Russian Speed-Dating Would Make My Uncle Smile
My uncle Nikolai has been building castles in the sky around the idea of me marrying a traditional Russian girl since my immaculate and flawless birth in 1982. He’s come to my parents’ house with pierogi s’mockum and ginger...
The Culture of Self Help.
What is self-help? Does it work? And why do we buy it? We here at Scallywag and Vagabond get a kick out of self-exploration so we sat down with the effervescent Ariane de Bonvoisin, change guru and author of “The First 30 Days”,...
Bizarre Encounters
The ONES. Photography by Mark Reay.
There is nothing that could have prepared me for the fantastic freak show that was Mel’s World. Hosted last Thursday night by Austrian party princess, Mel Merio, at the hip West Village hideout, Le Royale, the...
Gender roles: How to Please your Man and other Myths
Who' really calling the shots between the sexes?
What’s in gender role? Who’s exploiting who? And is acting like a ‘man’ or a ‘woman’ just a meaningless term we like to use to reinforce stereo types? So much for equality...
The Green Conspiracy.
Is going green a sham? Saving the environment is quite the noble sentiment, but with all the faddish vegan diets, eco-friendly couture and designer hemp grocery bags, I have to wonder if “green” is nothing more than our decade’s...
Just another day at Work for Fixx. Where are the Russian models?
Photo by Seana Cavanagh.
There’s nothing worse than being the first one at the party. The untimely arrival of being perfectly on time to any festivity can steal away one’s opportunity of making a good entrance. And let me...
Russell James and his Super amazing Work, Friends, Designers and Models.
Russell James, Donna Karan, Alan Cumming, Allasandra d' Ambosio. Photos by Mark Reay.
Wednesday night’s endorsement of talent, persona, high cheek bones and the visage of brilliant rainbow serpents had the effect of holding all those there tantalized, beguiled...
So Cliché, It’s Not. What is the American Wedding Fantasy? We go to Brides Magazine to find out.
In a world of hyphenated last names and bulletproof prenups, it’s totally amazing that the traditional wedding is still a female fantasy. Do brides-to-be realize that their virginal white gowns are not-so-significant when they consummate the marriage on the third...
Perfect 10 Cougars… in search of a Desperate Reality.
In what kind of world do all the major publications send their young journalists to a cumbersome club, flood the place with pint sized cocktails, and instruct them to queue themselves in order attain an interview with two B-list...
Hidden Gem: The Male Libido.
“So, whatever happened to shagging madly in an elevator on whim?”
These are the important questions that keep me awake at night. I have found that in my short time on this planet, there are the things we all love...
Looking for Guevara on Canal st.
Traveling to Canal Street, I descend from the Botoxed, done-up face of Time Square capitalism into the bowels of the American economy. For if Time Square is an expression of the American dream to drive fancy cars, drink expensive...
A NIGHT OUT AT IONA; Trying to work out who ROBERT BURNS is?
Robert Burns I confess is someone I knew very little about until last night. Seminal Scottish icon and poet, this dashing lad had us all by the throats. Never mind that he’s been dead for just over 200 years....
FUERZA BRUTA; Dissecting perception, force and beauty.
Theater has always compelled and empowered the reinterpretation of our most primal needs, fears, and brutal aspirations. In this provocative interview our resident writer Kat Hepburn sits down with one of the performers Hallie Bulliet of Fuerza bruta to...
It’s not right. But it’s OK!
Like all good things we sometimes wonder how they come to us, that said we here at Scallywag and Vagabond decided to share Fixx Invictus with you as well. Sit back and brace yourself as this enfant terrible embarks upon...
Surface magazine honors Function over Form. A Night out at Operation.
If you’ve ever wanted a lesson in how imagination, attention to form and utilitarian function come together you needed to attend last night’s homage to Operation, the new wonderful enfant terrible of menswear. If on the other hand you...
