Here's me posing with a late entry to the "Bizarro Me Lookalike Contest" (a friend of Sarah's) after my first brunch back in NYC after 10 days in Aruba. ˆ me ˆ big blue the jacket ˆ bizarro me ˆ doppleganger ˆ

Later that night I went out to Frank and Colin's place in Brooklyn to watch the Superbowl. (They actually had two TV sets set up right next to each other: one with the game on mute, the other showing HBO Sunday night TV! Hahah. Curb Your Enthusiasm was so much better anyway.) ˆ colin ˆ frank ˆ liz ˆ party ˆ

Jen and the Fatty. ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty ˆ

Met up with Vin and Amber at Lit again. ˆ amber ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ

"Look! Look! I'm browner than the Brown Guy!" Me (racistly) comparing my tan against Vin's. ˆ tan ˆ

Ending up running into Nicole and Tracy (who's since moved to Sweden!). ˆ me ˆ nicole pinto ˆ tracey ˆ

Johann (Bizarro me lookalike #3) and Tracey getting their gay smooch on. ˆ johann ˆ bizarro me ˆ kiss ˆ

Just when you thought I'd exhausted the potential to run into anymore NYC characters, Herman the Cowboy Karaoke Jew shows up! ˆ herman the cowboy jew ˆ me ˆ

Yep, here's Marco up to his tricks again. (Too bad you thought I was kidding when I called him out on his schtick on New Year's.) Here he is with Girl #1. ˆ marco ˆ makeout ˆ makeout bandit ˆ

Not ten minutes have passed and here he is smooching a different girl! (Bonus points awarded for the fact that he's smooching a different girl in the same exact location! The danger in doing this is that the first girl he was smooching will come looking for him in the last place she saw him and discover this. Risky business!) ˆ marco ˆ makeout ˆ makeout bandit ˆ

Marco's mackaliciousness apparently inspired the couple sitting next to him. So for posterity's sake I decided to snap a pic of their deep, soul French. Suh-weet. ˆ kiss ˆ makeout ˆ strangers ˆ

I hijacked Vin's peepers and made him all squinty! ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ

"Hi, I'm Marco. I think you're very beautiful. Can I kiss you?" ˆ party ˆ

"Ummmm, I know your name is Marco, Marco. We're roommates. Remember?" ˆ amber ˆ marco ˆ

"Vin! Quick, grab my boob and pretend you're my boyfriend so Marco gets discouraged and stops trying to hook up with me." ˆ amber ˆ

On Wednesday night, I went out to Planeat Thailand in Williamsburg to celebrate KT's birthday! ˆ katie ˆ

Here's Cynthia and Siege. ˆ cynthia ˆ siege ˆ first time i met ˆ

On Thursday afternoon, I was sitting at my desk working on my computer when I heard an INSANE ruckus out on the street. I opened up my window and saw this! ˆ 105 bowery ˆ fire escape ˆ firetruck ˆ

Apparently, there was a fire in an apartment in the building next to ours. ˆ fire ˆ fireman ˆ

They busted out the ladder and everything! ˆ fire ˆ fireman ˆ firetruck ˆ ladder ˆ

Check out the bad-ass dragon on the grill of the Chinatown fire engine! ˆ firetruck ˆ

On Saturday afternoon, I stopped by DKNY's apartment and we caught up while he lounged around in a luxurious man-robe. ˆ david kreitman ˆ robe ˆ

On Sunday afternoon I was out in Brooklyn so I called up Emilie and told her I was in the neighborhood! ˆ emilie ˆ mona ˆ costumes ˆ

When I arrived, it turns out I had caught Emilie, Mona and another friend in the midst of making homemade costumes. Hahaha. ˆ emilie ˆ mona ˆ costumes ˆ

Mona and Emilie in their homemade costumes (NERDS!). ˆ emilie ˆ mona ˆ costumes ˆ

The only thing funnier than doing the running man while your cat sits on your back is... ˆ emilie ˆ cat ˆ

...putting said cat's tail in your mouth and inadvertly mimicking the girl in porno (see TV in background) that's sucking on a dildo. ˆ emilie ˆ best ˆ cat ˆ

Tuesday I met up with the Fatty and Nina for some tasty... ˆ fatty ˆ nina ˆ

...Chipotle burritos (that are bigger than your head). ˆ nina ˆ food ˆ mexican ˆ

Later that night, I hung out with Em & Lo. ˆ emma ˆ lorelei ˆ

And then went and saw Fatty's band play at Sin-e. ˆ fatty ˆ band ˆ

My friend Sarah was working for some fancy PR company during fashion week and invited me to some really exclusive party that MAC cosmetics was throwing. I couldn't care less, but a party's a party, right? I invited Nina (under the proviso that she's wear a dirty shirt). Nina doesn't disappoint. ˆ me ˆ nina ˆ

Glam lives? Huh? ˆ sign ˆ

Nina and Sarah (with headset!). ˆ nina ˆ sarah d ˆ

MAC had all these celebrity sponsors there, Boy George, Missy Elliot, Christina Aguilera, Linda Evangelista, etc. But they just sort of hid out in the corner and didn't intermingle (not that I can blame them). So instead of some hot celebrity akshun, here's a crowd shot. Yay. ˆ crowd ˆ party ˆ

Once that party was in full swing, I decided it was time to unveil my new Spring Collection 2004.

Top-button, velour shirt, the stylist's own; skull n' bones concert -tee, Piebald ($10); white canvas belt, some Chinee lady on Canal Street ($1). Champagne flute crammed down front of pants for effect.

