Nichelle Newsletter

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Chicks and Giggles is roaring into March like lionesses, like queens of the comedy jungle, or something like that. :) First we have a show on March 1 as part of the Black Comedy Experiment. Abbi Crutchfield is the host for our "Foxy Cleopatra Edition" featuring funny Black chicks.
Coincidentally, March 1 is International Women of Color Day. Show at 7PM at the Tank in Tribeca.

Monday March 3 Chicks and Giggles is kicking off Women's Herstory Month at New York University with a show at the Kimmel Center. FREE!  Check out the Facebook event or email me to RSVP at nichelle AT chicksandgiggles.com  Speaking of Facebook, become a Fan of Chicks and Giggles.

Lastly, we are going to Roanoke, Virginia for a show at Roanoke College on March 14. In the meantime, there are shows every Tuesday at Ochi's Lounge at Comix. Come and get your giggle on!

Wrapped Around Your Finger

There are two super cool shows coming up with some of my favorite women performing:

January 31: Rage of Aquarius IV is a comedy show/birthday party and fundraiser for the Hysterical Festival. Desiree Burch, Pat Candaras, Livia Scott and Miss Saturn are just some of the performers.

Sundays in February: Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman team up again for a raunchy new show, "Sexercise Live!  A Tribute to the Potty Mouthed and Profound Millie Jackson" at Joe's Pub.

Gimme Some More

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I stopped by Ditch Plains for dessert last night and had S'mores and a Murphy Stout.

Tonight, there's Chicks and Giggles and I will be performing a wee bit in a sock puppet skit about schmbortion.

Read Keeping Nickels, since you have a little more than a week to issue 1099 MISC forms.

How Deep Is Your Love

Save:  For last minute shopping, check out Retail Me Not for coupon codes.

Vote:  For your favorite rising New York comic on the ECNY Awards site.

Listen:  Coverville's latest podcast is all Bee Gees with Feist doing a cover of "Inside and Out".

Hurry On Now

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Meat: After Thanksgiving, don't have leftovers. Come to the Meat and Potatoes show on November 26 with fresh stories about growing up middle class.  It's funny enough for the richies and the poors.

Fete: I am planning a wondrous holiday party at the Jonathan Shorr Gallery on Saturday, December 1. It is a party where we celebrate many of the December holidays including Monkey Day.  I need performers, so email me if interested. No pay, but how often do you get your party on drinking vodka in an art gallery in Soho?!

Treat: Cupcakes Take The Cake Third Anniversary Party is December 6 at Beauty Bar.  It's gonna be a cupcake lover's dream!

Pushin' On

Fashiony: Check out The Budget Fashionista's newly redesigned site, and read about a really cool recycled fashion line, William Good.

Funny: Chicks and Giggles every Tuesday at 8PM, and read 236.com, the new humor site.

Funky: Listen to Brit Alice Russell sing vocals on Quantic Soul Orchestra's "Pushin' On"  and Natural Self's "I Don't Need Trouble". I can't find free MP3s, so buy them off iTunes or download from eMusic.

New Sensation

More News :  The Week Magazine just launched their daily news site, The Week Daily.

More Chicks: Come to Chicks and Giggles' Hell's Angels this Friday.  It's a dirty little secret!

See, I don't have anything between in my teeth:  I got a free Bryton Pick at the Time Out New York Eat 07 event.

The Ivy League is  either worth it or my state school education kicks ass: Todd Seavey's next debate is October 3rd @Lolita.

Don't Clam up: What's My Line? Live! with Clams Casino is October 10 @ Parkside.

Good Life

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Contest: Submit a video of your nightlife adventures to Goldstar Events for a chance to win $10,000.

Comedy: Chicks and Giggles' Hell's Angels debut show at Time Out New York Lounge is this Friday at 10PM. Giulia Rozzi is hosting.

Cupcakes:  The next cupcake meetup is this Saturday at Baked (359 Van Brunt).  We may even stop by the Red Hook Ball Fields for some delicious lunch.

