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Marginalization. You, me, them, and the ‘beautiful’ outcast.

In essence marginalization is like standing at the gas pump alongside with everyone else but because you have been deemed in perpetuity to be an outcast or simply irrelevant or too difficult to ingratiate (ie transgender, non conformist or...

Little Blackberry of Boys.

  What Lola wants.  Lola gets. It also means she gets what she does not want... Call it the unintentional coquette meets the nice girl. The nice girl who wants to remain the nice girl and will not turn down giving...

A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN: LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK CITY .

  We’ve heard whispers of their legacies all our lives: The two, most powerful metropolitan centers in America, perched magnificently on each coast. The cities who have bred businesses, artist’s communities, fashion trends, culinary revolutions, nightclubs, luxury cinemas, corner cafes,...

Slaughter in Williamsburg.

Saturday Night in Williamsburg- the hipster's are starting to look more like Taliban with their 12 inch beards and track bikes (bikes without brakes.)  There is no stopping the influx of these pirates blindly plowing down Bedford, just hoping...

Celebrity Death Sweeps you can bet on…

  I received a whole lot of dislike from sensitive snobs for pointing out that Dash Snow’s death should not have been considered any more or less meaningful than when the average Joe shuffles off his own mortal coil. My...

MYSTIQUE OF THE HAMPTONS… WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Either You Get It or You Don’t Getting out of the city is half the battle. ‘Masters of the Hamptons’ skillfully depart New York after making quick appearances at a posh Red Hot event Friday night, rolling in with...

My unconventional dalliances with Call Girls.

When a woman makes the decision to sell the pleasures of her body she is crossing a certain line. Or so it would seem. When a man on the other hand takes it upon himself to ‘pay’ for these...

The allure and perils of on line dating…

I’m not immune to the phenomenon of online dating, in fact, its a social experiment for me. I’ve been on all sorts of dates and perused all kinds of profiles and no matter what kind of package each bachelor...

Culture for Camera…

There’s a scene in the seminal movie ‘La Dolce Vita ‘ (directed by Federico Fellini)where the eponymous hero and obvious dilettante Marcello must decide between his love for the jealous girlfriend and the gorgeous star – played by Swedish...

Why We Pretty People Like Night…

Under the veil of dark, it is easy to appear beautiful. Make up, clothes, location, pose, tone of voice...all these things combined at a late night soiree can make it easy for those not 100% attractive to make a...

Why I’m into ‘Hot Dads.’

So we all know the hoopla that was spawned with MILFs… meaning ‘Moms I’d Like to Fuck.’ Crude as it might be, I am a bigger fan of the Dad component. Call it a DILF if you must, yet...

A Bohemian’s Guide to Surviving the Recession.

The big bad Recession is everywhere you look these days and those who least expected it, are feeling the pinch. While normal middle class families are struggling to make ends meet with everyone in the family needing to...

The Unconventional Lifestyle of a Cocaine Dealer. Part 2.

The Unconventional Lifestyle of a Cocaine Dealer. Part 1. For anyone who has ever wondered where all the kids get the energy, the chutzpah to misbehave and the vitriol to cross the line one only ever need to sit in...

The Unconventional lifestyle of a Cocaine dealer. Part 1.

The Unconventional Lifestyle of a Cocaine Dealer. Part 2 No one despite what they may think decides to grow up to become an axe murderer, a porn star, an overpaid wall street trader or for that matter a cocaine dealer....

The etiquette of being drunk in public

We have all been there. Whether it is a business lunch that goes too long, a brunch that sees more mimosas than needed or the day-after-lingering-drunkenness…there are times when you are in public completely plastered. You know the day must...