Honey
Favorite Quote: “Being humble is so 2007,” she said. “Trust me.” Erykah Badu in the Times.
Tea Cookies: Read my latest sweets column on NewYorkology.
Switching: I was in a comedy short directed by Soce called Switching Couples.
Love To Love You Baby
He(arty): Gretchen's blog, Heart-A- Day
Watch: Me on YouTube at the Six Word Memoir Party
Listed: Cupcakes Take The Cake in Real Simple Magazine.
Mansard Roof
Even though I am not in school or taking a class, I learn something new everyday.
Black Turtlenecks are often worn by cult leaders.
The Root just launched this week, but calling it "The Black Slate" is redundant and wrong.
I am not afraid to be on the bandwagon and say I like Vampire Weekend, but I feel like wearing Sperry Topsiders when I listen to them.
Everything is next week: Super Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fashion Week, Chinese New Year. I have to vote, show my tits, look skinny, and celebrate the rat. Busy!
Love Me In A Special Way
Reading Dirty: I am reading something sexy and funny tonight at In The Flesh. I go up early in the lineup, so come early...and often.
No swap: I am not doing one this weekend. Check out the clothing swap meetup group to get your swap fix, since it is fun to swap.
Cleaning House: Everyone is Tumbling. I have been too in secret for a few months. It's not different from blogging, so I think the only difference is that is more off the cuff and random. Plus, you can easily pull quotes from websites. I am still blogging here, but added my Tumblr below my recent posts. Then I got to tinkering with the blog, and I switched to an one column layout on Nichelle Newsletter, killed my sidebar and changed the header to green. There are still links to my other three main blogs, and my archives below so please scroll down! BTW, if you read this via RSS reader, then ignore most of what I just wrote and just add my Tumblr feed: http://nichelle.tumblr.com/rss
A Different Corner
Blog: Keeping Nickels is in busy season mode with good information about accounting for freelancers and making business resolutions.
Vote: Iowa! New Hampshire! New York's primary is February 5, 2008.
Personal: I will be living austerely in 2008. I am actually not sure what it all means, but going out less, thrifting, cooking at home are definitely some of the tenets. See me at Chicks weekly or when I read at In The Flesh.
Tiny Bubbles
Slow: I am going to slow down the pace. I do resolve to stay in two nights per week.
Space: I want to have a clothing swap on Sunday, January 20 and I need a free public space (office, dance studio, yoga studio) to have it . This will be my first and LAST swap of the year 2008, so please help!
Showcase: Chicks and Giggles ECNY's showcase is next week, Tuesday, January 8. Come see the funny! The show is listed in this week's Time Out New York.
Happy New Year!
I wish you the best in 2008.
I'm Every Woman
Birthdays are exhausting for old skool chicks like me. Plus I am going out every night until next Wednesday. Oh, the insanity!
Free: The New Museum is opening December 1 and Target is sponsoring 30 Free Hours. I just ordered a few free tickets and I am going at midnight.
Divalicious: Neal Medlyn is debuting his new show, NEAL MEDLYN'S POCKET WHITNEY this Sunday at Ruby Streak. Whitney Houston songs performed by Neal is like Santa giving me crack with Similac.
Artichoke
Sell: I am trying eCrater (the cheaper, Web 2.0 alternative to eBay) and selling a pair of cowboy boots.
[Artistic]Help Wanted: Read the performer posting for the December 1st art party, and let me know if you're interested.
Eat yourself drunk: Rum Cake is a great dessert for the holiday dinner with your family. Plus, you could card the kids at kid's table and they won't get a slice.
Thanks: Since I wrote this about "Orphan Thanksgiving" a few years ago, I will trot it every year because I can.
Heart of Glass
Killer: My friends and I went to Lederhosen for dinner last night and ordered a round of Killepitsch shots. Then all of sudden, the Killepitsch girls from Niche Import came to our table with goodie bags with t-shirts and tiny bottles of liquor. Score!
Bikini: I know it is cold, but I got a Facebook message from Dani Kates telling me about her HOT dessert-inspired bikini line, Kandi Swim. Check out the sprinkles!