Swap: My clothing swap, Fashion Week Hangover, is Sunday at 7PM. Clean your closet.  Swap clothes. Drink a cocktail. 

Chips Ahoy!

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Yesterday's Delicious Sandwich Social and Cupcake Picnic was a blast! The weather was absolutely amazing, and there were about 50 people who came to swap sandwiches, be social and eat cupcakes at Prospect  Park. 

I made three sandwiches.  Two were with ham, smoked maple gouda, red onion and honey mustard on a roll.  I also made a veggie sandwich with portabello mushroom, smoked maple gouda, red onion, green peppers and honey mustard on roll.

There were a lot of  Chicks and Giggles comedians in attendance including Katina Corrao, Catie Lazarus, Molly Reisner, Giulia Rozzi, Sara Schaefer and Livia Scott.

Thanks to Jon Friedman for coming up with a great idea, my cupcake co-bloggers Allison and Rachel, and the wonderful Peg and Deb from Sugar Sweet Sunshine.

Sugar Walls

Quite possibly the funniest stand-up bit I have seen all year.
I love Wanda Sykes. Thanks to Feministing for showing me the light!

It's Like Chips

I missed the premiere last week at Video Ga-Ga, but here is the video of Carolyn's video, "It's Like Chips".

By the way, Chicks and Giggles is tonight, Tuesday February 27@8PM.

99 Problems

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Since I can't afford therapy right now, I decided to seek out help in the form of  HEEB's  Group Therapy.    It was actually a comedy show and it was good times. Pictured above is Allen Salkin, me, Roger Hailes and our "therapist", Peter Hyman. We had a fun 45-minute session that also included musical therapy by Jah Furry and friends including Bill Sims Jr.

We all got to discuss our problems and vent to our "therapist".
One of my problems is that people touch my hair without permission. I know it looks appealing with the kinky texture and curls, but please ask first unless you are my stylist Stacie.   "No toque mi pelo"

UPDATE:  I am attending a press preview of this play, "Split Ends" by Venus Opal Reese on February 4.  As described by the SanFrancisco Weekly,  "Split Ends is a kind of Vagina Monologues about loving your own kinky black hair. A varied and elegant piece about self acceptance.”

My Favorite Mistake

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Just when you think you got it all figured out, you realize that you don't.

In other news, The Shondes are playing this Sunday at The Annex (152 Orchard St.)

SuperDeluxe is now live and The Post Show is back in action.

This Charming Man

Last night was more  fun than expected, and I got home before midnight. After work I stopped by an art opening in Chelsea, but I was not impressed by the work and left soon after.  I spotted a photographer whose work I do enjoy standing outside when I was walking out and said hello. 

Since the weather was so temperate for January, I strolled down to Chelsea Market for something sweet at Eleni's.  I bought cookies instead of cupcakes and browse the shops in Chelsea Market when I ran into another friend who told me that he had a FREE  spare ticket to the Paul F Tompkins show at Comix. It was serendipity and perfect timing,  so I joined TC and his two friends for the 8PM show.  It was great!  Oh Hello's  John Mulaney hosted and I howled during his opening set.  I normally see John do his Oh Hello character, so it was refreshing to see him do straight stand-up.  Then Kristen Schaal performed, and she is quirky comedy. Then the headliner, Paul F. Tompkins told jokes about dental problems, crazy Hollywood non-celebs, and his mom's atheism.  He is a  smart comic  because he knows the importance of good word choice.  I loved the punchline " a red sink would just be a band-aid".  Go see Paul & friends tonight or tomorrow at Comix.

Add It Up

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One:  As in the first one, like my first event for LetsMeetOut.com and Greg Gilderman's first book, She's The One.  We are celebrating this Wednesday at Alibi.  Come listen to Greg be funny as he talks about dating while mingling with everyone I bribed to attend. Full details here. (Also listed as a "Don't Miss" in this week's Around Town section in Time Out New York).

Two:  I am not Jewish.  I am not a boy. However, that didn't stop the guys from HEEB to ask me join their Group Therapy show which will be held at Mo Pitkins on Thursday, January 18.  Allen Salkin, Peter Hyman, Roger Hailes and me. Oy! Yo!

