A Night in Brooklyn!


Saturday night after the bubble fight, I went to Brooklyn to meet up with a few friends. We planned to have a night of bar hopping. We started out at a place called Brooklyn Surf Bar. When you first walk up to the place you are greeted by a lot of decorative lights and a grassy awning, and as soon as you walk into the place you are literally walking on a floor coated with sand. It takes only a few seconds till you really don't feel like you're in Brooklyn surrounded by cement buildings anymore. They have really great strawberry Mojitos, which is what I sipped on there. Delicious! It had actual chunks of strawberries in it to eat. Yummy. We ate there and everyone was happy with their food, I just had a salad and some fries because I wasn't feeling quite hungry but I didn't want to drink on a empty stomach. Both of which were really delicious! After that we went to a place called Union Pool, absolutely fun and cool vibe. There's a lot of space inside and out back, where we spent most of our time. It has a outside deck and fountain in the middle of it. It's a perfect hang out on a summer night, we only stayed for a few drinks but it really is a fun place to go with friends. We carried on with our bar ventures and then headed to Royal Oak(pictured above) which I loved the decor for, very intimate leather seating spread out among 3 rooms. The bartenders were quick and friendly even though there were a lot of people there. There's also a foosball table in the second room! Alligator Lounge was the next stop and the great aspect of this place is with every drink you get a free pizza ticket. They serve brick oven cooked pizzas till 3:30 am absolutely free with your drinks. So you can save your pizza tickets for another night if you'd like even! It's a great deal and an awesome way to end the night if you're feeling hungry and already spent a lot on drinks. I had a great night, and if you're bored with your usual spots and want to switch it up I suggest trying any or all of these places. They're certainly not a let down.

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A day well spent...







I finally went to Madame Tussauds. It was so much fun, my boyfriend and I went. It was so eerie how real they looked, sometimes we couldn't tell which ones were wax figures or real people standing in the room. Robin Williams was my favorite, he looked so real that it almost felt uncomfortable to stare at his face. I really wanted to take a picture with Jack Sparrow because I have a ridiculous obsession with him but they had him roped off. He was the only figure you had to pay to take a picture with. I had a major sad face when that happened. That was not going to ruin my day though! After that, we went to the Bubble Battle in Times Square and it was so amazing. I had the biggest cheesy grin on my face the whole time it was so much fun, it made me feel like a kid again. Me and Ryan bought a giant jug of bubbles and a super big wand that made what we called 'bubble bombs'. The wand made globe sized bubbles and they'd pop on peoples heads, it was so funny. It was so beautiful and fun for such a large group of people to get together and just be light hearted and free spirited on a perfect summer day. Everyone was having so much fun we stayed there for about an hour and a half just making bubbles and meeting new people. It was such a great day. I actually ran into Gala in Toys 'R Us, I was glad to see her! All in all it was a perfect day and I hope those of you that came had an amazing time! I have a few new bars and restaurants to tell you guys about that I went to in Brooklyn last night but I'll save that for tomorrow. Have a great night loveys.
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Love Yourself...




I just stopped by Gildas Blog, and she had a quote that Sheryl Crow said that had inspired her post and by reading her post it inspired me. I think everyone should see this:

"I used to take my body for granted, but I have a stronger sense of my own feminine power and sensuality now! [crow is a breast-cancer survivor]. The sexiest thing to me is knowing and embracing who you are. Not changing yourself to look younger but honoring every stage of life and the wisdom that goes with it. The stuff that stressed me out in my 30s I feel liberated from in my 40s. With that comes a sense of joy and a youthfulness that’s real, not manufactured."

I thought I should pass this on, because I feel sometimes ( a lot with people I know even) that people worry too much about how they look to other people, or their own friends and family even. The only person you should worry about is yourself. If you're happy with the person you are than that's all you need. If you want to wear a tutu because that's the mood your in, do it! Who cares about the strangers? You'll never see them again anyways, live in the moment. I own everything I do all the time. I know I'm the only person that will ever be responsible for my happiness, where my life is going, and who I have in it. So today make that your priority and own who you are. You will always be happy with your life when you take charge of your own happiness. No one else can do it for you. Don't be one of those strangers that look at people who choose to look the way they want, because they do own themselves and they are happy with the way they are. They're living their life they want to and that should be inspiring to you instead. It is extremely empowering to love yourself, it'll do wonders in your life and will make it a lot more fulfilling. I hope this was as inspiring for you as it was for me.