Glass: Ok, three makes it worth mentioning. Monday night I saw Ira Glass at the Half King, and at a woman at my table jumped out of her seat to meet him. Then Gawker tells that he is on some "sexy man living" list, and now there's a picture of Ira Glass with author Tayari Jones at the National Book Awards.
The Morning Papers
Funny: Karl Hampe's hilarious web comic, The Regulars, will also be syndicated in The Blade.
Juicy: Stopped by Jewcy's office party and met a blogger from Manolo Men.
Yummy: Save the Date! Cupcakes Take the Cake will have a party celebrating our third anniversary on December 6 in the evening at Beauty Bar. There will a raffle! Champagne goes so well with cupcakes!
November Rain
People: Last night I met a lot of cool people including Solana from Global Voices, and Author Nancy Weber who gave me a sample of the lip balm she created, Truffle Lips, which is made from the essence of Italian truffle.
Cos: In case you are not like me who has received an email almost everyday about this---Bill Cosby will be at Hue-Man Bookstore this Monday, November 5.
Style: Here's a book called It's So You where women talk about expressing themselves via their personal style. It's an essay collection edited by Michelle Tea. By the way, anthologies are like the literary version of a sample CD, so check it out.
Knock On Wood
The picture above is NOT me, but a great photo taken by Ryan B.
Chocolate: I knew that Ireland makes great bartenders but now I know about Irish chocolate. A friend gave me a sampler of Butler's Irish handmade chocolate and it is yummy.
Halloween: Last night I saw my first Amy Winehouse at a Halloween party, and I am happy!
Tech: Just learned that Violet Blue has a tech blog, TechYum
Swap: Life Exchange starts this week!
Reasons
Send fun mail: Tripletz. It's kinda like Threadless for greeting cards.
Drink for a cause: All Day Buffet's Cause For Drinks
Culture blogs united: Culture Pundits
Women in comics: A blog post by the Martha Thomases
Let Go
Whale: After Chicks and Giggles' final show at Mo's, I went to 205 Bar and danced. Moby was DJing.
Well: Elon James White interviewed me over at Black Comedy Project. [Last name: Stephens]
Wale: I love corduroys!
BTW, Chicks and Giggles is moving to Ochi's Lounge at Comix next week. Come follow us to the meatpacking district!
Like A Virgin
Loan: The Bank of Sir Richard Branson
Cheddar: The Joy of Cheese has cheese tastings this month on October 16,18 and 23.
Soul: If you are already grooving on Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings, then you will love Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators.
Cupcakes: PC Magazine named Cupcakes Take The Cake one of their favorite blogs. Yay!
Silver Lining
Arty: The Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour
Funny: The Black Comedy Project
Read: Last Exit
Huh?: America's Most Smartest Model is neither pretty nor smart television.
Hunting For Witches
Artery Festival: Dare to go to Times Square on a Saturday.
Take a peek : The Peeq
Baking in Brooklyn: Come join us on October 24.
Take a nap: It's good for you.
Halloween: I think an army of Amy Winehouses walking around New York in tattered ballet slippers would be excellent!
Baby, I'm A Star
Fame: My first cousin Perry Cornelius is actor, and he's supercool!
Go North: Pauline has an excellent tip for getting good seating on Metro North. Now, if she could have help me not get stuck in the train bathroom on the way back from Peekskill. [True story]
Get Your Nerd On: Tonight there is Super Science Club at Union Hall, and Thursday brings Nerd Nite to Angels and Kings.
Bored?! Swap Lives: The deadline for entry in the Life Exchange Project is October 21.
[Disclosure: Wooloo is one of my clients]
Modelicious: TV Land is holding a model search for women 35+.
Add It Up
Smell good for your Home: L'Artisan Parfumeur has just launched, Chez Moi, a diffuser system for your home. I checked it out last week at Bendel's, and I am impressed with the simple design of the diffuser and the aromatic oils smell great. Even better, there's a Chez Moi blog.
