ice, a genuine sheep skin, an Alexander Girard pillow, and a bike ride around NYC.

Baby CASHED IN this year! Birthdays are for getting stuff from other people and being recognized for being better than everybody else.

RANTS AND RAVES: ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS

Now let's get one thing straight: I have nothing against "love," perse. I also have nothing against people who get engaged, married, commitment ceremonied, whatever.

Here's what I have a problem with: YOUR TERRIBLE ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS.

In particular, here are things I don't want to see:
1. Flip flops. You're getting a professional photographer to waste their time on your sappy love story and yet you can't find something to wear other than shower shoes? Really?

2. Lusty born-again kissing. Yes, maybe you're waiting till marriage-- okay, whatever, that's fine I guess. But I don't want to be able to sense how much you need to get some through dozens of dirty kissing pics. Keep that to yourselves. This includes those weird pictures where you're about to kiss. Don't do that, either.

3. You frolicking in some kind of botanic gardens. Is that where you two usually hang out? I mean, I'd rather see you doing boring couple stuff like going to the grocery store or fighting in the hallway than pretending like you're normally standing near bubbling creeks, pointing out wildlife to each other.

4. Firearms. Do you really not feel some terrible sense of foreshadowing when you feature weapons in your prenuptial announcements?

5. Weird costumes. Unless you are kidding. Wait, no, not even then.

6. Sweatshirts. Do I really have to explain?

JUST FYI your photographer is probably like oh geez, what am I going to do with these kiss obsessed, gun-toting freaks? Cut them some slack!

I HAD NO IDEA WE WERE SO INCREDIBLY POPULAR.

that's right everyone. we've had 5,000 hits! and that's not even including me! but it is including baby i think. but she doesn't look at san york that much anyway. she's very busy. she just doesn't have the time these days.

YOU ASKED FOR IT.

(gchat this morning) Meegan: WHERE IS MY BLOG MESSAGE














this is a happy birthday message to meegan haley. a model student, a devoted sister, a loving daughter, and most importantly, a royal bitch... just kidding i meant to say "loyal friend"... that just slipped out. i apologize.
and so i raise my glass to you, your heinous gay dog, your dags, and your volvo (and vag) that smells like rotting cheese.

THIS IS THE BEST ART I'VE SEEN IN YEARS.

"it’s the latest exhibition by the local artist Karin Bubas, who has captured the principals of “The Hills” in chalk pastels, and whose show “With Friends Like These…” is on display at the Charles H. Scott Gallery through Sept. 13.
In her current work, Bubas reverses the Warhol lens; trite villains and petty heroes of the Western Seaboard become, in her work, more nuanced and more subtle than the MTV network could ever realize. Chalk pastels are the soft focus of the art world — the Lifetime channel on paper — and for the characters of the notoriously high-definition, supersaturated “The Hills,” the medium is humanizing. Gone are the pools, the bougainvillea and Mercedes-Benz cabriolet. The characters are quarantined on a lonely beige background like G-rated Egon Schieles. But they aren’t islands in their grief. Blended into their pastel tears are our own — for we are all real and vulnerable, even reality stars. In other words: never send to know for whom “The Hills” tolls; it tolls for thee."

the moment blog

IF BABY AND DADDY GOT TO MAKE MOVIE POSTERS, I THINK MOST OF THEM WOULD AT LEAST BE MODERATELY BETTER

Yes, its from a Wes Anderson tribute, call me a scraggly hipster if you want to, but still, kind of an awesome poster. Baby just loves loooooong titles.

GOYARD

baby and daddy have TONS of goyard luggage, purses (and murses) and trunks. that's why we're so excited for the opening of the new london store. that way whenever we need repairs, monograms, or a piece from the new collection, we can just hop on that british airways jet and head across the pond.
i'm serious by the way.
also how cool is the temporary "we're doing construction behind this" wall? shaped like a trunk! what will they think of next!

SEXY

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY BABY!

WELCOME TO YOUR MID-TWENTIES! ENJOY IT! THIS IS DAY IS FOR YOU!