(as told by her Facebook status on January 29, "Jessica Ho was just told that she has a pistachio shell in her cleavage... by a Managing Director.")
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03/16/2009 10:09 #48068
Pistachio Cleavage(e:hodown) reenacts the famous Pistachio incident of 2009.
(as told by her Facebook status on January 29, "Jessica Ho was just told that she has a pistachio shell in her cleavage... by a Managing Director.")
(as told by her Facebook status on January 29, "Jessica Ho was just told that she has a pistachio shell in her cleavage... by a Managing Director.")
03/13/2009 11:05 #48042
Dear estrip,Why must you distort our profile pictures so?
I fear you will judge me a pinhead should I post my real mug.
Warmest Regards,
-The Cheese
I fear you will judge me a pinhead should I post my real mug.
Warmest Regards,
-The Cheese
metalpeter - 03/14/09 13:07
So I decided to look at the Stats and in terms of views I'm 3rd (e:lilho) is 2nd and (e:Paul) is 1st. If that is the stat I assume everyone is going by. One stat that would be interesting to know is How many average viewes per journal. You take the views and divide my the number of posts. Just an Idea for the new version when ever it comes out.
So I decided to look at the Stats and in terms of views I'm 3rd (e:lilho) is 2nd and (e:Paul) is 1st. If that is the stat I assume everyone is going by. One stat that would be interesting to know is How many average viewes per journal. You take the views and divide my the number of posts. Just an Idea for the new version when ever it comes out.
hodown - 03/14/09 00:09
What about my blog? I'm your sister and I'm trying to climb to #1.
What about my blog? I'm your sister and I'm trying to climb to #1.
- I'd pout if (e:businesscheese) wasn't so rad.
- Also she has the best fashion ever. Srsly.
- Carolyn you make the best dresses. Don't worry I heart you too!
lilho - 03/13/09 23:52
yours is my fav new blog!
yours is my fav new blog!
metalpeter - 03/13/09 19:33
Like (e:paul) said if it isn't about that size the picture will get distored. I don't know about how your camera works but some cameras have a setting that will make your picture smaller. Here is another trick if your camera doesn't do that. Take a picture of your self from a distance in what ever the smallest picture size is that way you get a lot of background. Then with picture software crop all of that stuff out AND THAT WILL MAKE the picture smaller. Yes you can reduce the size using software but that often makes the picture kinda blurry.
Like (e:paul) said if it isn't about that size the picture will get distored. I don't know about how your camera works but some cameras have a setting that will make your picture smaller. Here is another trick if your camera doesn't do that. Take a picture of your self from a distance in what ever the smallest picture size is that way you get a lot of background. Then with picture software crop all of that stuff out AND THAT WILL MAKE the picture smaller. Yes you can reduce the size using software but that often makes the picture kinda blurry.
businesscheese - 03/13/09 14:51
Thanks Paul!
I guess I should bother to change it now that the complaint department has resolved my issue.
Thanks Paul!
I guess I should bother to change it now that the complaint department has resolved my issue.
paul - 03/13/09 13:13
Just upload a picture that is 125px wide by 150px high and it will not distort.
Just upload a picture that is 125px wide by 150px high and it will not distort.
james - 03/13/09 12:17
I love Pinhead. Too bad the other Hellraiser movies were awful.
I love Pinhead. Too bad the other Hellraiser movies were awful.
joshua - 03/13/09 12:09
IMO it has to do with Paul's draconian image management rules!! (Only kidding....)
I post my face in my profile picture - I think if you want to avoid the distortions you have to be fairly precise about the size of the picture.
IMO it has to do with Paul's draconian image management rules!! (Only kidding....)
I post my face in my profile picture - I think if you want to avoid the distortions you have to be fairly precise about the size of the picture.
businesscheese - 03/13/09 11:27
Meep meep. You're right. Beaker is cute even with a distorted head.
Meep meep. You're right. Beaker is cute even with a distorted head.
jason - 03/13/09 11:09
Oh, who doesn't like Beeker? Meep
Oh, who doesn't like Beeker? Meep
03/05/2009 13:46 #47957
e:hodown is the bestJessica arrived at Ladies night last night equipped with hand-stuffed Gorgonzola olives for our martinis. See photographic proof.
We first sipped martinis over delicious Kobe beef sliders, mussels, and French bread at a bistro near her office. Then headed to the Grace Hotel in Times Square for subsequent rounds of cocktails. I basically hate Times Square, but this particular bar has a $7 martini happy hour and a swim up bar so I made an exception.
We finished off the evening with wine at the super creepy Night Hotel.
Then on the way home, I got locked on a subway car before waiting 45' for a replacement train. When I finally got to my apartment I ate an entire box of cereal before going to bed. Barbara's Peanut Butter Puffins are so delicious. Self control is for suckers!