Reading: Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon. I got an old paperback at the Housing Works Open Air Book Fair.
Repeat: In case you missed me on The Food Network, you can see me eating a Hostess cupcake again this weekend.
Rising To The Top
Chicks 2.0: Starting September 14, Chicks and Giggles will be two nights a week! We are doing Friday nights at 10PM at the Time Out New York Lounge in Midtown. The new show is called Chicks and Giggles' Hell's Angels and will a line-up of rotating hosts and comics.
Print: Daniel Saynt told me a few parties ago that Fashion Indie would be going print, and now they are partying to celebrate the magazine's launch on September 7.
Confer: The New York Times is having a Small Business Summit on October 10 and I want to go for FREE. (Just putting it out there!)
Sweat: I know it's hot but soon it will be cool enough for a cupcake hoodie.
Fruit At The Bottom
Broadway Good: Check out Givenik, where you can purchase tickets to a show and donate to your favorite charity.
Buffet: Speaking of doing good, All Day Buffet is a social network for people who want to do good. They're having a party tonight, so come for "Cause For Drinks" at the Gallery Bar.
Emerald City: This scene from "The Wiz" was filmed in 1978 outside The World Trade Center. It's magnificent! (via Hochmah and Musar)
PSFK: The LA Conference is September 18. I highly recommend going if you are on the West Coast, and at the conference Piers will be interviewing Missy of the Suicide Girls.
The Remedy
Picture: Martha's photography website.
Party: I went to CrunchGear's anniversary party last night and it was fun.
Sell: For those who are fed up with eBay fees, sell your stuff on eCrater.
Donate: I am doing the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer walk on September 9. My Aunt Phyllis who used to take me to Shoney's when I was a kid, is living with breast cancer.
C'mon, C'mon
Search: Since women are pretty good about finding things, then why not have a Digg for women?! Alas, there is Sk-rt.com
Finally: Someone has created an art-social networking site, Self Portrait.
Narcissism: Googled myself and realized that my speaker bio on Social Text is #2.
Sandwiched: The Delicious Sandwich Social and Cupcake Picnic/Meetup is August 18.
Book it: I posted Martin Langfield's reading of The Malice Box on Book Tour.
Meateaters: Salkin's fun piece about women who love the beef.
Arm Around You
Walk: In this heat, you want to know a location's "Walk Score" before stepping out. My home is 86% but there are no points subtracted for walking up a steep hill. (via Happycorp blog)
Style: Show your style on StyleMob, a street-fashion social networking community. (via YPulse)
Ate: Some yummy food at the DietOut.com event at Whole Foods yesterday. The popcorn from Lesser Evil is addictive.
Write: a note to a friend. Buy the cute little note cards designed by Diana Schoenbrun.
You Don't Send Me Flowers
Shop: My friend Anita's Ebay Store. I used Feed Raider to make it look spiffy!
Watch: Your money. Geezeo.
Send: Real flowers to virtual/real friends using Social Flowers. There's a Facebook Application.
Linger
Drink: I loaned a friend a copy of Selfish and Perverse and it looks like the book had a mojito.
Blast from the past: Chris Ritke interviewed me on his podcast, 49Media back in August 2005.
Read: Sherman Alexie's novel, Flight. It is great!
Starter marriage club: First Wives World
Beauty Magazine: Amber Magazine
Take Me With U
Overheard at dinner Monday night: "You are white bread. Like Wonder..." [It was not about me]
Thought: I keep getting Jessica Alba and Vanessa Minnillo mixed up. I know the former is an actress, but the latter apparently enjoys sex with Nick Lachey. [Who is the better performer?!]
Comedy: Chicks and Giggles' "Anything But Stand-Up Show" is tonight, Tuesday July 17. It's variety with a capital V!
Geek Out: TwitterCal! It's a free service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar.
Warsaw
Kielbasa is King!
Discover: If you have yet to go to Governor's Island, go this Sunday for Figment.
Picture: Tonight, my picture will be up on 365portraits. Bill took some great pictures of me in Sunset Park this afternoon.