14th Street

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If I could listen to Rufus Wainwright's "Want One" while sipping peppermint tea, then I would be in true bliss.

Back to work, which means back to parties,  art openings, comedy and bookkeeping.

Chicks and Giggles is tonight! Check out the new site;  we're all chicksandgiggles dot.com and sh!t...

Adam Matta's MAKESHIFT is this Thursday at Here Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave). By the way, Adam is one of the Artists-in- Residence for Here.

Jake Thomas (artist, illustrator) is having a solo show at Supreme Trading. The opening is this Friday.

Womanizer: Deitch Projects (76 Grand Street) is pleased to announce a group exhibition of dangerous females featuring Julie Atlas Muz, Kembra Pfahler, E.V. Day, Breyer P-Orridge, Vaginal Crème Davis, Bambi, and Liz Renay.

Say It Loud; I'm Black and I'm Proud

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Pictured above is the Kwanzaa Fairy...(AKA Robin Cloud)

Chicks and Giggles was great last night! Thanks to "The Man" for linking us! Then I stopped by Drop-Off Service where I saw crooners Wade and Signe perform some jazzy-lounge standards.   Lastly, I stopped by the Comix holiday party where there were more comics than you could shake a wand with a "Black Power" fist at. :)

UMOJA!

Girlfight

Neven in a million years would I thought that running all-female comedy show, Chicks and Giggles, would turn me into a nearly raging feminist. I never took a single women's studies class in college, and I have never read  anything by Erica Jong or "Ms. Magazine".   However, I get outraged so often by articles like this one from Christopher Hitchens in the January 2007 of Vanity Fair.  The article  "Why Women Aren't Funny"  has been badly crafted  with some reasearch by Stanford guys and Hitchens' own  stupid opinion.  What he says is totally FALSE.

There are more terrible female comedians than there are terrible male comedians, but there are some impressive ladies out there. Most of them, though, when you come to review the situation, are hefty or dykey or Jewish, or some combo of the three. When Roseanne stands up and tells biker jokes and invites people who don't dig her shtick to suck her dick—know what I am saying? And the Sapphic faction may have its own reasons for wanting what I want—the sweet surrender of female laughter.

Christopher Hitchens! I am calling you out, bitch! Come to Chicks and Giggles one Tuesday. It's free and you can see that women are very funny, and they don't have to be fat,  Lesbians or
Jewish to prove it.  SUCK MY LEFT ONE!

Update:  Rachel Sklar's take.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Don't Eat the Scenery!, originally uploaded by carpe icthus.

OMGBecky: Pictured above is  Yamamoto and  Stokes chewing up the scenery.

Brown: Brown Bloggers brunched at Dinosaur BBQ yesterday, but I got there late after getting lost and playing Boggle badly.

Curly:  Girls with curly hair are funny! check out the C & G this Tuesday when Adira Amram,  Brandy Barber, Michelle Buteau, Erin And Her Cello and  Molly Reisner perform. [Save the blowout for next week and come support the curls!]

Literary:  I am reading Joe Miller's Cross-X and he will be reading at Hue-Man Bookstore this Wednesday.

Arty:  Travis  Lundquist will be showing his work at the McCaig-Welles Gallery.  (129 Roebling St) Opening Reception is Friday the 13th.

My Pu55y Is Magic

Jessica Delfino has recorded a song that will be my new mantra, "My Pu55y is Magic".

Hot Stuff

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Listen: Tayari Jones recommends the latest by  Brand New Heavies

Reduce:  Make the world smarter by taking action at this informative blog, Reduce Idiocy.

Gloss:  Cheap make-up by E.L.F

Thrift: Wednesday is Family Day at my local Salvation Army Thrift Store.  All clothes except "pink tags" are %50  off.  I bought two wool sweaters and a skirt for $5 total.

Battle: Next Thursday is Poetry Vs Comedy.

Time For Deliverance

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Thousanded:  This is my 1000 post.  I started this blog nearly three years in October 2003.

