My First Steps

This is one of my latest. I am thinking bridges and birth and beginnings.

Perfume shopping Revolutionized!!

Finally.. the day we have all been waiting for has arrived. The act of shopping for perfume has been revolutionized by one of my favorite stores...L'Occitane on 86th street and 3rd avenue in Manhattan.

Check out the cones!!!

Simply lift one up, take a sniff and move on to the next. No spray no mess.

Gone are the days of spraying  scents on various parts of your arms and irritating your nose to a point where it is impossible to distinguish one scent from another.

Bravo L'Occitane!!!!!!

Best Fried Fish in Manhattan

Go. 110th and 3rd avenue.
Best fried fish or shrimp or scallops you will ever have. ..so fresh you can smell the ocean.

This year is their 30th year anniversary and it's time for you to find out why.

Holy week my Easter and Passover

I am having a busy week. On Sunday I attended my home church, The Church of the Epiphany, an Episcopalian church.

Tomorrow I will be having a Seder dinner.

Saturday I am at St. Stevens of Hungary, a catholic church, and...Sunday back at Epiphany.

I say...the more the merrier. So get out and experience everything you can. Life is way too short!

The First Day of Spring

Village Voice Girl

Yep...You can't know New York until you've met the Village Voice. The best free paper in the world....according to me.

Bath and Body Works

You have to try these signature scents from Bath and Body Work. The Real Deal!!

Why I don't watch the Oscars

It has never made sense to me to watch the Oscars. Why should I give up my valuable time to a group of people who are simply doing their job?

I am expected to take time out of my day no..my week to watch actors dress up and get an award. And all this after I've sat through two hours of watching them in a movie.

The entertainment business is award slap happy. I' m surprised they don't have a "wipe my ass award". Shit! I should get an award.

I'll tell you what. When one person from the Oscars comes to watch me dress up and get an award,  laugh, clap and congratulate me, THAT will the day when I'll watch them receive an award as well. LOL

The Mediterranean Grill East Village

Best Turkish food ever. Hot and cold buffet by weight. Huge shawarma platters (the real deal).Authentic, fresh, clean and a really cool hooka lounge in the back. Fluffy Turkish pillows, and live music at 10 p.m. on the weekend.

St. Marks Place and First ave. GO!!!

The conflicted Jew

A sandwich in the east village

Giving birth

This is a sculture I created for all of us who have given birth emotionally or physically. Notice the strain yet the determination of the figure. You can see by the mall ball under her right arm that there are more challenges to overcome.

Karina holosko sculpture, giving birth, sculpture, american artist, kay hall, nyc

McDonalds conquers All

McDonalds conquers All.

Breaking the food rules...the first step toward democracy.

Micro Apartments. Cow stalls are larger

My mayor Bloomberg has finally gone too far. He has created micro apartments that are 250 to 375 square feet.

This is an obvious real estate ploy to continue to jack up the rents in NYC.  People will pay around twelve hundred a month for the privledge to live in a cow stall, eat out of the toilet and enjoy the balcony that you can throw  yourself off of when u loose your mind.

How does this sound? A reality show in which Bloomberg lives in the complex with his family for six months.

Grandma Louise plays Show and Tell

Every Sunday my Grandma Louise comes over for Show and Tell. This week she brought over a giant stuffed broccoli. Who knew?

The Ultimate Flu Fighter. Kick Flu Ass

This drink called Kick Flu Ass, will deliver as promised.

In a mug, add hot water, tea, a generous splash of milk and three or four or five tablespoons of red cough syrup.

Stir slowly until till it turns a bright pink color.

If you add a splash of Jameson... please drink sitting down.

Kick Flu Ass

Happy holidays!!!!

Hurricane Sandy and Kay Hall

In my bubble on the Upper East Side I am freaking out by the lack of food on the shelves. The only time that I have ever seen this image is in post apocalyptic sci-fi movies when things are about to go terribly wrong.

I think about what it must be like to be in the dark, freezing without heat or water and ever worse NO COMMUNICATION.

