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The Red Balloon.

2008-08-09T19:13:00.003-04:00

The Boys Are Back in Town.

2008-07-25T16:44:00.002-04:00

Our parisians brothers were back in New York for a few days,
so had little bbq action in the west village.

Happy Birthday Monika!

2008-07-24T17:40:00.001-04:00

Monika did her birthday brunch at Bobo, on their super cute
rooftop patio.The food was really great and they made really
amazing summer champagne drinks!

Anna in NYC!

2008-07-20T15:39:00.000-04:00

A few of Anna's first nights out in New York.

Nylon x Federico at Urban Outfitters!

2008-07-07T23:52:00.004-04:00

My friend Federico's got 8 designs chosen for the Nylon x Urban Outfitters
collaboration! These 2 are now available online but more are on the way!
They are so awesome so look out for them in stores!

In True Lower East Side Style.

2008-06-14T23:54:00.000-04:00

Monika perched on curb on the streets of the lower east side,
while we queued up to see the premiere of "Captured", a film
by Clayton Patterson. Clayton, who is actually Canadian =),
spent the last 30 years religiously documenting the people and
the vibrant culture of his neighbourhood, the lower east side.
It was amazing, seeing how the LES has changed over the years,
from drug-ridden and dangerous, to the trendy scene that it is
today. It was truly amazing and communal experience.

The Bells are Ringing.

2008-06-14T22:31:00.001-04:00

After the film, we wanted to show Janet and Shane the "new" lower
east side,so Minh took us to her new favourite spot, The Ten Bells.
Jojo, our new friend, fresh of the fresh boat, took care of us with
lovely wine and tapas style snacks.

José in da House!

2008-06-14T21:00:00.000-04:00

As part of LES whirlwind tour, we dropped by José Parlá's birthday
party, which was at this cute little Italian resto on Stanton.

Onto The Annex Level.

2008-06-14T20:08:00.000-04:00

Our final stop was at Annex amongst the true hipster kids of the LES.
Dave was on the decks, and I think all my intern were there. After feeling
officially old, we decided to call it quits around 3am.

P-Didddilicious

2008-06-14T18:18:00.006-04:00

Ariella and I hard at work on Friday afternoon....Ciroc,
a potential advertiser came to the office for us to sample
their vodka! They brought sushi and sandwiches too!

Deep Dining.

2008-06-12T21:21:00.007-04:00

Janet was visiting from SF, so I wanted to take her somewhere quaint and
delicious. Prune, in the east village was just the place. The space was small
and quaint and the kitchen wide open. People were friendly and the food
and wine was amazing! We shared a great fresh anchovy appertizer and
a whole fish as our main! We drank wonderful white white from Piemonte.
And finished off our feast with a sweet omelette, flamed with Calvados...
so of course we had a glass of Calvados to go along with it!

A Very Social Sunday.

2008-06-12T20:48:00.003-04:00

Monika and I went for a lovely brunch with Willhelm and Ran
at Stanton Social in the lower east side. The food was amazing,
with mini tacos and lobster eggs benedict.

Straight outta da Mission. (not)

2008-06-12T09:54:00.004-04:00

Monika, Matt and I finally caved after missing SF burritos so much,
and tried Benny's in the neighbourhood. No wonder they get so
much heat, they call themselves "San Francisco MIssion Style", that's
just wrong! Their tacos were decent, and frozen margaritas cheap
and very good, but can't say the same for their burritos.
The search continues...

Make Way for the WBB!

2008-06-09T23:18:00.004-04:00

Nylon said goodbye to our beloved Winona at Sweet & Vicious.
The frozen margaritas were ice cold and strong, so it was fun all
around. We even snuck in corn from Habana to feed the troops.

Oh, Habana!

2008-06-09T22:33:00.000-04:00

Mihn (my fellow canadienne) enjoyed her first even corn on the cob
at Café Habana... well, it was Habana to go, so almost the same
thing... YUM!

Rockin' Diary.

2008-06-08T19:56:00.012-04:00

At the Hedi Slimane Rock Diary Party. Belvedere was free, drinks
were huge, so of course we all had a great time.

