From the jj8 archives...

back in the day

click on the pickle man for a bad ass set of photos by bruce davidson - the series is called "isaac bashevis singer and the lower east side." I.B.S. was the maven of ashkenazi jew authors, and according to my sources, today is the man's birthday (though he died in 1991).

the more curious can check out the exhibit at the jewish museum.

fuckin' a

according to gothamist, the average weekly salary for a Manhattanite is $2,821.

Celebrity Spotting

Guess who I saw this weekend..
WALLACE SHAWN!!
Don't know who he is?
INCONCEIVABLE!!

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0317705/Ss/0317705/TI-015.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Shawn,%20Wallace

Saw him at the United Palace Theater in Wash. Heights. Who has been? It is gorgeous!
http://www.theunitedpalace.com/slideshow1.htm

Family Vacation Photo Album

Family Tomfoolery

Family Portrait

Family Dinner

Family Football

Family Portrait

Does anyone have any pictures from the Family Vacation?

Power to the People! Good News in Iraq!

Brilliant woman steals slogan from "elite protesters" and says that our heartland counterparts are disenfranchised.
http://gawker.com/news/the-view/laura-ingraham-co%20hosts-the-view-barely-escapes-stabbing-322288.php?autoplay=true

Also, get your hot "Former Embryo" t-shirt here before they sell out!
http://lauraingraham.com/

Come Celebrate Raju and Ashley's Birthday

Folks, we're drinking at the Brooklyn Inn on Thursday (Nov 15th) in celebration of Raju's 28th birthday and Ashley's 29th birthday. 7PM. A link to the map below. Please bring along
anyone and everyone. Find some useful links below:

http://nymag.com/listings/bar/brooklyn_inn00/

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=148+Hoyt+Street+Brooklyn,+NY&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=62.876946,109.160156&ie=UTF8&ll=40.686838,-73.986225&spn=0.007485,0.013325&z=16&om=1

Another project by 'our' Ashley Wilson

Click on the link below to view news on Ashley's new project:

http://curbed.com/archives/2007/11/06/development_du_jour_modern_23.php

Wedgie Proof Underwear

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/11/kids_make_wedgieproof_underwea.php

Amherst is for lovers??

So apparently Money magazine has named "Amherst Center, Massachusetts," hometown to myself and Chaucer, as well as notable JJ8 affiliates Mike Ellis, Matt Lambdin, et al.... the #3 city in the country for singles. I don't know what to make of this. I require input from wiser men and women. As an aside, I know 1 single person in Amherst who is not a student. And what is "Amherst Center?"

Amherst&Singles??

It's A Bird!--It's A Plane!--

--NO! It's Feldman!!!!

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, our frisbee flying friend has returned to us. (Although sadly, only for the weekend). To celebrate the grand homecoming, meet up for a Friday night of drinking and debauchery starting in the Lower East Side at Loreley (7 Rivingdon Street, between Bowery & Chrystie Streets).

The night will include early boozing, debate over Ueli Maurer, and even a rare Weiderholtz sighting.

Get those party shoes on.