We first sipped martinis over delicious Kobe beef sliders, mussels, and French bread at a bistro near her office. Then headed to the Grace Hotel in Times Square for subsequent rounds of cocktails. I basically hate Times Square, but this particular bar has a $7 martini happy hour and a swim up bar so I made an exception.
We finished off the evening with wine at the super creepy Night Hotel.
Then on the way home, I got locked on a subway car before waiting 45' for a replacement train. When I finally got to my apartment I ate an entire box of cereal before going to bed. Barbara's Peanut Butter Puffins are so delicious. Self control is for suckers!
hodown - 03/14/09 00:12
(e:josh). shut it. they are delicious and you will love them too.
(e:lilho) really? leotards? there's a reason the word "tard" in in leotard. Just sayin..
(e:josh). shut it. they are delicious and you will love them too.
(e:lilho) really? leotards? there's a reason the word "tard" in in leotard. Just sayin..
lilho - 03/13/09 23:50
this blog is one of the reasons i consider you a life influence... but i still like leotards.
this blog is one of the reasons i consider you a life influence... but i still like leotards.
joshua - 03/05/09 15:56
(e:hodown) you are obsessed with those olives! I've never had a stuffed olive before so I have no idea what I'm missing.
(e:biz) - Kobe beef sliders sound great. It almost gives me optimism that there wouldn't be any "sliding" going on afterwards, given the quality of the meat. I've passed by the Puffins 100 times (they always seem to be on sale at the co-op). It's taken me 20 years to redevelop the roof of my mouth from its previous rawhide consistency after eating Capt. Crunch.
(e:hodown) you are obsessed with those olives! I've never had a stuffed olive before so I have no idea what I'm missing.
(e:biz) - Kobe beef sliders sound great. It almost gives me optimism that there wouldn't be any "sliding" going on afterwards, given the quality of the meat. I've passed by the Puffins 100 times (they always seem to be on sale at the co-op). It's taken me 20 years to redevelop the roof of my mouth from its previous rawhide consistency after eating Capt. Crunch.
james - 03/05/09 13:51
1) Gorgonzola stuffed olives make me wet.
2) Puffins make me dry. Thank god for milk.
1) Gorgonzola stuffed olives make me wet.
2) Puffins make me dry. Thank god for milk.
03/03/2009 16:10 #47933
I would like to go on vacation.This prolonged winter thing NYC has going on is bullshit and I would like to go on vacation. Here's a recap of past trips both near and far.
Do any of you have any interesting trips on the horizon so I can travel vicariously through you?
Jersey City, NJ visiting the famous (e:hodown)
Cloud Gate, Millenium Park Chicago, IL
The greatest bar in the entire world. The Joynt in Eau Claire, WI
A public beach on Long Island, NY
What is this thing? Albany, NY
Monument Valley, UT
Antelope Island, UT
Telluride, CO
Cairo, Egypt
Duh
An Obelisk in Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt
Do any of you have any interesting trips on the horizon so I can travel vicariously through you?
Jersey City, NJ visiting the famous (e:hodown)
Cloud Gate, Millenium Park Chicago, IL
The greatest bar in the entire world. The Joynt in Eau Claire, WI
A public beach on Long Island, NY
What is this thing? Albany, NY
Monument Valley, UT
Antelope Island, UT
Telluride, CO
Cairo, Egypt
Duh
An Obelisk in Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt
tinypliny - 03/15/09 17:23
I love these pictures! Now I want to go to all these places!
I love these pictures! Now I want to go to all these places!
james - 03/04/09 21:00
I lived in Albany for two years and I don't think I ever saw that. Crazy.
I lived in Albany for two years and I don't think I ever saw that. Crazy.
metalpeter - 03/04/09 17:48
There are so many places I would like to go, but often unless you know someone who lives there it get costly very quickly. That thing you showed is in Chicago and I would like to go there. I don't see how I could now but I thought going there to see a Blackhawks game would be cool. If I have heard right they get Broadway shows like how other big cities do.
There are so many places I would like to go, but often unless you know someone who lives there it get costly very quickly. That thing you showed is in Chicago and I would like to go there. I don't see how I could now but I thought going there to see a Blackhawks game would be cool. If I have heard right they get Broadway shows like how other big cities do.
businesscheese - 03/04/09 09:23
I know! WTF is it?
I know! WTF is it?
paul - 03/03/09 23:06
That thing in Albany looks like a nuclear silo.
That thing in Albany looks like a nuclear silo.
hodown - 03/03/09 16:38
I don't feel bad for you. My most recent vacation was to Buffalo. Actually- come to Buffalo!! It would be totes fun AND you could visit Niagara Falls- it's one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.
I don't feel bad for you. My most recent vacation was to Buffalo. Actually- come to Buffalo!! It would be totes fun AND you could visit Niagara Falls- it's one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.