Karaoke: July 15 show is going to be rescheduled for another date. [things fall apart]
Realization: I will never be "normal" and I guess I am OK with it, but I crave more normal than crazy right now.
WKRP In Cincinnati
At party one of the three 4th of July rooftop and/or deck parties I attended on Wednesday, I met this guy named Nate who has on this great T-shirt which was of Cincinnati Transit Map. For all my friends who live in "The Nati" , they would love it since there is no subway system in Cincinnati even though there are tunnels for it. By the way, "The Nati" is a terrible nickname for a city that is named after a Roman dictator.
I also want to read, Are We Rome by Cullen Murphy.
Human Nature
Nada: There is NO Chicks and Giggles tonight, but will return on July 10.
Read: Wishing Thinking, a blog for coaching creative professionals. I heard about this blog via Antonio Gould who did a talk last night on microbranding at Etsy Labs.
Pounce: Pownce is the newest project by Digg founder Kevin Rose. I am waiting for my invite.
Send: Paper cards may be nice but sending an ecards are green and cheap, Spreading The Love.
New word: Indignant + Ignorance = Indignance
Indignance: Why does Scooter Libby gets away with a commutation while even Paris Hilton does time?
Indignance 2.0: This post by Emily smacks in the face of everything I thought Gawker loved to ridicule. The commenters are like sheep (ew! ewe!) and even Stephanie Klein wrote it better and first. Read her book. :)
Baby, I've Got Time
Adorable: Cakes and Babies blog.
Incredible: The line-up tonight at Chicks and Giggles' Anything But Stand Up. Show is at 8PM at Mo Pitkins and it is free!
Accountable: A potential big client fell through for me at the last minute and now I am looking for someone who needs a bookkeeper for one or two days/week. Must NOT be flaky. I keep nickels, not headaches!
Hot Blooded
Above are my latest recommendations on This Next. I am kinda broke right now, but I finally found a lip gloss (Devilish from Laura Geller) and eyeshadow (Adore from Urban Decay) that I love at Sephora. I will buy them eventually, but in the meantime I will hit up Sephora for a "live sample".
Reading: Audacia Ray is reading from her book, Naked On The Internet tonight at Bluestockings. This reading was listed today in the New York Times' UrbanEye daily email which is getting pretty hip.
Music: The theme for the inaugural Niche Karaoke show on July 15 will be Disco. Deal with it!
Pride: Poetry vs Comedy and WYSIWYG shows will be hellafun and hellagay. Can you taste the rainbows?!
Games People Play
Scrabble: Play with words! Onika is having a Scrabble party tonight at Hi-Fi.
Arts: New friend Eva Montanari is a wonderful children's author and illustrator.
Crafts: A bottle opener made by Kate Black that doesn't mince words.
Eye-Spy: A site that does the stalking for you, What Do You Know About Romeo.
Rock The Boat
Photo By Matthew Powell
Syndicated: I found out that my bookkeeping blog is also on Business Week Online. [Update: I can't find it on there right now, you can always see in on All Business.com]
Fascinated: One of my clients, Kim Ima of Treats Truck is in Time Out New York this week.
Marinated: Fleet Week is here, but I have only seen two sailors so far. :(
Sugar Water
A hour ago: I had a Cherry Limeade Icee from Burger King which was neither very cherry or very limey, but the chartreuse, radioactive color made it taste so good!
Wednesday: Lower East Side artist ZITO is doing a portrait marathon at Gallery Bar (120 Orchard St). He will paint 100 portraits in 24 hours. Check out his work on his website.
June 1: A lot of very good comics doing a late night show. The show is part of the SoloNova Arts Festival.
It's Good To Be Here
Blogf@cking: This morning, I went to LikeMind this morning and met Kyle Bunch (creator of Blogebrity among other things). I talked to Lauren of The Adnostic who was in town from LA. We met two years ago at BlogHer.
Here are some mentions/press: Jackie Beach came to Chicks and Giggles on May 8 and wrote a recap and review about for Murph Guide. Web design firm 15 minutes media (a client of mine) mentioned me on their company blog, and I LOVE the drawing of me done by the talented Amanda.
