Such A Bladvass

"Look Mommy, Furniture For The Homeless People!"

As part of a promotional stunt, IKEA has furnished some high-traffic Metro stations in Paris for two weeks.  Looks pretty nice, right?

I just can't imagine how disgusting this furniture would become after only hours on a subway platform in New York City ... {{{shudders}}}  But you can bet there would be plenty of well-rested and happy homeless people.

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The Long John Silvers Trip

Michael has been my best friend since Penn State matched us as roommates a million years ago. And I wouldn't trade him for the world. But the boy DOES have some quirks.

One of these quirks is his utter OBSESSION with Long John Silvers. There are none near his home in New Jersey, and there aren't any within the 5 boros of NYC anymore. There used to be one in Brooklyn (where we celebrated his 40th birthday - I'm not kidding) but it closed.

So for his most recent birthday, I found a Long John Silvers in Hicksville - on Long Island. We took the Long Island Railroad to the Hicksville station, and the restaurant is a short walk away. This is also the location of the Long Island IKEA, and a nice mall, so we made a day of it.

Recently Michael has been talking about taking another trip. We picked a date, and yesterday we took our second trip out there. It was a nice day for shopping and fried foods, I must say.

Our relatively empty Long Island Railroad car.

The Hicksville Station.

Arriving at Michael's favorite place in the world.

Michael says: "DO NOT mess with my fish, bitches!"

It was getting dark by the time we headed home, full of hush puppies and cheap stuff from IKEA.

Who says my life isn't full of excitement??

The Red Cabinet

On a recent trip to IKEA, the Best Friend and I noticed a GORGEOUS red cabinet that would look PERFECT in my kitchen. I LOVE red kitchens - and red stuff in kitchens. My roommate and I needed more shelving space in our new apartment, and we had been looking to purchase a cabinet. I totally fell in love with the "Stockholm" model.

The only problem was the cost - $249.00. I didn't think ANYTHING cost $249 at IKEA, but apparently I was wrong. So I kind of gave up hope of ever having this gorgeous red cabinet, because I couldn't afford the price. I was looking to spend something like 50 bucks (sometimes I'm a cheap bitch).

Well, this past weekend my roommate took his own trip to IKEA and called me while at the store - asking me about the red cabinet I had mentioned. I described it, he found it, and he bought it!! And on Saturday night we put it together. Actually, HE put it together, and I handed him tools.

I LOVE this thing!