tom & jerry's greatest hits

these songs just make me so happy...

guess i can't have my cake...

cake played in brooklyn a couple of weeks ago, which i've been waiting for the longest time to happen, but i skipped it b/c i was tired after coming home from a trip to AC.

i've been kvetching ever since about it -- not here, just out loud to friends & family --  but have decided to stop & deal w/ this nonsense once & for all by posting a bunch of of their live performances on "letterman" (thank you, cakevevo) & simply moving on.

hopefully, they'll be back in the NYC area again real soon.  till then, i have this to get me by.

bound away...


short skirt/long jacket...


the distance...


frank sinatra...


wheels...


long time...


never there...

back to the black tie beach

more photos from yesterday's black tie beach event (the first batch is here).  thank you, yiching lin, for taking & posting these on flickr, except for the last one, which carl took on his phone. :)

as for the mission itself... it was a really cool experience & i'm glad that claire & i participated w/ our friends.  everyone was in such a great mood & having a more-than-good time frolicking (sp?) at the beach & in the ocean while wearing our fancy duds (note: my purple frilly dress was bought at the salvation army for $7.50... not too bad a bargain.)

i'm gonna shut down & call it a day, but in the meantime, i highly recommend you visit charlie todd's improv everywhere site & check out this & his other missions.

& to the young gentleman w/ the blue bucket who was dousing people from behind, including me & claire... i was the one who dunked you in the ocean & i'll be watching out for you in 2013, buddy-boy.

black tie beach 2012

i don't have time to yammer about yesterday's incredible time at the 3rd annual black tie beach event -- this year at coney island -- so thank you to ari scott for taking these photos & sharing them on flickr, so i can share them here (there was a link allowing me to do it, so please lemme know if this ain't kosher &'ll remove 'em).  & thank you to carl for taking some snapshots for us to share, as well.  it's much-appreciated.

as you can see by the photos, we had a seriously fun time having a regular ol' day at the beach in our (thrift store) best.  in a quick nutshell, hundreds of us dressed-up in black tie attire & descended on the coney island beach to have some fun in the sun amongst unknowing beach-goers.

(many thanks too to charlie todd from improv everwhere -- the man who has been creating & executing amazing "social experiments," such as this.  check out the link for more pictures from three other photographers at the beach & details of all their missions.)

[update, 8/20: you can view more photos here.]

want some?... psych.

another proud moment today when claire told me she wanted to show me something funny she found on youtube... eddie murphy's "ice cream" routine.  here's his entire show for her & you -- my two faithful followers -- to enjoy:

it doesn't need to be jerry's birthday to enjoy

though i did go to times square yesterday evening to watch "the grateful dead movie" in celebration of what would've been jerry garcia's 70th birthday, i say, any day's a good day to watch the movie.  thank you to vimeo for posting...

The Grateful Dead Movie from vimeo on Vimeo.