How To Play with Trash

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/25/13 02:41PM

If you are tired of playing flip cup, beer pong, and spin the bottle, find a pair of scissors and a paper grocery bag and play THE BAG GAME!

I'm Proud Of My Mother

Mike Dote · 06/21/13 01:37PM

On June 19, 2013 Sherry Marie Dote, NYC based artist and activist, commemorated the seventh anniversary of her preemptive double mastectomy in front of Victoria's Secret in SOHO. Her son, New York City based photographer Mike Dote, took photos of his mother and graciously shared them with D&B.

Psychopathic Price Gougers: Midtown Pedicabs

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/20/13 03:23PM

Laramie Flick, pictured above, is the acting President of the New York City Pedicab Owner's Association (an unpaid position). Flick works three days a week, 8 months out of the year; he writes and paints 4 days a week, likely makes as much money as waiters in NYC's best restaurants, pays all of his bills, has buns of steel, and carries pepper spray to protect himself from his psychopathic price gouging colleagues.*

An Ode to the Bicycles of Brooklyn

Casey Garret Johnson · 06/17/13 03:40PM

I love the idea of the bike share program, if for no other reason than it gets people above ground for an extra half hour each day. If we weren't bred to work in cubicles, we certainly weren't made to slither there in damp black tunnels.

Alexander Ekman's Swan Lake in a Kiddie Pool

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/17/13 10:19AM

Alexander Ekman is the wonderkid of the international contemporary dance world. He has choreographed original works for the Cullberg Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Gothenburg Ballet, Ballet du Rhin, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, et al.

The White House has Pride

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/14/13 04:28PM

President Obama hosted hundreds of members of the LGBT community and their straight allies at the White House yesterday afternoon for a celebration of Pride Month. There was no glitter, or go-go boys, and given that there was no mention of the executive order on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), we were surprised that there were no hecklers either.

Free Bikes? No, It's Just Heidi Klum

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/11/13 04:13PM

A group of 10 paparazzi on fixed gear bikes were tailing a black SUV, when it happened to stop beside me as I was walking in SoHo. One would assume the rabid crowd was there for someone or something important—Obama? Free cronuts?—but no, it was just Heidi, going shopping.

Tony Award for Best Suit Goes To...

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/11/13 04:10PM

Accomplished designer and impeccable dresser, Brock Forsblom. We ran into him at the Tony Awards after party at The Carlyle, he was wearing a suit made of doilies-the clear winner here.

Alan Cumming is the man

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/11/13 04:08PM

There is not much else to say. We ran into one another at The Carlyle after the Tony Awards—it was 3 AM, he was as gracious and attentive as ever. If you have the opportunity, you should see him (naked?!) in Macbeth. It is a 100 minutes of Mr. Cumming, a man with multiple personality disorder (he plays all 17 characters), in a psych ward on no meds—very fun.

Q.U.E.E.N.(s) from Memphis

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/11/13 10:18AM

Meet B. Dot, Alayna, and Stephani. They are from Memphis and look great at 5AM. I stumbled upon them last night and have since played the video 23 times. The 7 minute video has the perfect balance of hanging out, cheesy iMovie edits, and raw talent. I want to shoot their next music video.

Guess Who? A Contest

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/10/13 07:43PM

Here's a fun game: the first person to correctly identify the six Tony Award winners in this post will be invited to partake in ONE margarita on our roof. No trolls please, you must be of age, and you have to get yourselves to our NYC offices on your own dime.

The Tony Awards Ceremony Was Amazing (Or So I Heard)

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/10/13 01:10PM

I was not invited to the show (there is youtube) but I was invited to the afterparty at The Plaza and the after-after party on the 15th floor of The Carlyle. There were gold-plated fixtures, frozen yogurt, music, dancing, diamonds, peacocks, and more Tonys than I could keep up with.

Tony Award for Best Handbag Goes To

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/10/13 01:05PM

This woman. She asked me to hold it while she was making herself a YoArt frozen yogurt in The Plaza's food court at the Tony Award after party.

Jonathan Schaefer Went to the Tonys to Get a Job

Victor Jeffreys II · 06/10/13 10:23AM

Jonathan Schaefer's mom won tickets to the Tony Awards on Lets Make A Deal. He took the win not only as an excuse to get gussied up and take her out for an exciting evening on the town, but also an an opportunity to try to get a job.