Porned:  Last week, I went to a lame party and there were two things in the goodie bags worth noting--a coupon for free threading and a book, Pornification by Andrew Benjamin.

Jacked:  Starting Sunday October 1 , Rachael Parenta has a new weekly comedy show called, "I Love Jack" at M. Shanghai’s Den, ( 129 Havermeyer Street) Since the L is not running,  be down with brown and take the JMZ to Marcy Avenue.

Watered:  Check out new work by artist Eric Zener.

Wired: I am going to Next Fest this weekend.

Lush Life

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Bake: Cookie blog

Drool: All Angelina, All The Time.

Laugh: New comedy website, Daily Comedy.

Read: Michelle Embree's Young Adult novel, Manstealing For Fat Girls, a high school drama like no other.

See: Wonderful B/W New York City street photography exhibit at Photographic Gallery (252 Front Street).

Headed South

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I am happy to announce that Chicks and Giggles will be a part of Spiegeltent at South Street Seaport at Pier 17.  Spiegeltent will be in New York from August 3 through October 1.

Say What?!

Spiegeltent! Spiegeltent! Spiegeltent!

Spiegeltent is a huge, elaborately decorated tent made of mirrors, cut glass, velvet and brocade, and is essentially a transportable 320-seat concert hall. Ross Mollison, who produced “Slava’s Snowshow” off Broadway, and Vallejo Gantner, the artistic director of Performance Space 122, are bringing one of the tents to New York. This tent, built in Belgium in 1926, is one of the original Spiegeltents.--New York Times

Chicks and Giggles' show will be Monday, August 14 at 10PM. I am so excited! Plus great musicians The Ditty Bops and Las Rubias del Norte will also be performing  in August.  Gothamist's moveable feast of new bands, "Moveable Hype" will also be there in September.

The Line-Up:

Stand-Up From:

Michelle Buteau (Comedy Central's Premium Blend)

Rachel Feinstein (Comedy Central's Premium Blend)

Jess Wood (HBO's Def Comedy Jam)

 

Music From:

Adira Amram

College Humor's Mindy Raf

Free to Be Friends ( 2006 NYC Fringe Festival)

Hosted by: Carolyn Castiglia

Related:

The Spiegeltent Is Coming to Fulton Fish Market (Brooklyn Vegan)

Hot! Hot! Hot!

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Chicks and Giggles update:

The picture above is of the crowd last week at Chicks and Giggles. The ladies represent!

We have a show tonight and we present Pat Candaras to you on Thursday!

Chicks and Giggles will have a special music show, Comics doing Covers on August 2. It will be in the big room of Mo's.

Chicks and Giggles is proud to be a part of Spiegelworld, the world's most beautiful traveling venue which will reside at South Street Seaport next month. We are doing a show Monday August 14 at 10PM. It will be a mix of comedy and music.

Carolyn, Chicks and Giggles host and co-producer, is featured on Best Week Ever Blog.

Desiree Burch is doing her show, The Sit Down Show, as part of the Midtown Theater Festival. She  will also be reading this Wednesday at RKB's In The Flesh Reading Series.

Adira Amram joined her Dad and performed this past weekend at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

I could tell you more about all the wonderful and exciting things that are going on with the comedians of C&G, but why not just stop by the show tonight and see for yourself!

Around The World In A Day

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The Long Tail has got to be one of most successful online publicity campaigns this year with Flavorpill and Typepad giving the book a push. Hats off to Chris Anderson, since I think I see "The Long Tail" in my sleep. Tonight I am going to a party for the book, but first I am going to hear Toby Young at Housing Works. 

In other news, Chicks and Giggles was super last night! The show was packed and we had a great group of talented performers.  Here's a blurb from writer Felicia Sullivan:

I had the best time EVER last night; the ladies were SO FUNNY!!!
Thanks again for the invite, I’ll definitely be back!

I also stopped by "The Beauty Queens of Comedy" show last night at Rififi, and what was weird that I was recognized by a guy who saw me more than two years ago when I first did WYSIWYG. [I guess that was a memorable performance!]