Chinatown Delight.

2008-06-08T19:32:00.000-04:00

Wo Hop is perfect for a late night snack. We soaked up overly
intoxicated bodies with crispy noodles and fried rice. YUM!

Too Cool for School.

2008-06-08T19:19:00.000-04:00

Yuji cruising around town on his bmx and his amazing 70's surfer outfit!

Meat Madness!

2008-06-08T18:31:00.000-04:00

We went to check out the BBQ Festival at Madison Square Gardens.
They had BBQ meat from all different states and done in all different
styles! ..but sadly lineups were too long to even try =( so we got burgers
at Shake Shack instead! as usual, SOOOO damn good....

S is for Sexy.

2008-06-06T14:15:00.010-04:00

Sexy as in these hot young ladies... Sarra and Maayan... oh, and Tom!
We had a good time at the S Magazine afterparty. Yah, Sebastian...
Young Lords played but hella loud!

Swing Kids.

2008-06-06T14:13:00.001-04:00

Amore and Lulu were in New York for a few days, as part of their yearly
Swing Dance tour of America! They were coming from Philly and headed
next to D.C. We had a lovely lunch at Café Cubana. Oishikatta!

All Red and Rosy.

2008-06-04T21:20:00.008-04:00

At Rose Bar at the Gramercy Hotel. Hiroki was visiting from Tokyo,
and Robert Geller with his new wife! We had a super great time...

Talla on the town.

2008-06-02T23:55:00.005-04:00

Talla was in Philly for an interview, so she took the train out to New York
for the night to see us! She looked amazing, It was so good to see her!

Tickled Pink!

2008-05-28T01:07:00.004-04:00

We had our share of Pinkberry! And especially topped
with our favourite toppings, fruit and mochi!!!

The New School Pool.

2008-05-28T00:33:00.005-04:00

Sarra and I went to Union Pool in Brooklyn and met up with Coral and crew.
There were lots of cute boys there but they were all about 21!

205.

2008-05-27T23:56:00.004-04:00

Sway Far Away.

2008-05-27T00:51:00.002-04:00

Kalli and Anna at Sway. It was a bit too packed, but we still had fun.

B is for Bacaro.

2008-05-27T00:40:00.004-04:00

Bacaro is this amazing restaurant buried deep in the lower east side.
It is owned by same people as Peasant, and the food is of that similar
rustic Italian nature. The restaurant is underground, and made up of
separated cave-like rooms, all lit by candlelight. Kalli was in town and
so we dined on swine and sipped on lovely wine. The most tender pork
chop, with the skin still on it, over creamy polenta.... it was all amazing.

Vancouverites Unite.

2008-05-26T23:47:00.007-04:00

It was a true Canadian crew that got together at Dana's soho studio...
Dana, Matt, Rebecca, Redia, Jody, Cian, Anna, Philippe and I... it was
crazy, EVERYONE there was from Vancouver. We later moved the party
to Home Sweet Home.

Taking our Time.

2008-05-26T21:09:00.009-04:00

At the Olafur Eliasson exhibtion at the MOMA. Anna, Philippe, and I
really enjoyed it and spend a few hours playing with the light exhibits.

Our Modern Lunch.

2008-05-26T20:34:00.000-04:00

Since the Modern was all booked up for lunch, we had a slightly less
fancy lunch inside the MOMA. We shared a very tasty panini and caprese
salad. The cappuccino was quite impressive as well!

Latenight Love.

2008-05-20T15:33:00.006-04:00

Sarra and I caught up with Stephen and Luke at Love. DJ Craze
and Treasure Fingers provided some mad beats.

Gossip Girls!

2008-05-20T00:06:00.005-04:00

Sarra, Matt and I at the Nylon party!
First two photo by Laura Ochoa for Nylon.

L is for Lucky Strike.

2008-05-19T20:51:00.000-04:00

Late night dinner with Peter, Josh, Sky and SuChin at Lucky Strike.
Photo by Peter Lee.

Oh, Snap!

2008-05-18T22:32:00.000-04:00

Peter, SuChin and I went for a drink to HE and took few snaps!