Thanks Gilda for the great quote and inspiring me as well. We should keep this going. <3
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Who Doesn't like things to be Free??







So today has been a beautiful day so far. I'm so happy about that, it's been raining like crazy every day. I just want to see blue skies for a week straight! Mother Nature needs to take a break with the rain. In celebration of good weather I thought I would hook my readers up with free things to do. Everything is so expensive these days but I still think fun should be free! I'll start doing "Fun Fridays" and make a list every friday of things to do on the weekend, sound good? Let me know! Here's what I found starting today since I thought of it today and it is thursday!

Today (check links for details):
-Luau Party with Free Beer at Town Tavern
-Crystal Castles @ Studio B
-Spanish Wine Tasting @ East Village Wine and Liquors.Today @ 5Pm! 183 STANTON STREET/ New York
- Free Art work shop for your creative side @ Creative Pier

Tomorrow:
-Coney Island Bike Ride @ Brooklyn Bridge (Manhattan Side)!
-Boyz II Men is playing a free show 6AM at Bryant Park! Get in touch with your 90's self, you know you couldn't even get a ticket when you were young!
-Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On Dance Party 9PM @ Oulu
- Kings of Karaoke 11:55 PM @ Trash Bar

Saturday:
-Backyard Couture Shopping, Music, and BBQ @Harriet's Alter Ego Boutique & Art Gallery
-The 2008 Mermaid Parade @ coney Island
-Bubble Battle NYC @ Times Square

Okay so I've set you all up with a few exciting things to do for the next 3 days and I hope you at least try one of them, it's always fun to try something new. You get used to routines so much you forget there is so much more out there to do. There are so many fun and new interesting places to try out. I hope you all enjoy some new experiences and if you'd like to say hi and meet me I'll be at the bubble battle and Hells Kitchen Flea on Saturday with Ryan lover (my bf). Hope to see some of you and have a great weekend!!

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Bubble Battle Baby!




You all have no idea how stoked I am for this. I've been in love with bubbles since I was little. They're so pretty. I'm easily stimulated if you can't tell. This Saturday I'm going to have so much going on but you better believe I'm going to document it all for you guys. Hopefully some of you will also take part in it! It's all going to be a lot of fun. Bubble Battle is taking place this Saturday in Times Square @ 6:21 (yes weird time I'm aware haha). Bring your bubble machines, bubble guns, and good old fashioned bubble wands and lots of ammo and if you really want to stand out you should bring one of those giant wands and make the biggest bubbles ever. Newmindspace the same doers that brought you the giant pillow fight in Union Square back in March are fronting this. There will be a good amount of people taking part in this, it's going to look awesome. There will be bubbles floating all over Manhattan and I can't wait. Hope to see you there!

Check back here for my video of the Bubble Battle. I'll also be hitting up the Hell's Kitchen Flea for some new items to reap e-mail me if you'd like to join!
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A new kind of Couture!








Music, Fashion, Food, and Drinks all in the same place this weekend! I'm thinking this might be a really fun event to go to. I just spotted it and I wanted to share it with all of you. It takes place this Saturday the 21st in Brooklyn. All info you'd ever need to know about this even is on the flier. Maybe I'll see some of you there?

Love Love,
DH

Let's Dance...


Just like David Bowie. I would love to dance with David Bowie. Anyways, some girl that's new to Brooklyn and New York all together just asked me what one of my favorite clubs to go to was, which inspired me to write this post. I haven't mentioned any clubs yet. My absolute favorite that I told her is Annex. I danced my ass off there and had an amazing night on my 21st and I must go back soon!
Annex is Located at 152 Orchard St. in Manhattan. It's 3 floors of fun, full bars, couches upstairs, dungeon downstairs, with another bar. They play awesome music, the first floor and second floor there's a DJ playing music and downstairs there's a mix of indie music being played and is more of a hangout. On the first floor everyone is flailing on the dance floor and you should join them! It is my promise to you that you will have a good night here. Friday nights is Ruff Club, that was going on when I went and it was a great time. They have weekly parties Wed, Thur, Fri, and Sat. So check their site and see what's going on and who will be playing. Hope to see you there!

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Oh Peanut...





I caught my pup making a funny face. I just wanted to introduce my girly because I will probably mention her at some point. The best pup you could ask for. I adopted her at Social Tees which is a place that works with the ASPCA so you can pick out dogs there and then go pick them up at the shelter and adopt them for free. If you're ever looking for a pup (or any animal, they even have reptiles) please go there first and save some animals. This dog seriously is the best dog I could've asked for she is the most ridiculous dog I've ever met and has the funniest personality. She's a total mush and cuddling up next to me as I type because she's the cutest. Socialtees is located in Manhattan on 124 4th Street near 1st Ave. So if you're looking for a new pet, and want to save a life stop by. Ask for Rob.