Recommendation: Hire Matthew Powell for your photography needs. He makes you look gorgeous, and check out his photoblog, MDPNY.
Crosstown Traffic
Intersection Cross Section, Times Square - MDPNY20070503, originally uploaded by mdpNY.
An excuse to watch the Tony's: Kiki and Herb ( Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are nominated for a Tony for Best Special Theatrical Event. Yay!
An excuse to go to Queens: Water Taxi Beach opens next Friday in time for Memorial Day.
An excuse to go to IKEA: Contact Kevin's Van Service for small moves and delivery.
Groovy Kind Of Love
I thought about writing a really personal post about how wonderful the last four days have been, but I'm too shy to do it here. All I will say is that somebody told me that I have "dreamy eyes" and it is the best compliment I have ever received.
Bub.blicio.us: Maybe because it is a West Coast thing, but I am just now seeing this site which is like a "Last Night's Party" for Tech+Online Media world.
Neal Medlyn: Sometimes, things are way better the second time. I went to "Neal Medlyn's Coming In The Air Tonight" again at Galapagos on Friday night, and almost died from laughter. I also got onstage and was serenaded by Neal with the song, "Groovy Kind Of Love".
TOAST: My friends and I did the Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour on Saturday focusing on the good art, good cheap white wine and lively discussion of politics, gentrification and the arts community.
Ivy Bakery: I stopped by this new bakery in Bay Ridge (87th and 3rd) on Saturday morning for their grand opening. I met the owner Daniellan Louie and sampled the chocolate cupcakes which are super moist and very yummy! If you don't live in the neighborhood, then you can order cupcakes for delivery. Ivy Bakery will deliver cupcakes FREE in Manhattan (via cupcake blog).
Rehab
It's officially "pre-summer" since I spotted a man on the subway yesterday wearing seersucker pants with a navy grosgrain belt.
I don't even know what a facebox is, but some stranger keeps emailing me to be my friend.
Maracas: Margarita Madness on a Monday is a deadly thing.
In case you read this via RSS feed, you may not know that on my sidebar, I have a countdown to when a certain Italian comes to town. Tomorrow is the day! Blogging will be light the rest of the week.
Ribbon In The Sky
Thinking of Easter, I remember wearing pastel dresses and ribbons in hair. My mother would take me along with to Hancock Fabrics and buy grosgrain and satin ribbons.
My cousin has a story about her childhood home in Cambridge in the latest issue of 02138.
Ken Tanabe (Loving Day) and Eric Byler will be speaking at Columbia University at a discussion, "Exploring the Hapa Identity" on Monday, April 9, 8PM at Lerner Hall.
Let The Good Times Roll
So my good friend is helping me get my computer back up and running. It's not fixed yet, hopefully regular blogging will resume by Monday. Chicks and Giggles rocked last night, and we got great shows coming up so you must come down next Tuesday and every Tuesday.
I bought bologna (baloney is how I pronounce it) today. I ate it on the side with my scrambled eggs with monterey jack cheese and a few slices of a green apple. Yum! Saturday is the cupcake meet-up, so join us if want cupcakes.
Pink Thing
Photo by the great Matthew Powell.
Last night, a gaggle of us went to see "At Least It's Pink" at Ars Nova. I highly recommend seeing it before it closes this Sunday!
Lips Like Sugar
If I keep eating cupcakes, then I may want to start working out with Pump One.
I am teaching a class about bookkeeping at Etsy Labs on April 11, but you don't have to be crafty to sign up. It's open to the public.
Please don't tell me if I am too old to rock pink lace leggings especially since my mom would not let me wear them when they were first popular 20 years ago.
People Are People
I have met some cool people over the past couple of weeks and they have URLs that you may want to check out.
- Kate Black, Etsy seller of supercool stuff.
- Onika, supercool blogger.
- Fiona Gardner, supercool artist/photographer.
Blogging runs in my family. From my cousin who is a college student in Atlanta, I hear about efforts to in Georgia to make April Confederate History Month. WTF?! This is not a joke, but a sad reality.