Smith & Mills

2008-05-13T17:16:00.006-04:00

A bunch of us got together to see Willo, who's in town for a few days.

Mr.Smith

2008-05-13T17:05:00.007-04:00

My new favourite bartender at Smith & Mills...made us late night campari
and sodas after close. Yummy on all fronts.

Kingswood Underground.

2008-05-10T03:33:00.002-04:00

Sarra and I had a great time catching up with my friend, Raoul
while he was in town, and a few of his british boys, Tom and Tim.
We started out at the new bar underground of Kingswood. It's a
nice place with a cool cute crowd.

Beyond British.

2008-05-10T03:10:00.004-04:00

We felt all too british ending up at the Soho House.

Late night action at Beatrice.

2008-05-06T00:34:00.003-04:00

Hayley and I ended up finishing off the night at Beatrice in the
West Village.

Sway Away...

2008-05-06T00:20:00.007-04:00

All us girls went to Sway in Tribeca...super cute place... and found my
Nylon intern, Gregory and his friend, Ivan. Hayley was representing
by drinking a Molson Canadian! Old school!

Our Home Sweet Home!

2008-05-06T00:03:00.006-04:00

Hayley was in New York, so had to take her to one of my favourite bars,
Home Sweet Home. Our buddy, Dave was djing some amazing beats!

More Happy Endings!

2008-05-05T23:50:00.006-04:00

Sarra and I did it up at Happy Endings. Raaarrrr!
(who's glasses are those?...oh, that guys')

Margaritas Madness!

2008-05-04T11:56:00.005-04:00

Yummy margaritas with Matt and Monika at "ñ" (pronounced "enye")
it's super small and tucked away in soho.

My Tokyo Crew!

2008-04-27T01:37:00.006-04:00

Koko and Alfa finally met up in Tokyo. They are both best friends of
mine so I knew they would get along! This is them at Tokyu Hands
making toy bugs. Then they went to my favourite izakaya, Gochi,
in Shibuya. The guys who run it made them a special drink in honour
of me! It's of course ume-shu, which is my favourite, and they called
it the "laura special"!....I miss japan!

Bella Milano!

2008-04-21T23:13:00.001-04:00

So I went to Milano for the weekend! Actually in reality, it was about
twenty-six hours!It was amazing! Beatrice took me around to all the
great exhibitions that were goingon for the Milano Furniture Fair.
It was really wonderful and well worth it!

Beyond Buono!

2008-04-21T22:27:00.001-04:00

This was the best cappucino I have ever had. It blew my mind. And all
the little sandwiches were amazing! The perfect snackto fuel us for
shopping and gallery hopping.

Sights and Sounds.

2008-04-21T22:21:00.001-04:00

Beatrice took me to some amazing exhibitions around the city.
There was too much to see, but we saw as much as we could in
those few hours. I was so tired and delirious =)

Mi Piace Corso Como.

2008-04-21T22:19:00.001-04:00

Corso Como was one of the most amazing stores I've been to in the world.
I have been many times to their store in Tokyo but this was completely
different, inset into this amazing old beautiful building, where the front
garden is a great café where you can relax and enjoy the day. They have
a beautiful bookstore and galley on the top level.

More Milano!

2008-04-21T22:16:00.001-04:00

I was so lucky to get such beautiful weather. We walked through
the famous Galleria and into the square with the Duomo! It was
amazing!

Negroni Per Favore!

2008-04-21T22:16:00.000-04:00

After dinner, we went late night to Bar Basso. I had to try their famous
"negroni", which was apparently invented at this bar! We ended up
running into Redia and Koko!!! It was totally by coincedence, and she
was there with Kane and his new Berlin crew, Zaine and Adriano...
It's such a crazy small world!

Mangia Mangia!

2008-04-21T22:12:00.002-04:00

We had a lovely dinner with a bunch of us! It was good to see old friends,
mix of us from all over, London, Milan, Paris, Istanbul, and San Francisco.
I had a very delicious parpadelle al funghi!

Nothing Like a Happy Ending!

