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CIGARETTES

SMOKING CIGARETTES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND COOL. SMOKING IS BOTH FASHIONABLE AND BAD FOR YOU.  WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE SAME THING. IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES YOU LOOK POSHER AND MORE EFF-ABLE ETC AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY CIG ADVOCACY. I WILL SAY THAT BRAND IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALL CIGARETTES ARE BETTER THAN NO CIGARETTES. VAPING IS ONLY ACCEPTABLE ON LIKE AIRPLANES OR AT WORK OR PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE VAPING IS NOT ALLOWED, BUT EASIER TO GET AWAY WITH THAN A CIGARETTE BREAK. IF YOU REFUSE TO SMOKE CIGARETTES, TELL EVERYONE “YOU QUIT” AS IT SOUNDS GRUNGE.. SAY YOU QUIT EVEN IF ITS A LIE , THATS THE ONLY COOL WAY TO NOT SMOKE. LATELY I’VE BEEN SMOKING HESTIA CIGARETTES, THEY'RE NOT AVAIL IN NYC YET BUT I GET THEM SHIPPED SPECIAL (FREE!) TO ME.  THE LITE PACK IS LIKE MARB GOLDS.

@megprincess

Feb 8, 2023

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Capri cigarettes (the purple pack)

Now is the portion of my perfectly imperfect piece where everything goes out the window and I become a complete hypocrite after talking about skincare and collagen renewal, because I'm about to add cigarettes to my list of recommendations. I know they're horrible for you. I know they will kill you. But let’s face it; we're all gonna die, it's only a question of when and how - and some days we’re more in the mood to speed up the process than others. So when it’s that kind of day, and you’re feeling emo or sexy or stressed, and wanting to have a social anxiety relieving prop in your hand or simply partake in a sexy ritualistic experience with someone who is also smoking - there’s nothing like having a cigarette. Going outside for a smoke with another person and someone lighting your cigarette, you touch their hand briefly to cover the flame. It’s all so fucking sexy/intimate/special. A brief loneliness eliminator! HOWEVER, the only cigarette I’m recommending are Capri cigarettes - the PURPLE pack. Purple Capris are the ultra light of the Capri line. Here's a bone I have to pick with Capri cigarettes (aside from the fact that they literally kill people), they don't label the strength level of the cigarette. You have to Google what the color of the pack means. My god, get it together Capri cigarettes. Good thing they're so addictive that people will just deal with this kind of bullshit. They're so slender and chic. You’ll feel like you're straight out of the '70s or '80s, hanging with Bianca Jagger NOT waiting in line for Studio 54. Smoking this cigarette will get you RIGHT to the front of the line. They’re effortlessly chic. Which is my favorite way to describe something I love.

@alexi-wasser

Mar 31, 2023

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Not a rec, but a wish

Cafes should sell cigarettes, if not just a loosey, to go w yr order. it’s 8am and the corner store doesn’t open til noon. The gas station that sells packs is a 15 minute walk away, but the neighborhood cafe is a 3 minute walk. The neighborhood cafe should be able to get you right, however you need it.

@jackmadden

Feb 8, 2024

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VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Vampire Weekend is the best band of all time. I exclusively listen to Edith Piaf, the Newsies Soundtrack, and Vampire Weekend. But mostly Vampire Weekend. I play that shit on repeat all day long. I wake up and listen to “Horchata” for about an hour, then I move on to the song “Step” and then for the rest of the day, walking around New York, I listen to their album “Father of the Bride.” I fell in love for the first time to the sounds of Vampire Weekend, and so I just don’t see the point in listening to anything else. I’ve never had sex to Vampire Weekend but my next boyfriend will love doing that, I just know it. VW’s music lifts me up and shoves me down and makes me nostalgic for things I have and haven’t had. Their music works well in every country. I feel like life is big and beautiful and that I’m absolutely unstoppable when “I Stand Corrected” is blasting. People like to say I have terrible taste in music but I disagree. Also, there is nothing ironic about my praise here. I love Vampire Weekend. I hope one day I become semi-famous so that they will have no choice but to play at my wedding.

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021

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LIPLINER

I am a thin waisted and thin lipped woman. I like being thin waisted but it makes me queasy and sad that I have tiny little lips. My mom thinks my lips are elegant because Marlene Dietrich also had no upper lip but when you google “thin lipped actress” Marlene’s just about the only respectable example who pops up. I don’t want plastic surgery because I am an ACTOR and I don’t believe the point of acting is to look beautiful all the time.  Actors need to convey all sorts of feelings - of joy and desperation and mania - on their faces! Actors are not models!  I could go on about this but I’ll sound stupid,  especially when I turn 50 and wind up with a face lift. Anyway, since in my day-to-day life I really do like looking “beautiful” I use lipliner to give myself an upper lip and change the shape of my mouth completely. Sometimes people don’t recognize me when I don’t have lipliner on, which makes me feel like a real chameleon. The only hard part about painting your face is that it means lots of trips to the bathroom when you first begin dating someone (reapplying between smooches). It is certainly a lot of upkeep. Right now I use Sephora brand lipliner as a base (it’s also only 6 dollars!) in “light brown.” Then I trace around the edges with a darker shade, Rimmel’s Lasting Finish in “cappuccino.” They discontinued my favorite Kevyn Aucoin one so now when I’m feeling fancy I’ll use Kjaer Weis’s lip pencil in “rich.” I like nudes and browns. Never peach. Never. Peach.

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021

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OSLO, NORWAY

My favorite place. My own little Oasis. The beautiful women. The leisure and the partying. I don’t know. I’ve been to Norway over eight times and the only thing I know how to say in Norwegian is, “I AM A JEW!” which I think works just fine. Oslo is beautiful and small enough to conquer in two weeks. By conquer I mean make yourself known. I like being a big fish in a small pond, I guess. My Oslo Picks:⁃Smalhans (delicious food)⁃Cemetery of Our Savior (I had sex here in the dead of night once and then broke my ankle by stomping on Munch’s grave)⁃Gapet (across from the graveyard and a really nice place to get drunk)⁃Izakaya (perfect date spot)⁃Litteraturhuset (great place to read and write)⁃Fretex (vintage chain that locals probably hate but that I always find good stuff in)⁃The Vigeland Park (incredible) (that said any and all of the parks in Oslo in the summertime are DREAMS)Favorite Norwegian People:⁃Kristoffer Borgli: the only living genius⁃August Bror’s clothes⁃IBSEN⁃Eirik Saether’s art⁃Joachim Trier’s movies

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021