Photo by Rose Petralia (Click Image to Enlarge)
Laurel is clearly pleased by the presence of colorful authentic Blowfish Lamps at the Otto’s Shrunken Head Tiki Bar and Lounge located on East 14th Street near Avenue B.
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Led Zeppole: A Whole Lotta Fried Dough
Led Zeppole
Anyone traveling across town on east 14th street at any time of the day or night will surely notice the crowd swell and line-down-the-block that stretches outside of the ridiculously popular storefront pizza joint, Artichoke Pizza. I haven’t actually eaten any pizza from Artichoke yet, because I can’t get my head around standing in line for five hours to get a slice of fucking pizza. But eventually I’m sure I’ll get around to tasting what is rumored and hyped-up-the-ass to be the best pizza on planet Earth. The same folks who run Artichoke are now expanding their plan for world snack food domination by opening the oh-so-cleverly named Led Zeppole: a dessert counter inspired by the sinfully fattening sweets you find at Coney Island and the Feast of San Gennaro (who I believe is Catholicism’s Patron Saint of Fried Dough). The specialty treat at Led Zeppole is obviously going to be the zeppole – a deep fried dough ball doused in powdered sugar, so delish – but they will also supposedly do funnel cakes, Italian ices, fried Oreos and fried ice cream. Fuckin A, I need a bigger dress size just to type this post. As far as I know the shop is not yet open, but is in the any-second-now mode. Any man-on-the-street reports about Led Zeppole’s opening date, please send them my way care of The ‘Gig.
Led Zeppole is located at 328 E 14th Street, West of 1st Avenue in Manhattan.
In somewhat not-really-related news, On This Date, October 32st in 1974: Led Zeppelin officially launched their record label Swan Song with a party at the Chislehurst Caves in the UK, which was attended by the celebs like Bill Wyman and Groucho Marx.
Led Zeppelin!
Note as of August 1, 2012: Led Zeppole Has Closed for Business!!
“Real Blood Is For Suckers”
Have you seen the Tru•Blood marketing campaign yet? The poster above has adorned the side of a bus shelter on Avenue A and 14th Street for about the past month. I was so convinced that this was a real advertisement (I mean, I do live in the East Village, and I actually know a couple of, shall we say, eccentrics who claim to be “Vampires”) that I’ve been asking everyone if they’ve seen this drink in stores.
As it turns out, this is just a bloody clever marketing ploy! The elaborate ad campaign designed to sell a synthetic blood beverage called Tru•Blood was created by none other than HBO as hype for its new TV series True Blood, which, as far as I can tell, is about the day when vampires decide to ‘come out’ of the casket (so to speak) and live normally among us. The Un-Dead can do this apparently thanks to the advent of the True Blood synthetic blood beverage, which will suffice in place of killing off and draining us mortals. Conveniently, the synthetic blood beverage drink comes in 4 flavors: A, B, AB and O. See more about the campaign at Trubeverage.com.
Trader Joe’s: Another Reason to Love The Germans
This is Not the Trader Joe’s on 14th Street, But Use Your Imagination
Three things changed my life in 2006, as follows
1. Getting a full time job with benefits and paid vacations. Yowsa!
2. Writing a Pop Culture Blog that rocks. Woo Hoo!
3. Trader Joe’s Market opening on 14th Street here in NYC, where I live. Thank You Jesus!
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Gail and Friends Celebrate Halloween!
Ben, Tracy and Gail are “The Desperate Housewives”!
Right now it’s about 70 degrees out on the streets of New York City, so it doesn’t feel much like Halloween. Though on my way home I did have to wade through a sea of ankle-biters and pre-schoolers all dressed-up like little Vampires and Pea-Pods on a mission to do some serious Trick or Treating at the neighborhood bodegas all along 14th Street, so that was kind of scary. Happy Halloween, Everybody!