Love Love,
DH

Who needs to be part of evolution?






Not me apparently! I broke my thumb I found out today. I sprained it (so I thought) on Memorial Day playing wiffle ball. I was drunk enough to believe I was a amazing athlete and tried sliding to the home base. I knew something was wrong as soon as I hit the ground. My thumb was killing me. So I purchased one of those handy dandy thumb splints from the drug store trying to avoid the doctor. That was 3 weeks ago and I still can't bend it so today I decided it was time for an x-ray and sure enough I have a lovely piece of my bone floating around. ( you could see it in my x-ray gross!) That could be why it doesn't bend eh? So the lesson here is, no matter how drunk you are, remember you are still not an all star athlete.

Love Love ( and pain)
DH

Cake shop till you drop!







So there's a joint named Cake Shop that I'm super excited about. It's in Manhattan. Records, cupcakes, and beer. How amazing is that? Sounds like fun to me. On the first floor you will find a sweet little cafe full of scrumptious treats and coffee and then when you move on to the back room you'll find a room full of records ranging from Soul to Indie. Take the green stairs to the dark downstairs and there you'll find a full service bar furnished with a full row of theater chairs and a church pew! Pretty crazy decorating scheme but I'm definitely into it. If you want to check it out and it sounds like your place to be, it's located at 152 Ludlow, near Stanton. Go get some cupcakes and send me some while you're at it! <3

Love Love,
DH

Nerd? Maybe...






So maybe it is the nerd in me but I just don't care. I found out that you can still see the White Star Line port at Chelsea Piers. You can still make out where the lettering was for White Star Line. It's supposedly Pier 54, I plan on going this weekend I'll post pics for you. I've been such a Titanic nerd before the movie even came out. ( And you better believe I'm going to watch the movie after this post haha) For some reason it fascinated me entirely.

Anyways how are my lil loveys? I hope you're all having a great start to the week. I am exhausted! I had work all day. You'd think selling books wouldn't take so much of a toll on you right? I have a few paintings to bust out still too. I plan on selling at the Brooklyn Flea pretty soon. I'll let you all know the exact date so you can come say hi! :) Fill me in on what you've been up to or if there's any places you guys know of that I haven't mentioned yet that you'd like me to.

Love Love,
DH

Newest Paintings Listed on Etsy...





This painting was obviously inspired by Snow White. I've been doing a fairy tale series inspired by my favorite childhood damsels. This one I wanted to integrate some collage work into. Sometimes I feel that just paint is a little boring and some other types of media worked into it make things a little more interesting.


This Painting I've absolutely fell in love with I wish I could keep it but I already listed it so I will have to say goodbye. I'm really going to hate to see this one go. I was doing a non-objective expressionistic piece and it turned into a lotus and oh yeah I love it so much. It's so so pretty and I had so much fun making it. I love doing non-objectives it's so fun to see what they turn into at the end. This was just a bunch of blobs all over the paper at first. Insane.

What do you guys do that's creative on your free time? I'd love to see some of the other talent from NY. Even if you're not from NY heck send it anyway! I love seeing other peoples work, it's amazing how different peoples styles can be especially on the same subject matter.

Okay, back to painting! If you want to buy either of these you can click on my Etsy items on the left side it'll take you straight to my shop :)

Love Love,
DH

Bob Dylan At Prospect Park





You all have no idea how ridiculously excited I am for this news. I was saying not too long ago how much I wish he would start his tour again. I really wanted to see him before he doesn't tour anymore. Not only is he touring but he's going to be playing at Prospect Park for Celebrate Brooklyn! This amazingness is on August 12th at 8pm. I for one will be there hands down. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 AM! If you want to be there you better be ready by the phone with the number on speed dial by 9:59. Here is the link to his tour dates if you aren't in the NY area and still want to see him play. EEEE so excited!Hope to see you guys there, i'll be sitting on a blanket relaxing with some friends on the lawn. :)

Love Love,
DH

**UPDATE** SOLD OUT IN 5 MINUTES!!! could you believe that?? Actually I guess it's not that unbelievable he's a legend.

It's a scorcher! HOT HOT HOT!!!







