the primary colors of fashion.

The kids over at PEGLEG just released their summer line! Check it out, and pick up some fresh clothes to wear through the scorching sunny days and humid bar-hopping nights. So whether you are roming the streets of SoHo or hitting the beaches of the Hamptons, these clothes are good for any occasion of pure summer fun. Be sure to also check out the new section of the site they just put up last season, called "The Leg." Here you can check out videos and photos put up by these NYC natives, and also you can keep yourself updated by what they are up to via a live webcam. Have some fun and complete your summer wardrobe!

Where the grass is always green.

I spent some time this afternoon, and into the evening, right at the beginning on Central Park's Great Lawn with a dear old friend. You forget until summer is amongst us just how much the Great Lawn is an amazing place to just kick back, talk and be with friends. We watched people flying kites, playing baseball, kicking a hackey sack, while my friend played away on his guitar. It was a beautiful afternoon and the same experience is available to you all summer, with a beautiful view of the infamous Belvedere Castle. New York is always at it's a-game in the summer, so go spend some time on the Great Lawn and experience it yourself.

Trivia: The Great Lawn was even the site for the 1996 opening of the Disney Movie "Pocahantas"

playing down the house.

Talking Heads front man, David Byrne, has one again struck me with his genius, and obviously whacky, creativity. His latest project is a sound installation downtown at the Battery Maritime Building, called "Playing the Building," where he turns the whole building into a giant musical instrument. The way this is done is by means of wind, vibration and striking through numbers of devices connected to the buildings metal beams and pillars, heating pipes and water pipes in order to create sound. The devices themselves are not what create the sound you will hear, but they allow the contents within the building to vibrate, ultimately creating sounds exactly like many instruments. Definitely check this out, I know I'm going to as soon as possible. Turning down a chance to see and hear something created within the mind of Byrne would just be silly if it's subway stop or two away. Plus, it's interactive (and free) so you will get to play the building yourself.

10 South Street, New York, NY 31 May – 10 August 2008 Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Noon – 6PM

unlike indiana jones, i love snakes.

One of my long time best friends, Gabe Saporta and his band Cobra Starship, really won my heart with the video for their song "Guilty Pleasure" off of their album "Viva La Cobra!" I'm not sure if it's Gabe in skin-tight Zebra skin pants, or if it's Ryland (guitar) in American Flag apparel, but this video says something to me. Maybe it's that we need to buy more gold chains, neon tracksuits and knee pads before any of us can ever really be a baller. And let's forget biking around New York City boys and girls, let's bring back roller blades. Enjoy the video..


If you can make it, be sure to check out Cobra Starship on Warped Tour all summer. Oh, and if you haven't seen this either here is a look at one of their older videos for the song "Send my Love to the Dance Floor." Don't we all wish we could find a place to dance on a UFO while Steve Aoki djs? Gosh, I know I do. Sending all my love and luck to the Cobra, who in this video has some seriously wise words to all hipsters and all... emo kids. *cough cough Midtown cough*

nylon hearts hrm.

Nylon giving some serious love to my boys.


"Yooo guyz.

We are almost in New York out here on the road on the NYLON summer music tour. But back in NYC, things are still going on despite our absence.

Check out the up and coming NYC based artist Samuel’s new single featuring Wade from the Virgins.

Samuel teamed up with B- Roc and Mr. JPatt from Heavy Roc Music and out came a dance hit that Mark Ronson is spining on East Village Radio.

If you want a new hit to dance to this summer, check out Samuel’s “Say Goodbye”.

Peace~ Spacey Tracy xx"

Tasty Science in the L.E.S.

Walking around the crowded streets of the Lower East Side, whether day or night, most likely will work up an appetite for the average New Yorker or someone just dropping in for a visit. On such a walk one will pass the Keith McNally legacy of Schiller's Liqour Bar, or the trendy crowds gathered outside the Stanton Social for a post meal cigarette. One may even want to grab a pastrami on rye from the infamous Katz's Deli, located right on the corner of Ludlow and Houston. But what about when your pallet wants more from you? More texture, more flavor, more adventure. Wylie Dufresne and his restaurant WD-50 fills your belly and will thrill your taste buds perfectly if this is the case. idea behind this little bit of wacky heaven on Clinton Street (the restaurants name derived from owner and head chef's initials and its number address on the street) comes from cooking technique of moleculer gastronomy, or the science of food. Here any flavor you think of can, with the help of kitchen friendly chemicals, can be turned into a foam, gel, you name it. I highly recommend the appetizer portion of the foie gras with fennel, malt, and sherry vinegar jam. The foie grad melts in your mouth along with the malt, while the flavors of fennel and sherry just make you want more and more. The portions are small, but never the less memorable. Also don't forget to see if you can get yourself a taste of the "pizza pebbles" found on the restaurants tasting menu, where for an extra $75 you can get a wine pairing to accompany your taste buds through this adventurous meal.

* Featured above: WD-50's Sake-pineut gazpacho with oysters, cherries, coffee oil.

crayola crayon color # 99: tickle me pink.

If you're free on Wednesday night, everyone should come out to this event hosted by some great people, with works by people equally as fantastic. The benefit being for a great cause, the Make It Right Foundation, even adds to the appeal of this Wednesday night. Share some laughs, gaze at photographs and enjoy yourself.