2008-04-17T00:34:00.007-04:00

We ended up having our own party in the bath-like rooms at Happy Endings!
After interupted a most "serious" photoshoot, and ended up doing our own
photoshoot! Steve and Michael, rockin' sweatpants, mind you...really got into it!

Goodbye, Mommy Dearest.

2008-04-17T00:17:00.007-04:00

Friday was Nicholas's last day at Nylon. He always took care of all us
at the office. Making us cookies and pot brownies! So we are sad to
see him go. After goofing around at the office, we moved onto drinkin
margaritas at "n" in Soho!

Creamy Beats!

2008-04-12T13:42:00.005-04:00

Luke spun some amazing beats at this rad little bar in Williamsburg
called Huckleberry bar. Most of the nylon kids came out to support.

Girls Gone Wild!

2008-04-09T00:33:00.005-04:00

Hanging with the girls at One Oak... some really crazy girls!
We had fun none the less, with the free champagne and all!

Rollin' In True Indian Style.

2008-04-09T00:20:00.005-04:00

We jumped into this private car service that Monika's friend
from India arranged to take us to the club. It picked us up in
Soho. Hiro, a well-know sushi-shep took shotgun and we took
the back. The scary barbie girls came along with the car! (just k)

Eat up Chloe, Anja and Clémence!

2008-04-03T23:42:00.006-04:00

At tea time today, we ate up the birthday cake from last night's party!
It had the anniversary cover on the cake and was deliciously chocolately...
but bit creepy eating the heads of our cover models =)

Happy Birthday Nylon!

2008-04-03T22:59:00.007-04:00

Nylon's 9th Anniversary Party was at One Oak, a club in the meatpacking
district! The line was down the street, we almost didn't get in!
(cake photo by: Jamie McCarthy for Wire)

Oh, Anja.

2008-04-02T23:52:00.001-04:00

One of my favourite photographs from our current annivesary issue is this
image of Anja Rubik, shot by Guy Aroch. His photographs are so amazing.
I made it my desktop picture, so that I can be inspired every day.

Home Sweet Home!

2008-04-02T00:55:00.001-04:00

Dj Dave threw on some nice beats on Saturday night at Home Sweet Home,
a bar in chinatwon/lower east side... tons of fun!

Jewish Crew!

2008-04-02T00:54:00.004-04:00

We met these crazy awesome Jewish girls at Veselka!
They were all over Levain and our mac + cheese! They
were having a send off for Naomi (middle) before she
moves to Chicago.

Latenite, Ukrainian-style!

2008-04-02T00:47:00.005-04:00

Nothing like a lil' late night eats at Velselka!
Saturday night with Levain... their mac and cheese
sure hit the spot.

Holy Cupcake!

2008-04-01T23:59:00.001-04:00

Nicholas made the biggest cupcake I've ever seen!! It was huge, he's quite
the baker, and just recently made us a batch of "special" brownies at work!

Canadian Crew.

2008-03-28T22:36:00.006-04:00

Willo came to town for one night... but we sure made it a good one!
At 205 chrystie... Matt came out and got to hang out wiht new fun girls!

Gimme More Gimme!

2008-03-25T00:27:00.003-04:00

Gimme! is the best coffee is nolita. It's original location is in Brooklyn,
I've heard.This new location just opened on Mott, between Prince
and Elizabeth! This day we hit it up on a sunny sunday morning after
dim sum with Redia and Cian...I can't stay away and have been making
it my morning stop off on my walk to work!

Red Red in NYC!

2008-03-10T20:51:00.002-04:00

Sake at Decibel, AGAIN!

Happy Birthday Coral!!

2008-03-03T18:08:00.008-05:00

Coral's Birthday Bash in Williamsburg... a bit of a reunion with suprise
visit by rojo from cali and us ex-apple people now all transplanted
to new york... good times and good fun!

Pop n' Shop!

2008-02-29T19:17:00.002-05:00

These little puppies come in a pack of 2 and are the closest thing
I've seen to the mini freshness burgers in Japan.This burger spot,
called Pop! in the heart of the meatpacking district, very convenient
for a quick snack while shopping!

More Mu Please.

