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Showing posts with label weird and wonderful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird and wonderful. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2015

NEAT (OR ODD) NYC AND BROOKLYN THINGS

Yes.....I am back from my last GREAT vacation and ready to share some cool stuff and some weird stuff too......I had someone ask me WHY would I share this info? Well.....because I believe that design is all around us, and I think we need to take note! So here are some neat-o things:
Not sure how Brooklyn Bill in his undies makes me want to buy electronics.....but....

Macy's Brooklyn elevators......WOW!
I still love this.......Tom Otterness has created fantastic work (not that he needs my promotion - as he is acclaimed worldwide)!  "Life Underground" is part of the permanent public artwork  commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program!

GET THAT TTC???? MORE PUBLIC ART IN STATIONS PLEASE........
Adorbs!
GIANT CROC!!!!
I guess there are like 100 pieces scattered around the station!!


LOVE IT!

WASHINGton Heights?
haa...get it??
Yes....I bought myself a t-swift shirt!!!
(oh no wait.....they are spandex - did I mention that???)
Redundant?
(Sorry for the crass Lesbian joke - I am sure I am NOT the first to make it though ;-)


Fork in the a-s-s.
I've a fork in the a-s-s.
(sing it to the tune of Bruce's biggest hit!!)

ALL THE SINGLE LADIES!
WELCOME TO CONEY ISLAND.........
...um...okay.....it's like the gayest Esther Williams extravaganza.....
I call this one "Pedophire"!
Seriously.....am I the only one creeped out by the pant-less fireman with the 'stache?
THIS is why I love New Yorkers!!
(It was about 14 degrees!)

Free sand scrub facial with each beach trip!!

Hello creepy clown man.
HELLO creepy manaquin lady.

I LOVE AN OLD COASTER!!!!

This was the boardwalk bathrooms.
NEAT!

There was a flock of police people there.
Not sure why.

SPEAKING OF CREEPY FACES...........
This guy is plastered everywhere! He makes me a little uncomfortable.....
and a little intrigued. he seems like the kind of guy with secrets......

There he is again.....this time in neon!

AAAAARRRGG!! You cannot escape his pervy glance!
Here he is made of spangles.....

DANG!
Missed stuffing my face with weiners by a month!!!

LOVE THIS SIGN!
(there are more signs on my INSTAGRAM feed !)
OKAY back to Brooklyn.....

LOVE this tile work - word play!!!!

LOVE IT A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!

I got a little obsessed with asking my husband if we could go to the Jimmy Jazz.
(Evidently it got a bit tiring...but say it! Jimmy Jazz!! Illiteration is fun!!)
This crazy dental sign....

LOVe this font!

Street art! WOW!

This guy was in a Brooklyn playground! I wanted to get a picture riding it.....
BUT decided a grown adult with NO CHILD in a playground is already a bit suspect!

Let's go to The Luv N Oven.......I love the rhyming....but it sounds kinda dirty.....

Important African Americans in history..........
YOU'RE FIRED!

A-MAH-ZING mural!!!! I totally need to do a poster like THIS!

GREAT VAN!!!!!

YUP! Even in Brooklyn I cannot escape this big dummy.
Coincidentally he was on a sewage tank runny from the bathroom I was in!

This is what greeted us upon arrive to Brooklyn!
SUCH A GREAT WELCOME!
There you go....a bunch of stuff to see in Brooklyn and NYC.
I will be doing a special #WonderfulWednesday post all about New York next week with more....
But for now, I leave you to get back to work!!!
Later Gaters!


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

WW187: BYOB COCKTAIL EMPORIUM, POSTMODERN JUKEBOX and "ew"

Welcome again to "Wonderful Wednesday" friends!
Here are 5 things that I think you should love this week!

1.) This is weird and wonderful…….Debra Broz from LA makes the sweet so strange…….I love her work…..like these:

So odd and so STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are a few more….

Yes…it's a rabbit with a fox mask or 'Lamb as Bear'….great pieces from her "Disguises" Series

Weird bird and flower combo from "Botanical/Ornithological Grafts & Hybrids" Series.

Support Debra!!!
At her website…..
or give her some like on the Book of Faces….
or follow her tweets!
(thanks to The jealous Curator for pointing her out!!!)

2.)  Do you like pop music……but not the people singing it? Do you miss the sounds of days gone by??? I often feel this way. I offer this solution…….


Postmodern Jukebox takes your radio hits and spins them a little differently…..for example….take an Ariana Grande / Zedd Cover  - and make it into 70's soul remake (ft. Morgan James):

(iPhone peeps - click HERE)

My goal with Postmodern Jukebox is to get my audience to think of songs not as rigid, ephemeral objects, but like malleable globs of silly putty. Songs can be twisted, shaped, and altered without losing their identities–just as we grow, age, and expire without losing ours–and it is through this exploration that the gap between “high” and “low” art can be bridged most readily.


I subscribed to the the PMJ YouTube….so that I wouldn't miss any song!!! (So must YOU!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORIeT1hk6tYBuntEXsguLg
I couldn't stand to miss another song like this one…..
(iPhone peeps - click HERE)

YOU MUST get their new album: http://msclvr.co/0eX28X

Find a way to see them on tour: http://tickets.turnupgroup.com/postmo...
See PMJ on Wednesday nights in LA: http://sbe.com/exclusives/scott-bradl...
http://www.postmodernjukebox.com
I leave you with this one……."Anaconda" HOLY CRAP WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT!!!!!!!!
AWESOME!!

3.) This one is for Christina, Deb, Cindy and Husband! One of you gals NEEDS one of these purses from Anya Hindmarch !! OMG!!! These are from her Autumn Winter 2014-15 'Counter Culture' Collection.

 Yes….that's Tony The Tiger and Cornelius Rooster!!!
Look at how beautiful these are up closer….



 But then she also does a clutch bag!


BUY a limited edition cereal purse at Colette or we can take a trip across the pond to
Bond Street or Harvey Nicols!!!!!
(thanks to http://www.ifitshipitshere.com for this one!!!!)

4.) This one is for my fellow day drinkers ;-) When on Queen West, you are gonna want to check out BYOB Cocktail Emporium:

Everything you might need to enjoy a good cocktail! Everything from books to bitters…..everything from bar tools to beer glasses.
(you may recognize this bar from Ethel! - one of my most favourite-ist stores!!!)

Honestly I was there this past weekend at 972 Queen St West…and it was great!!!!





Shop online with them at: www.byobto.com
Give them a little 'like' at  www.facebook.com
or follow the tweets at: @BYOBtoronto
BYOB Cocktail Emporium is at  972 Queen West, in Toronto!
NOW GO THERE!!!

5.) Jimmy Fallon. I feel like I could dedicate the #5 position of this post PERMANENTLY…..I am sure you have seen this….but if you haven't….I give you "Ew" the music video…..



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