It is so hot today! I love the summer and all but sometimes I'd prefer to sit in the AC all day in comfy clothes and work on my paintings. I went to Six Flags yesterday and my god, it was 92 degrees there. I got in trouble for walking around in my bikini top. I was like really? I'm gonna have heat stroke. Not so much, but it was way too hot I just wanted to run around in my bikini and not wear my clothes. Me and my boyfriend couldn't even kiss each other without getting sweat on our lips. Yeah, how gross is that? So in response to the summer swelter I decided to give you a few fun places to go in the summer here and beat the heat. Aren't you excited? You should be!


Manhattan

300 New York- Located at Chelsea Piers, you can go bowling here and escape the heat while knocking down some pins and drinking some fancy martinis (or whatever your choice drink is.) Between Piers 59 & 60 , 23rd St. & the Hudson River


MOMA- This museum is amazing (and air conditioned), it's a fun thing to do during the day and check out some great art. Have fun and then get some yummy food afterwards.



Brooklyn

Don Pedros- Latin American, South American cuisine in a really fun atmosphere. Check their website for the look and feel of what they've got going on there. Great food, fun atmosphere and cheap beer. Could you ask for more really?
90 Manhattan Ave near Boerum.

Barcade- Spacious and lofty, barcade is exactly what it sounds like. It's a bar arcade with a line up of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong and Moon Patrol. It never feels crowded because of the lofty space it's in and there's a great amount of beers to choose from. Awesome.

I would add more but I have to go to work and sell some books. I'll update later with more but those are absolutely fun and cheap places to go and get out of the heat.

Stay cool loveys,
DH






A little book of Warhol...





Andy Warhol is one of my personal favorite artists. Not only because of his quirky and colorful art, but because of the person he was. Andy was such a intriguing individual if you ask me. I would give one day just to see the world through his eyes. I wish I lived in his time so I could be friends with him. He is so inspiring to me. These albums are as close as you can get to seeing his world. It's a collection of his Polaroids and I think they're brilliant.These little books are sold at Alphabets. My favorite little shop on Avenue A between 7th St and St.Marks Place. This shop has a lot of really neat finds you hardly ever will see anywhere else. They also sell my favorite chap stick which makes me love it even more. If you're looking for something really different and unique for a gift; this is the place to go. Definitely take a gander if you're in the neighborhood, you will love it.

See ya loveys,
DH

80's Baby!




So the 80's style is definitely back in action. It feels a bit odd since I was a 80's kid and the style is already back. I thought it would take longer than that. But here in NY I've seen nothing other than kids looking like they walked out of a bad 80's movie. The style isn't bad though. I can't say it hasn't snuck it's way into my closet a little bit yet. I'm really into these 80's shades. I really really like them. You can get them for $10 at Day-Lab. One of my favorite sites for unique items. Really sweet accessories. Check that out and for you men...they have Night-Lab. Also really cool stuff for guys. I promise you, you will fall in love with these sites. Arite I need to get some shut eye. I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow.

Goodnite Loveys!
DH

So Busy...








I can't believe how busy and eventful the start of my summer has been already. TOO much going on. Parties, Art, Trips. Amazing and fun but I am pooped!Anyways, there is one restaurant that I need to rave about. It is the greatest little Thai food joint and I've been going there since I was 17 years old. Absolutely amazing, delish, affordable, and fantastically decorated. It's called Spice (I gave you the menupages link, their site seems to be down) and if you haven't heard about it get your little booty there now! It's so so good.I haven't gone in a few months and I'm craving it badly. It's located on the corner of 10th and University( 60 is the building number to be precise). So after you're done hanging out in Union Square watching the break dancers go nuts, go eat some Thai. My absolute favorite dish is Tofu Rama. It is so delicious I can't say it enough. It's a bunch of vegetables with chunks of tofu drizzled with peanut sauce and jasmine rice to add to it. Yum. And I usually get the curry puffs. They're full of potato and a sweet curry in a flaky crust. Also scrumptious. Their Pad Thai is also to die for. Yum Yum. You can also call them for take-out and they come speedy on their bikes with some great food. Amazing on a rainy night I tell you. Can't wait for this weekend. I'm also going to Madame Tussauds to see Jack Sparrow. I found out he's there and I decided I absolutely must go now. I think it's quite crazy to be attracted to such a dirty pirate but hey, I have no problem admitting it. Okay I gotta head out, but I'm really happy to get this page going! I'm going to set aside time everyday to make sure I can write for you all and keep you updated with the happenings here in NY.

see ya loveys,
DH