BTW,  it's super humid.

Computer Blue

Christian Finnegan & Nick Kroll's hilarious send up of the Mac ads. (via Kambri)

Mama Said

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Chicks and Giggles is honored to be a part of the Mamapalooza festival. Come to "GOT MILF" at Mo Pitkins on Tuesday May 9, 7PM sharp. $5

I Ain't No Joke

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Poetry vs Comedy is where the stanzas meet the stand-ups.  The next show is Thursday April 6 at Galapagos, 8PM. FREE!

Hosted by: Carolyn Castiglia
Comedians: Dan Allen, Kelli Dunham, Lianne Stokes
Poets: Claudia Alick, Christine Hamm, Andy Horwitz
Musical Comedy Guest: Adira Amram

A Woman's Worth

Celebrate the start of spring on Tuesday with these wonderful events:

DEFLOWERED
A celebration of the Vernal Equinox
Deitch Projects
18 Wooster St
Created by Julie Atlas Muz
Fertility Dance performed every half hour starting at 6PM.
with Linda Dirty Martini, Laure Leber, Lynn Lukki Sally, The World Famous *BOB* and more

CHICKS AND GIGGLES
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 @ 7:30PM
Mo Pitkin's (34 Ave. A)

FREE!

Lineup:

Ophira Eisenberg (Best Week Ever)

Erin Foley (Montreal Just for Laughs Festival)

Karith Foster (Premium Blend)

Katie Halper (Laughing Liberally)

Jackie Monahan (Stand Up New York)

Jenny Rubin (AOL Comedy)

Hosted by Carolyn Castiglia (Laugh Factory).

Cool

My buddy Don McCloskey told me about this girl named Phaea. She has a show at Parkside on Saturday.

P's and Q's

 

Cheryl B presents:
Poetry vs Comedy

The Poetry Vs Comedy Variety Show is a battle of wits and rhymes where the stanzas and the stand-up collide. The show is February 23, 8PM at Galapagos Arts Space in Williamsburg (70 N. 6th St) Produced by writer and literary series curator Cheryl B., the show premiered last summer much to the delight of performance poetry and comedy fans. This year, PVC boasts a line-up of venerable poets and rising star comedians.

Poets:
Janice Erlbaum (author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir, Villard)
Hal Sirowitz (former Poet Laureate of Queens)
Greg Walloch (NPR)

Comedians:
Desiree Burch (host of SMUT)
Jon Friedman (Rejection Show Producer)
Becky Yamamoto (Chicks and Giggles)

Hosted by: Carolyn Castiglia

Oh My Lord

Jen is producing a comedy and burlesque show this weekend starring Lord Carrett, Nasta Canasta and Jen!

Friends In Low Places

Monday: Tell Your Friends, It's comedy at Lolita! I recommend this show, and it is FREE!

Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan's Comedy Central one hour special aired yesterday. Sunday, January 29th. He has appeared on "The Late Show w/ David Letterman" eleven times, as well as "Late Night With Conan O'Brien,"
Liam McEneaney
from Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Best Week Ever," and a writer for "Friday Night w/ Greg Giraldo"
Erin Foley
as seen on "Premium Blend," and in the movie "Almost Famous"
Eric Kirchberger
From "Premium Blend," and a ton of commercials
Wendy The Ho
The rapping ho.
AND  MUSICAL GUEST:
The Hazzards 
The Hazzards have appeared on Comedy Central's "Out on the Edge" hosted by Alan Cumming, and on Comedy Central's "The World Stands Up." [The Hazzards will also be performing this Saturday at Riffs and Gigs]

A Ray Of Sunshine

Today is a wonderfully sunny day for the end of January. If global warming is wrong, then I don't wanna be right.

Exciting news: Chicks and Giggles is mentioned in a New York Times article  about alternative comedy written by Warren St. John! Scroll down!

More news: Chicks and Giggles will be performing at Roanoke College St.Patrick's Day weekend. If anyone out there is an alum or student of Roanoke, let me know. Go Maroons!