What's Left Of Me
This post is about upcoming projects and some press attention.
Hosting Fashion Swap Meet is March 18 at Lava Gina. Please RSVP.
Participating on March 27 in This Day In The Life where I will doing a diary of my day.
Reading at Stripped Stories in early April.
Doing publicity for Sharehouse Confidential by John Blesso. Book Party will be in mid-April.
Praise for my "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" story.
Hello Dolly
I'm feeling kinda sick and somewhat miserable, but well enough this morning to shoot a few links your way.
I interviewed Zach Klein almost two years ago, before Barry Diller snapped up College Humor.
Julie and Jackie's hilarious, Mommy Time.
This guy Keith Dixon has a new novel, The Art of Losing.
Excellent commentary on the media discussion of Barack Obama's being authentically black . Black people are not monoliths; just because someone is articulate (yeah I said the "A" word); it doesn't mean we are less Black.
I am working/attending the PSFK conference on March 6. Look for me in a purple shirt.
Interns are not on the mastheads of magazines because they are interns.
Black Coffee In Bed
Taste: I am in LOVE with the "tres leches" doughnut at Doughnut Plant.
Ego: Matt Clarke from Mr. Joe Blogs interviewed me.
Sweet: I interviewed Babette, creator of BakeSpace.com on Cupcakes Take The Cake.
Trilogy
The final days before Christmas and the last day of Hanukkah.
I am going to do one of the year-end lists, so bear with me.
Best Of 2006:
1)My friends (they are the family I would have chosen, but where's the rich uncle?!)
2)My clients ( bookkeeping has never been this fun)
3) Chicks and Giggles (Laughter has never been this joyful)
4) Blogging (Cupcakes Take The Cake, Keeping Nickels, etc.)
5) Being published for the first time (Naughty Spanking Stories2: from A to Z)
6)Being in a commercial (LIU)
7) A visit from the Italian (Giuseppe)
8)Moving in with a friend and having affordable rent at last
9) Doing publicity for people (It helps to know people)
10) Banned from Gawker twice (the latest under my pseudonym)
Ladies Home Auxiliary
Music: Go see Marcus Goldhaber at The Emery Bar at The Hotel Benjamin. No Cover. Every Friday in December. Classy!
Eat: Great Mexican food @ Papatzul (55 Grand Street)
Shop: The clearance costume jewelry @Loehmann's (Good cheap stuff)
Drink: Hot Toddy Recipe with DePaz
Two Way Monologue
Art: Checked out the latest exhibition by Barton Lidice Benes, whose "found art" is amazing.
Vitamin: The holiday season has driven me to buying B-12 so that I have the energy to party.
Meat: I had a lovely Cuban dinner at Cafe Fuego last week. The ropa vieja is yummy.
Drink: Thanks to the cray-cray guys at HappyCorp, I sampled many cups of Michelob Vanilla Oak which is truly "Girl Beer".
Tech: I kinda really like Twitter (despite its name).
Autumn Leaves
Tivo: I will be on MSNBC's show, Your Business, on Sunday morning, 7:30 AM asking for small business advice. [I will be on cable and I don't have cable!]
Transparency: I don't send tips to Gawker. I send tips to other blogs that Gawker usually links. [It's a work-around that works.]
Trial By Fire: A blog post about Due Diligence that I am actually pretty proud of.
Torture: I miss the Italian. Where can I find a six-foot tall teddy bear?
Pleasure, Little Treasure
Pearl: If you know me personally, you know I love pearls. I mention this place before, but Pearl Daddy would be a great shopping for my birthday gifts in
November.
Nickel: Here's a sneak peek at my new WordPress blog, Keeping Nickels. This is slightly different from the All Business blog, since it will focus not just on bookkeeping but on building a small business In New York City. I plan to interview small business owners as well.
New Sensation
Kiss/Baci: Ever wonder why we do it?
Save: 88 tips to keep nickels
Retract: Funny new website, Unf@*kyou.com