Nina, Aurea and Tiffany croon in approval! ˆ aurea ˆ nina ˆ tiffany ˆ

After an hour or so we got bored (not to mention totally train-wreck shithammered on free champagne) and left. Fashion schmashion. ˆ party ˆ

On Thurday night I headed to Remote Lounge for some good ol' fashioned Sid & Buddy karaoke. And lookee, lookee! I ran into Emilie and her man Kevin (who was in town visiting from Utah)! ˆ emilie ˆ kiss ˆ

Candy and me. ˆ candy ˆ me ˆ

On with the karaoke! I don't know this dude singing... ˆ matt l ˆ karaoke ˆ

...but he rocked the karaoke mic so fucking hard he deserved to have a few pics snapped of him. ˆ sid and buddy ˆ karaoke ˆ

Matt and Vadim. ˆ matt lesser ˆ vadim ˆ

Hahaha. Buddy's photographer friend emailed me this pic a few days later. Check me out rocking with a can of beer. I look like a Pabst's commercial. After karaoke I headed over to Lit to see what was shaking. ˆ me ˆ best ˆ dance ˆ

This photo is a perfect metaphor for what Lit's like sometimes: A turd on the edge of the toilet seat of your otherwise perfect night. (Hmmm...maybe this comparison would make more sense if the toilet wasn't also filled with vomit. Gross). ˆ barf ˆ gross ˆ toilet ˆ

Friday night I went to Kara's birthday dinner! ˆ birthday ˆ

Friday night I went to Kara's birthday dinner! ˆ birthday ˆ candles ˆ

Wednesday I went out to NJ to visit my friend Scott who was ill and laid up at his sister's house down the street. Here's Steph with her son Matthew (who you may remember from way back in the day). ˆ stephie ˆ

Steph and Kent's crazy ass dog. ˆ dog ˆ

Wednesday night I came back into town and met up with Vin for some old school Cherry Tavern action. ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ cherry tavern ˆ

The Tijuana Special: A shot of tequila and a can of Tecate for $5. (That shit was $3 back in the day). ˆ vin ˆ cherry tavern ˆ shots ˆ tequila ˆ

Amber met up with us. Here's Vin wishing he had more tequila. ˆ amber ˆ vin ˆ cherry tavern ˆ

Then we bundled up (so fuuuuucking cold out)... ˆ amber ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ fur hat ˆ

And headed over to the Hole. The end. ˆ amber ˆ vin ˆ

On Saturday night Vin, Mandy and I went over to meet a few people at Beauty Bar. ˆ mandy ˆ vin ˆ

Best picture of Rachael ever. ˆ me ˆ rachael ˆ

The result of Vin and Mandy's Draw-off! ˆ drawing ˆ

Mandy, Vin and Emily give one last cold lamp before we all headed west to check out some brand new party that Sarah was DJing. ˆ emily ˆ mandy ˆ vin ˆ

Turns out that the brand new party Sarah was DJing was the the very first of the now legendary MisShapes party. We got there just in time to catch the last of Sarah's first set. Here's Sarah with Geordon. ˆ geordon ˆ sarah ˆ dj ˆ misshapes ˆ

And the watched her jump out on the dancefloor only to start making out with Greg the Boyfriend. Smoochy smoochy caught on film! ˆ greg the boyfriend ˆ sarah ˆ kiss ˆ makeout ˆ misshapes ˆ

Susan shows some x-ed out titty. ˆ susan ˆ boobs ˆ misshapes ˆ

Counter and Raphael. ˆ counter c ˆ raphael ˆ

Me and Susan. ˆ me ˆ susan ˆ

Geordan and the kid who sometimes wears gold fronts (for reals, yo). ˆ geordon ˆ dj ˆ misshapes ˆ

Mandy, Vin and me. ˆ mandy ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ

Susan and Counter. ˆ counter c ˆ susan ˆ

Eve and Sarah. ˆ eve ˆ sarah ˆ misshapes ˆ

Vin getting jiggy solo on the dancefloor. (PS - he totally stole my Christmas sweater that I originally stole from my Dad! Ha!) ˆ vin ˆ misshapes ˆ

Mandy and Sarah. ˆ mandy ˆ sarah ˆ misshapes ˆ

We ended up closing out MisShapes (around 4:45) and after briefly warming our hands by the fire... ˆ mandy ˆ vin ˆ fire ˆ

...we headed to some reported band's afterparty that was taking place at some weird Chinese afterhours club that was (of all places) on my block! The party was dead and over when we got there so instead we just fucked off and took artsy pictures through the fish tank there before calling it a night. ˆ mandy ˆ vin ˆ

I'd been interviewing for a job to help out a company called Watson Adventures. Before hiring me, Bret, the owner, suggested I participate in one of the hunts they organize. So Sarah, Nina and I headed up to the medieval museum at the Cloisters. ˆ nina ˆ sarah ˆ statue ˆ

Sarah hunts for clues in a stain-glass window. ˆ sarah ˆ

Movie with Amber and Vin! ˆ amber ˆ me ˆ vin ˆ

Saturday we all went to the Knitting Factory to see Fatty's band again. ˆ fatty ˆ band ˆ

Andy (Fatty's little brother! Ha!), Pepper, and The Grizza (yes, he's back in town - pics of his welcome back party coming soon!) ˆ andy f ˆ grant ˆ pepper ˆ