Thank you note from Paul Smith.
Spotted on a certain someone’s night table in Shoreditch.
Let’s just call it the luck of the Irish…
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Archive for February, 2006
Thank You, London! Part Two
Monday, February 20th, 2006Thank You, London! Part One
Monday, February 20th, 2006 
[BACK TO NORMAL TONIGHT - XOXO TO EVERYONE WHO FED US CADBURY!]
Meet Your New Crush 77
Monday, February 20th, 2006
Princess Julia, 35ish?
Because every city needs a scene queen.
Because the mod squad still lived in the ’90s.
Because DJs are not rock stars, they’re just British.
Because she knows what !WoWoW! is and you don’t (yet).
Because she walked into a Sloane Street library wearing a leopard print trench, black Dior boots, and giant sunglasses. And she was still really nice.
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Real or Fake: London Love Fest
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Miu Miu bag at the Robert Cary Williams show, real or fake?
Cadbury chocolate sold in the US, real or fake?
Total crazy crush on Irish photog heartthrob, real or fake?
Pete Dougherty, real or fake?
More later…
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Quinn-tessentially : One Night In Paris
Friday, February 17th, 2006
Right before we took this photo, Paris goes, “Quinn, I love your outfit.”
We should pretend we don’t care, but.
OMG.
(Morgan, that one’s for you).
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Are We There Yet?
Friday, February 17th, 2006
Sorrow drips into your heart like a pinhole
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound
But while you debate half empty and half full
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown.
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Made in the UK!
Friday, February 17th, 2006
Useless Mag: How amazing is London.
Useless Mag: It’s like, I totally forget my New York life.
Useless Mag: It’s like, I can’t remember what happened before.
Useless Mag: Love it here.
(spotted in a pub by Shoreditch today… miss you guys and love you…)
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I Love You But You’re Green
Friday, February 17th, 2006
(hot off the presses from my new favorite pub, SuperSuper Magazine…)
The Samaritans have today recruited 600 extra staff to deal with an expected surge in calls as troubled fans come to terms with today’s revelations about rocker and teen icon Pete Doherty. In a surprise press conference today, the men behind Doherty’s career revealed themselves and admitted that the Libertines, Babyshambles, the tales of drug use, the armed robberies and the affair with supermodel Kate Moss have all been part of one of the largest hoaxes in British history.
The men behind the scandal – Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who were themselves infamous popstars under the name The KLF – admitted how they plucked a young Buddy Holly impersonator Doherty from obscurity and made him a media darling. Mr Drummond called Britain’s pop-culture “sick” and said that although he regretted the hurt caused to Doherty’s many fans, he hoped “this incident taught us all some important things”.
“The plan involved proving three theories we have about current British society,” reads the statement. “The first is that in the so-called “alternative” scene, everybody is too scared of missing The Next Big Thing to worry about anything else.” Soon the buzz around The Libertines was so frenetic, journalists were falling over themselves to claim to have been at the front of every single fictional gig.”
How this affects the future career of Pete Doherty remains to be seen.
The Seeker: Hey, finally landed @ Heathrow. Wanna have dinner tonight?
Am I The IS: sure.
The Seeker: cool. it’s for Pete, so look skinny.
[CARL BARAT – AM I THE IMAGINARY SOCIALITE?
I Need Some Space
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Adventures abound. Will write about them soon, I promise. In the meantime, a brief quiz…
1. What vital Manhattan thing is London missing?
a) buildings with street numbers
b) 24-hour diners
c) status bags
d) yeah, that too.
2. Who is not in London this week?
a) Pete Dougherty
b) The Seeker
d) Jefferson Hack
e) Karen Plus One
3. Where was this photo taken?
a) On the set of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2
b) At a fashion show for POOFzoom, a new line of mylar dresses
c) The secret top floor of Harrod’s
d) The bathrooms of Sketch, like Soho House with cuter boys
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Don’t Look Down
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 
You fry in a pan, you cook me in a can, you stretch me with your hands.
You love to watch me bake, you set me up with cake, and that’s a big mistake…
And I want a TV embrace. And I’m getting off your boiling place…
You swore you’d steal my sleep to feed your dreams and then be gone. I wish I could say that everyone was wrong.
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Scissor Sisters, Track 3
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Samaire Armstrong eats five Pop Burgers and Jake is unamused.
“I feel like the night isn’t ending,” he sighs, and grabs a fry. Cynthia Rowley gazes over, but he doesn’t notice.
“By the way,” he groans, “have I told you about this guy…”
Two weeks later, we’re in a pool, with all our clothes on, and he turns to me again.
“Hey, wait,” he splashes. “Have I told you about this guy…”
It was a different one, but whatever.
Jake, you’ll always be my guy.
[HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE BROWN - WE FOUND YOU A LOVELY PRESENT IN LONDON. HIS NAME IS EMANUEL. ENJOY!]
Fashion Moment: UK Edition
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 
Paul Smith runway residue, from after the show. Or: how to find something you like on the catwalk, no matter what.
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I See London, I See France Paris!
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Are you staying at the Hilton? Julien MacDonald is!
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Mal Funny Valentine
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Conrad smiles like a jelly bean fiend and we get giddy and make a Valentine on the middle of Bond Street. People stare as we giggle, fiendishly, with a Sharpie. “Do you think she’ll like it?” he laughs and I finger the Dairy Milk bar in my pocket and know this is beside the point. “Do you think I’ll actually care again?” I ask, to nobody. He hands me another chocolate bar. I don’t say no.
Conrad: If you were here, we would rip up London like newspaper.
Cell phone: [long pause]
Conrad: I know. It’s weird. It’s fun. We’re good.
Cell phone: [long pause]
Conrad: Yeah. No. Yeah.
2 months ago:
MalNourished: Don’t you think the 7 Sisters schools were named for that place in London?
Am I the IS: No. I think they were named for the Von Trap kids.
MalNourished: Really. I think you were named for a blonde.
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Storm Chaser
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
I’m all for energy conservation, but really – how many models can this SmartCar from Storm actually hold?
Ellen, help us out on this one…
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