Here's and idea REINSTATE PAY PHONES at least people could make a call even without power. Pay phones should be mandatory and on each block.

I was in NYC during the Blackout many years ago but it was summertime and people were outside talking and supporting one another. What about people who cannot go outside, children, pregnant women, those that are alone or need medication?

I can tell you this. The WORST thing is lack of communication. People need to be reassured right now!!! Hell... I need to be reassured. That's why I made this little video.

Photo by Kay Hall

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

I just want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween with a  pic of my "Devil Dog". I created this little guy for a creature development company in L.A. Who new?

Best Dim Sum, Upper East Side and The DIM SUM CHALLENGE

THE DIM SUM CHALLENGE

OUR PLACE CUISINE OF CHINA

Unbelievable but TRUE!!!! There is an awesome and authentic Dim Sum restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I impart this news to all the Dim Sum lovers who have to make a great pilgrimage to Chinatown once every couple of months. Fresh? YES. In fact I say this in no uncertain terms... it is better than Chinatown. The Dim Sum delicacies are made to order. There are no carts no sitting around or waiting for someone to point.

PRICES? Do not fear. The same prices that  you'd play in Chinatown exist here. The Dim Sum portions will run you around $5.00 a pop.

This nirvana called Our Place Cuisine of China exists at 242 East 79th between first and second avenue.. The Dim Sum hours are Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 3:30 and on holidays.

But how can this be?  Well.......LOL

OK here it is.... THE CATCH. Please PAY ATTENTION

THE DIM SUM CHALLENGE   Should you Choose to ACCEPT

Look to the left hand side of the photograph of the Dim Sum lunch picture I took. Do you see a little white sheet of paper? Got it? Ok. On that piece of paper are listed all the Dim Sum options. You will be given this piece of paper with a small pencil. It will be your job to check the number of the item that you want with your pencil and hand this to the waiter.

THE PROBLEM

How do you know what is what? Since you can't point to a cart and chances are you do not know the names of the dishes you have come to love and crave WHAT DO YOU DO little grasshopper???

THE SOLUTION

Do you see the menu on the far left on the photograph. If you don't know what I am talking about know this. When you arrive at the restaurant request the DIM SUM takeout menu. If you miss this part of the journey you will be lost. If you don't know what that looks like then find the take-out menu that has all the pictures of the Dim Sum dishes in color on a tri-folded pamphlet. These pamphlets are located at the entrance of the restaurant. Take a sharp left and look for a table that reveals the menus.

THE COMPLICATION

Your job will be to identify the dishes that you'd like as if they were sitting in front of you on the cart. To make the selection easier each dish has a brief description.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO TERRIBLY WRONG so PAY ATTENTION!!!

The numbers on the Take-out menu DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT match the numbers on the little piece of paper with the Dim Sum options that is sitting on your table. This is the paper that you will need to check off and hand to the waiter in order to get your order filled.

For example, the Spring Rolls  on the menu with the picture is Number ELEVEN.  But if you look at number ELEVEN on your piece of paper the item is NOT Spring Rolls. Therefore if you check number ELEVEN on you piece of paper because you saw the Spring Rills in the picture on the menu you WILL NOT RECEIVE  a Spring Roll.

SECURING THE PRIZE

My advice is that once you have identified the name of the item you want from the picture on the take-out menu scroll down the piece of paper with the list of the names and find that name, make a little check in the box and it's yours.

GOOD LUCK!!!!! AND GOOD EATING!!!

Best Tongue Twister Ever! The SHRIMP...CHIMP Challenge

Send me your SHRIMP CHIMP ..CHIMP SHRIMP videos.

This has got to be the best tongue twister ever. It is courtesy of artist Peter G. Pereira.

Can you say SHRIMP..CHIMP..CHIMP SHRIMP.. five times real fast? I can only get to three. Check out my U-Tube video as I give it a try!!!!

The winner of the SHRIMP CHIMP challenge will receive a $20.00 gift certificate from Best Buy.