A comedy recommendation: Go check out Thursdays with Nick and John at Rififi (332 E11th St.) Nick Kroll is a master of comedy characters!

Ladies First

Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction is fast becoming THE place for alternative comedy.  In addition to the best weekly stand up comedy show Chicks and Giggles, the Avenue A venue will be home to the Rejection Show and Ritalin Reading Series.  [Warning: We have first dibs on Thomas, our lovely bartender.  Steal him and  I will personally open up a can of whoop-ass!]

Here are the Chicks and Giggles shows through the end of January.  Click on the dates for the line-up!
December 20
January 3
January 10
January 24
January 31

Let It Snow

As a showcase for the Aspen Comedy Showcase, there was a comedy show Thursday afternoon at the PIT.  It was called, "Off The Web" and it was hosted by Todd Levin and Bob Powers.  It featured the following performers/bloggers/pranksters.

Chelsea Peretti
Charlie Todd of Improveverywhere
Stephanie Klein
College Humor

Everyone was very funny. I wish I could go to Aspen for the Comedy Festival.  It sounds like the "Sundance of Comedy".

This Charming Man

Richard Pryor passed away on Saturday.  He was a comedy legend. He made so many people laugh. It's so hard to capture the genius of Richard Pryor, but I admired the fact that he did comedy his way.

Nelson George's Obit.
TAN's posthumous interview

 

Doctor, Doctor

What do I do for a living?  I meet people. Earlier this year, I met Lisa Levy at KGB Bar. She has this show called "Let's Play Doctor". It's a "reality cabaret" show where she is a self-proclaimed therapist and audience members volunteer to sit on the couch onstage and she helps them with their problems.  Lisa Levy and co-host Jim Connelly are assisted by Megan, a lowly assistant. 

Last night, there was a free preview of the show at Here Arts Center in Soho.  Before the show, I got a free beer, Brahma, a brazilian beer who is sponsoring Here.  Beer and live theatre go together like apple pie and ice cream.  "Let's Play Doctor" is an interesting concept, but I think it relies heavily on a high energy crowd to elicit the funny.  Luckily, there were stars in the audience who made it fun. Julian Fleischer from Starlight Lounge and special guest star Alton from "The Real World: Vegas" were open, vocal and funny without really trying.  "Let's Play Doctor" will be Fridays at 8PM starting January 13 at the Ace of Clubs (9 Jones St). I recommend bringing a lot of your neurotic friends to the show just to watch them squirm.

By the way, Here's CultureMart 2006 is a festival featuring work by Here Resident Artists and it runs from January 5 through January 22.

Jenny

Jen is Famous Spectacular
Originally uploaded by candiedyams.

Williamsburg spelling bee producer, Jenny Vaudeville curator and Chicks and Giggles regular Jen Dziura is having a spectacular on December 6.

The Jenisfamous Spectacular!
December 6th  8pm-midnight
CB's Gallery, 313 Bowery between 1st and 2nd Sts.

Featuring:
Burlesque performances by Veronica Varlow and Molly Crabapple!
Live old-time music by The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Al Duvall, and Singing Sadie!
Latin flavor from y las flores!
Musical comedy by Adira Amram!
Door prizes (including tickets to Bingo: The Musical)!
Hula hooping contest open to all!
And ... Jenisfamous' Birthday!
Awards for Best Dressed.  '20-'50s costuming encouraged, or come as you are.

London Calling

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Originally uploaded by brianvan.

The Brits, Julian and Richard of Dog Must Be Carried, enjoyed a few pints and comedy stylings of the Chicks and Giggles comics.

Typical Girls

Yesterday, I attended the Ladies Who Launch Live one-day conference.  It was great! I got interviewed by Fox 5 News, but I have no idea if it aired, so if you saw me on TV, please let me know.  I talked about comedy and cupcakes.

