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October 14, 2009

I Lave You

Today, cakes around the world stopped spinning in diner cases and on rotating pedestals. One of the best cake blogs out there was featured in the NY Times. They have a whole slide show of excellent cake wrecks. If you haven't yet, take a look at Cake Wrecks.

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October 13, 2009

Felony Franks - Hot Dogs sold by ex-Cons

The Way We Live Now: Doggedly. Are hot dogs the solution to our nation's unemployed ex-con crisis? No, not at all. But it's a thought. Similarly, happy ads won't restore our rotten financial institutions. But they'll make you $$$mile!!!

Fella by the name of James Andrews figured he could help out ex-cons and do himself a favor in the meantime, so he opened up a hot dog joint by the name of "Felony Franks" on the West side of Chicago. Trouble is, the community's not too fond of his prison-themed decor, and Andrews finds himself in a PR pickle. The solution? For James Andrews to somehow morph into something other than a fat white man, which is what he is.

[from Wall Street Journal via Gawker, thanks Kevin ]

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October 08, 2009

Fox News: Bacon Cheese Doughnut Burger 'Sign Of The Apocalypse'

Today, Fox News host Shepard Smith let his viewers know the latest source for his outrage: the bacon cheese doughnut burger. Shep sees it as a sign of the apocalypse.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/shep-smith-outraged-by-ba_n_313304.html
[from Huffington Post]

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October 07, 2009

Trailer Trash: 3rd Ward will turn Williamsburg Trailer into Restaurant

photo by jekemp

For years we've strolled by the ramshackled graffiti-covered trailer and longed to restore it to its days of glory when it was an ice cream stand, not a dingy brothel. 3rd Ward has beat us to it.

The guys behind 3rd Ward have been hard at work buffering up an old silver trailer in the lot adjacent to Roberta's. But what for?

As it turns out, 3rd Ward confirmed to us today that they're getting ready to open up a restaurant "in a souped-up vintage trailer" featuring "gourmet American" fare and a "gorgeous yard," sometime in the near future. We heard it'll be somewhere on Metropolitan.

And, conveniently, since that long-abandoned prostitute/ice cream trailer in the lot across from their new location on Metropolitan Ave. was recently boarded up to make way for a restaurant (said the construction guy), we'll speculate that's where the new digs will be.

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Designer Cupcake Car

For a mere $25,000 you too can purchase the Neiman Marcus Cupcake Car. We're hoping to spot a trustifarian motoring around Williamsburg, Brooklyn in one of these hot numbers. It's the perfect post-ironic gift for your foodie friend or lover. Order yours now: 1.877.9NM.GIFT

Put on your matching hat, slip under the muffin top of your Cupcake Car, and let the world figure itself out for awhile. Get (or give) the sheer, joyful chaos of a gift that is mind-blowing, triple-dog-dare, double-infinity forever cool...Bring it to work and buzz the breakroom. Crash parades! Putter about the 'hood. Ever had a crowd of kids chasing after you just for the crazy gleeful heck of it?

The "car" was launched at Burning ManSM as a cooperative art car project and was designed by Bay Area artist Lisa Pongrace. Warning the car doesn't surpass 7 mph.

[via Buzzfeed]

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