Few things inflame the passions of New Yorkers on a hot day quite like the subject of their favorite ice cream. Just ask the Platt girls. Daughter No. 1 (Jane, age 11) enjoys elegantly creamy European-style gelati served in long tapering cones. Daughter No. 2 (Penelope, age 8) eats vanilla soft-serve only, preferably encrusted in a thick layer of rainbow sprinkles, gummy bears, or both. Recently, we spent a contentious couple of weeks haggling over our favorite frozen treats. We slurped sundaes in old-fashioned ice-cream temples in Forest Hills, argued the merits of trendy artisanal toppings in the wilds of Brooklyn, and tasted countless varieties of fancy Manhattan gelati on hundreds of tiny plastic spoons. Here, the results of our labor, ranked in order of preference from one to sixteen. In the cases where the girls agreed to disagree, their weary, sugar-addled dad broke the tie.
Dessert Club, ChikaLicious (240 E. 10th St., nr. First Ave.; 212-475-0929)
Daughter No. 1 praised the structure of this inventive soft-serve creation. Daughter No. 2 enjoyed the vanilla soft-serve and “sugary bottom part.” Either way, it’s the epitome of big-city, summertime-ice-cream chic.
L’Arte del Gelato (75 Seventh Ave., nr. 15th St.; 212-924-0803)
The buttery cone is made in front of you, and the smooth, chocolate-laced gelato was the best we tasted. “I like it, Dad,” said Daughter No. 1. “It’s very delicate on the tongue.”
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain (513 Henry St., nr. Sackett St., Carroll Gardens; 718-522-6260)
The girls prefer the root-beer floats at this retro soda fountain. They’re wrong. This crunchy, pretzel-laced vanilla-and-caramel sundae is better.
Il Laboratorio del Gelato (188 Ludlow St., at Houston St.; 212-343-9922)
Whatever gelato you choose (Dad voted for espresso, the girls for caramel and honey lavender), it’s hard to go wrong at this famed factory.
Via: New York
time to reflect.
Love this, reminds me of the ocean.
You make me melt more then a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
Stella McCartney, Resort 2012
"I love jujubes. They get stuck in my back teeth and I have to suck them out after they get soft enough. I don't know why I like that but I do, haha. I also love lemonheads. I have a big sweet tooth and these are just my top 2."
VANESSA LAKE'S FAVORITE CANDY
Via: Sexy Riot
superman and friends:
over soviet statue
Twenty years ago you would have been shot for stepping too close to this monument in Sofia in Bulgaria.
But after the smashing of the Berlin Wall, statues celebrating communist rule appear to be fair game to the graffiti artists of the former Soviet block in Eastern Europe.
An anonymous artist transformed Russian Red Army soldiers from a monument in the city of Sofia, in Bulgaria, into popular superheroes and cartoon characters
Taking centre stage is Superman with his distinctive red cape and blue suit. To the left is Santa Claus and to the right Ronald McDonald, the mascot of the fast-food giant McDonalds, and the Joker also makes an appearance.
Below the graffiti artist has sprayed "Moving with the times" in Bulgarian black paint. The "artistic vandalism" appeared this morning - but it is still not clear who is behind the colourful display.
The giant monument was built to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Russian 'liberation' of Bulgaria in 1944.
It is regarded as the prime example of the forceful socialist-realism of the period.
The place of honour goes to a Red Army soldier atop a column, surrounded by animated cast-iron sculptural groups depicting determined, gun-waving soldiers and members of the proletariat.
Figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument, and below a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party cleaning the statue in Feb 2010
Via: DailyMail
NEW YORK CITY
TIME SQUARE 1945
Pear & Chocolate
This pear and chocolate pastry from the Old German Bakery in Hoboken, NJ is freaking amazing!
Its was expensive but worth every penny... more
LOOK OUT
WEEKEND
CLASSIC
SHIT
Wow, I use to love this game. I think I was a little too young to truely get into it. But, I would watch my brothers and the graphics were so simple...but your imagination did most of the work. Nowadays, the games are really epic, yet seems like back then you had to use your mind a little more to create more then what you would simply see on the TV screen.
Johnny wants some Jack...on the rocks.
Big Rat Bites Cop in Poice Cruiser
BALTIMORE — A police officer was attacked by a rat while riding to a crime scene in a patrol car earlier this week.
Baltimore police confirmed that the officer was riding in the passenger seat of an unmarked patrol car Wednesday while cruising down Hanover Street when he felt something on the back of his neck.
The officer swiped at his neck and discovered the big rodent crawling up his back, police said. The rat bit his palm and thumb before the officer was able to throw it out of the car window.
Police said the officer's partner rushed him to Harbor Hospital, where they were told they had to retrieve the rat to test it for diseases.The officer said he and his partner went back to where they threw the rat out, found it limping along the road and, after a small struggle, one of the officers beat the rat to death with an umbrella and bagged it.The officer who was bitten is on leave waiting to see if the rat is diseased.
Police said it's believed that the rat crawled up through the car's underbelly and bit apart some wires before it crawled into the back seat.
Police Officer feels something on his neck, discovers a rodent and when he tries to get it off it bites him! Gross!
Via: MSNBC
Going
Gaga
for this jacket.
Bring it on Skeletor