2008-02-29T19:14:00.000-05:00

I can't seem to get enough of Decibel, my local sake bar...
a great spot to relax and spend time with friends. Matt, who
just moved to New York had to experience the place and the sake.
Mu is the sake of choice, smooth and TOO easy to drink. It's kanji
meaning is "nothing" which is quite great in itself.

Una Pizza Napoletana Per Favore!

2008-02-28T01:09:00.000-05:00

My new favourite pizza place in our neighbourhood. One tatooed guy
making pizzas with 4 ingredients, 4 pizza's on the menu...4 red wines,
4 white wines and espresso... my kind of place. the concept is simple
and good. This wine, Gragnano, is insane...super interesting with its
intense colour but light taste, and frizzante... served slightly chilled!

The Lovely East Village.

2008-02-27T18:52:00.000-05:00

A cute new bar we found near avenue A and St.Marks.

Play Girl.

2008-02-26T22:05:00.000-05:00

Somehow through a friend of Monika's co-worker, we ended up
at the Playgirl party! Interesting reading material....people, not
so cute, but good venue. The free vodka and the goodie bags,
loaded with fun "treats", made it worth going!

Love from Okinawa.

2008-02-26T19:55:00.000-05:00

A great little place up on east 53rd...with their special cusine from Okinawa!
We had goya chapuru, my favourite! and this amazing pork belly and of course,
okinawan udon, thicker than soba but not quite udon! oishikatta!!!

Kitchen Cool.

2008-02-07T21:17:00.006-05:00

The kitchen at Beatrice Inn has taken VIP room to a whole new level for me.
Kicking it with some friends at the Colette Party, during NY Fashion Week.
Jony flew in for the night and Nick from Tokyo, and from Paris Marc Newson,
Waris, and André.

It's all about Alexander Wang.

2008-02-07T00:33:00.002-05:00

The Alexander Wang After Party was at Annex in the lower east side.
This video was playing from the show. Annalisa was visiting so we
had a fun time just us girls!

Woof, Woof.

2008-02-06T10:00:00.002-05:00

A big dog has jumped into our taxi!...oh wait,
c'est pas un chien, c'est monsieur Vasili de Paris!

Beatrice, ma belle.

2008-02-05T01:57:00.004-05:00

At Beatrice Inn late one night with Tim and Vass. Half living
room, half club, it makes for an interesting place. Also great
to meet Guillaume, Waris and So-Me, who had a sore head by
the end of the night, or early morning.

Bernard Willhelm Party!

2008-02-04T00:23:00.000-05:00

Monika, Nicholas and I continued party-hoping and ended up at the
Bernard Willhelm after party at this big club in midtown. It was great,
and went on until the early morning!

Nylon posts my MJ pics!

2007-12-19T22:13:00.000-05:00

Samatha, the web editor at Nylon was so sweet to post
my pics off their site...not to mention my face on the
front page, how embarassing... enjoy at nylonmag.com.

Cha-An, My New Favourite Sweet Shop!

2007-12-16T23:36:00.000-05:00

Yuji took me to this amazing japanese sweet shop in the East Village...
less than a block from my new apartment! Somehow without realizing
it, I found my new apartment in the middle of all my favourite places!
We had wonderful Genmai-cha (tea) and shared two amazing desserts...
black sesame crème brulée and a azuki mochi dish, my fav! It was so
great, I love japanese sweets SO much! I thnk I will live at this place!

Chinese Foot Massage!

2007-12-16T23:29:00.000-05:00

My friend Yuji took me to this amazing foot massage spot in Chinatown.
We were so full from a dumpling dinner, so it was really relaxing....
I was all too lucky to get the top lady there, May, she was so good!
...sorry for the low-fi iPhone images, I broke my good camera =(

Marc Jacobs' Arabian Nights!!

2007-12-14T23:49:00.000-05:00

I was lucky enough to get invited to the Marc Jacobs Holiday Party.
The theme was "Arabian Nights" and everyone had to dress up!
It was at the Rainbow Room and it was SO amazing! So many
amazing costumes! They had an open bar and amazing food,
and all kinds of live entertainment, topless dancers, girls
laying on knifes, and even midgets!