03/02/2009 14:15 #47924
Ladies Night.I went out for a lovely meal at one of my favorite West Village restaurants, Tartine, on Friday with (e:hodown) and crew . It's a cute little French place that is BYOB and therefore pretty reasonably priced. Ho and I started the evening with a quality martini at Quality Meats. The woman next to us at the bar (a classy Upper East Side alcoholic) was imbibing a rather curious cocktail - the beef broth martini made from muddled lemon and lime, Campbell's beef broth, and vodka. Some photo highlights:
james - 03/03/09 12:24
I swear, my friends took me to a martini bar when I lived in Albany. They had a huge martini menu (on which the closest thing to a classic martini was a dirty martini, which is yum) that was a dozen illustrated pages long, as if an alcoholic commandeered a Friendly's menu.
It was full of familiar drinks with new names served in a martini glass. It was called a coffetini, but it was just a mudslide. It was called an agent orangetini, but it was just a side car with a splash of orange juice. It was like a thousand drunk monkeys mixed cocktails for a thousand years and recreated familiar drinks.
I swear, my friends took me to a martini bar when I lived in Albany. They had a huge martini menu (on which the closest thing to a classic martini was a dirty martini, which is yum) that was a dozen illustrated pages long, as if an alcoholic commandeered a Friendly's menu.
It was full of familiar drinks with new names served in a martini glass. It was called a coffetini, but it was just a mudslide. It was called an agent orangetini, but it was just a side car with a splash of orange juice. It was like a thousand drunk monkeys mixed cocktails for a thousand years and recreated familiar drinks.
hodown - 03/03/09 09:41
Martini that makes me want to punch someone: Apple-tini. Even worse: man drinking Apple-tini. Have some dignity and choke down a Scotch or even a beer.
Martini that makes me want to punch someone: Apple-tini. Even worse: man drinking Apple-tini. Have some dignity and choke down a Scotch or even a beer.
jason - 03/03/09 08:54
I thought of that too, (e:James), and I remembered I'm not much of a bloody mary person either. I've also read about BBQ martini recipes. Hmmm
I thought of that too, (e:James), and I remembered I'm not much of a bloody mary person either. I've also read about BBQ martini recipes. Hmmm
vincent - 03/02/09 23:38
I've heard of a Bacon Martini that is served @ the Double Down Saloon.
I've heard of a Bacon Martini that is served @ the Double Down Saloon.
james - 03/02/09 23:06
vodka martini is perfectly acceptable. The name is qualified as such. And if you love it, cheers and bottoms up.
And I am going to have to pick up some beef broth. It sounds like a bloody mary for people who don't like vegetables.
vodka martini is perfectly acceptable. The name is qualified as such. And if you love it, cheers and bottoms up.
And I am going to have to pick up some beef broth. It sounds like a bloody mary for people who don't like vegetables.
businesscheese - 03/02/09 17:07
For the record, I am a cocktail purist and believe a true martini is only made with gin. Delicious, delicious gin.
But I do find it amusing to add the suffix -'tini' to the end of alcohol concoctions that are so obviously not martinis. Like "Beef-tini". It's hilarious and ridiculous and I love it.
For the record, I am a cocktail purist and believe a true martini is only made with gin. Delicious, delicious gin.
But I do find it amusing to add the suffix -'tini' to the end of alcohol concoctions that are so obviously not martinis. Like "Beef-tini". It's hilarious and ridiculous and I love it.
hodown - 03/02/09 16:46
I know Vodka Martini is a sin, but it's delicious and it doens't give me a hangover so I'm sticking with it.
And that beef broth drink: actually delicious.
I know Vodka Martini is a sin, but it's delicious and it doens't give me a hangover so I'm sticking with it.
And that beef broth drink: actually delicious.
james - 03/02/09 16:21
I get an urge to burn down an establishment that puts martini and vodka even remotely close together in its horrid brain. But that beefy drink sounds yum yum.
I get an urge to burn down an establishment that puts martini and vodka even remotely close together in its horrid brain. But that beefy drink sounds yum yum.
mrmike - 03/02/09 16:19
Can't get past the beef broth. It's the Martini you'll want to use a fork, but use a spoon, you'll want to get every drop!
Can't get past the beef broth. It's the Martini you'll want to use a fork, but use a spoon, you'll want to get every drop!
businesscheese - 03/02/09 14:24
Ah yes. By "classy", I meant "klassy". Should have qualified.
And surprisingly the cocktail wasn't all that bad. She gave Jessica and I a sip (before her boozy lips contaminated the glass).
Ah yes. By "classy", I meant "klassy". Should have qualified.
And surprisingly the cocktail wasn't all that bad. She gave Jessica and I a sip (before her boozy lips contaminated the glass).
jason - 03/02/09 14:22
What? Beef broth, citrus and vodka? Assuming it wasn't a joke, that "classy" lady needs remedial boozer therapy.
What? Beef broth, citrus and vodka? Assuming it wasn't a joke, that "classy" lady needs remedial boozer therapy.
hodown - 03/02/09 14:20
We are some boozy bitches!
We are some boozy bitches!
Sometimes you feel like a nut...