I also met Lori Kliman from Cupcakes, a cupcake store in  Vancouver, British Columbia.  She was at the conference and it was great to meet her.  Over at CTTC, we interviewed her a few months ago. Lori told me that she and Heather are expanding with more Cupcakes stores. We agreed that the love of cupcakes is not a fad.  Cupcakes are here to stay!

 

Everyday is a Winding Road

Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity.  I volunteered for Ladies Who Launch stuffing gift bags. Later, I met up with Brian from The Post Show.  [Check out the latest show!]

Thanks to Blog On, there are a lot of brilliant people in town from the West Coast.  La Bottega at Maritime Hotel is a fabulous place, and it was cool to meet up with BlogHer dynamos Jory and Elisa. Niall and Liza were there, too.  Later my friends and I went downtown to Lolita to meet up with other bloggers, Tony and Amy. [Thanks Tony and Buzznet for the Manhattans!] 

Come check out Chicks and Giggles tonight at Mo Pitkins. The show is FREE and it starts at 7:30PM It's a laugh riot!

Just Because

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Originally uploaded by candiedyams.

WTF?! Why would the Times write a piece about the unfunny Andy Milonakis hanging out with the unfunny Jimmy Kimmel. Just because they have TV shows, doesn't mean that they are talented. It's further proof of the decay of Western civilization. [The "C" in Costco is for comedy, obvs.]

ADDENDUM: Water finding its own level...and Sarah is a hottie.  Comedy couple "Simmelman" must have a fantastic publicist to get all this press! [thanks, TMFTML]

Girls, Girls, Girls

Chicks was fantastic last night! The line-up was great with a mix of regulars and newbies.  If you read this blog, live in New York and have yet to check out the show, then I implore that you come next week and the week after that.  Soon you will be an addict needing a comedy fix every Tuesday.  It's cheaper that crack or cocaine. Plus, you won't lose your job with H&M by coming to Chicks (unless you were scheduled to close the store that night).

By the way, I am looking to do a collection of essays by Chicks and Giggles performers.  Anyone interested?  Send me stuff.

Teach Me Tonight

Polish your apples, it is time to go back to school.  Relive the memories of past crushes and related academic hookups tomorrow night at Teacher's Pet @ Raga (433 East 6th Street).  It's a very special Chicks and Giggles where I will host, Carolyn will read and you will laugh!

CHICKS AND GIGGLES: Teacher's Pet
Back-to-School Edition Featuring Readings About Teacher Crushes - HOT!

Tuesday, September 13 at 8:30 pm
Raga - 433 East 6th Street (between 1st and A)
FREE! [We are listed in Time Out New York but there's no $5 cover.]

Lineup includes:
Carolyn Castiglia (WYSIWYG Talent Show)
Jen Dziura (Host, Williamsburg Spelling Bee)
Tasha Space (Mortified)
Lianne Stokes (co-producer, Brutal Honesty)
Jodi Young (No Name...And a Bag O' Chips)
With special musical guest Ginger O'Neill (CBGB)
Hosted by Nichelle Stephens (Atomic Reading Series, Sunday Salon)

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

pink flower in central park
Originally uploaded by candiedyams.

I took this photo on saturday afternoon in Central Park after spending a couple of hours at the MCNY with Gretl and Girly. The current photo exhibit,"New York Changing"  is great, and it just offers further proof that a Starbucks opening is nothing new.  Sunday, I attended a clothes swap in Brooklyn, and later I went to Get Morified.  Everyone's stories were hilarious, but Jenny ("I am the walrus")Rubin, Laura Mannino (AKA Paula Abdul) and Law Tarello were fantastic.

What You Gonna Do?

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Originally uploaded by candiedyams.

Tuesdays are now even more chicktastic!
Santi White and her band Stiffed are having a Tuesday night residency at Scenic @ 25 Avenue B (formerly Guernica). Last night after Chicks and Giggles I caught their set. They go on around 10:30, so go see them next week. I have been a fan of Stiffed for nearly three years, and the first time I saw them play was at S.O.B.'s.  Northern State was also on the bill of that show, and coincidentally Spero from Northern State was there last night.  I love a world where the Black girl rocks and the White girls do hip hop!