....more crazy costumes....

2007-12-14T00:00:00.001-05:00

MJ, aka Marc Jacobs, aka Camel Toe!

2007-12-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

Yes, the man himself was placed in the middle of the party dressed up
as a giant camel toe, holding a lovely anti "camel toe" sign, and a funny
giant hand to wave. He was so cute! Everyone took photos with him!

The MJ–SF Crew!

2007-12-13T00:43:00.000-05:00

All my buddies from the Marc Jacobs store in San Francisco
were flown out for the party! It was great to see them there!
Tyson, Peter and Luke...and some other random cute gay boy!

Disco Dancing at China Club!

2007-12-09T12:49:00.000-05:00

It was awesome seeing Jill at this crazy late night party
at China Club, located in the financial district... located
underground this office building, total Chinese mafia feel
to it.... Cash Only.

Kingswood, for the West of Us!

2007-12-08T14:40:00.000-05:00

Kingswood is a fairly new resto in the West Village, which has been
often compared to the forever loved Freemans of the Lower East side.
It's a cute and cozy interior with stuffed peacocks and butterflies
hanging off the ceiling! ...oh, and it's super yummy!

L'office N Y L O N

2007-12-08T12:33:00.000-05:00

Nylon is in this beautiful buidling in the middle of Soho...
The location is so amazing, especially for quick luntime
dashes over to A.P.C....=) and the studio itself is fun
and creative!

Café Alessi!

2007-12-08T12:21:00.000-05:00

I'm obsessed with this little coffee shop, actually called's Joe's...
located inside the Alessi shop in Soho. They make real italian
expresso, so I now stop in every morning before work, for a
caffe latte or cappuccino. Coral joined me for an afternoon
capuccino, since she works nearby!

Team Nylon!

2007-12-08T12:15:00.000-05:00

Someone sent us a few of these rad custom jackets...
and Marvin was the first down to reprezent!

Shotchu at Decibel.

2007-12-06T01:32:00.000-05:00

Dinner with Yoko!

2007-12-06T01:31:00.000-05:00

Grand Snowfall

2007-12-06T00:57:00.000-05:00

It wasn't SO grand... but it was experience while I was staying
a lovely three nights at a hotel in Tribeca... I woke up to see a haze
of white... very pretty and dreamy... I couldn't wait to get out and
play in the snow!

Saturday Night Fever!

2007-12-06T00:46:00.000-05:00

Monika and I spent our Saturday night in my fancy hotel room, watching Travolta do his crazy dance moves...all about old New York! It was very fitting.

Light the Manolo Manorah!

2007-12-05T23:55:00.000-05:00

In celebration of Hanukkah we all gathered around, while Karim said
a prayer in Hebrew and Dani (aka Factory Girl) lit the Manorah...which
of course was made of shoes!

Warming Up, Italian Style.

2007-12-01T23:21:00.000-05:00

One of my favourite cafés is Falai, in NoLita. It's a great spot
with all the staff speaking in Italian, with good cappucinos,
tasty food and delicious sweets! It's space is small but super
modern, with a white tiled bar and hanging crystal candeliers.

A Stretched Cayenne!

2007-12-01T22:14:00.000-05:00

Looks like the chinese mafia was rolling through Chinatown today.
So awesome... it took him a good 10 minutes to make that turn.

I Love Soup Dumplings!

2007-12-01T21:16:00.000-05:00

This is one of my favourite place to eat in New York. It's called
Joe's Shanghai and it's hidden away on a tiny street in Chinatown.
My japanese friends introduced me to this place, japanese people
are obssessed with soup dumplings or "shoronpo" in japanese,
so I wanted to share the love with Monika and Kasha... and they
loved it too! The lineup was spilling out from the door when we
got there and we waiting i'd say about 40 minutes but it was SO
worth it...especially on a cold day like today... warm soup inside
each lovely dumpling! I can't wait to go back again!
(you will see it will be a re-occuring event)

Ladies!

2007-12-01T12:33:00.000-05:00

A nice little dinner and drinks at this Italian resto in the Village.
Monika's cousin, Kasha, is here for a few days visiting from Poland.