December 2010
4 posts
Kitten Wall
(Kitten: suzanneandsimon on flickr) (Skyline: giabar on flickr)
Setting: A party at a building in Dumbo. A beautiful view of downtown. The party host asserted that nothing could compete with the stunning view of the Manhattan skyline from the apartment, thus the lack of any décor in the room. I counterasserted that a wall of kittens would get more attention per guest per minute.
There’s only...
Penguins Sell South Pole Real Estate at Santacon
NYC just hosted its annual SantaCon, with somewhere between 2,000 and a bajillion Santa attendees. Santa is infinitely divisible with no discernable loss of Santitude, allowing us to speak to many Santas, and sometimes elves, trees, gifts, and dreidels!
Naturally, South Pole Real Estate’s Penguin Salespenguins were there. Santa is our key demographic!
We passed out 500 fliers with...
Concept: Treat Clothing Like Whiskey
Putting your current clothing away for 25 years can increase their value! It’s an investment.
How long does it take for regular clothing to age into vintage clothing? Exhaustive research, which involved clicking on the top link for “average age of vintage clothing”, reveals that 25 years is the minimum.
To make the wait more pleasant, pack your clothes away in a sleek cedar...
Be a Nice Polar Bear!
Myself and hundreds of other do-gooders will be jumping into the freezing Atlantic at Coney Island on New Year’s Day to raise funds for Camp Sunshine, which is a summer camp-style haven for chronically ill children and their families, set in the Maine countryside. I am very excited to help raise funds to enable families the space to concentrate on their child’s health in a beautiful,...