Luv2play

Doesn’t Smirnoff have the better pedigree? As in its Russian roots.

The Germans and Swiss both produce superior products over a whole range of goodS. But they are priced accordingly. But they last a very long time so you come out better on the bargain. That’s called value.

Here in Ontario Absolut and Smirnoff are priced competitively, and sometimes one goes on sale and then the other sometime later. I consider them equal and will buy whichever is cheaper. Usually only by a dollar.

Actually, if you live alone and wake up in the middle of the night, there may not be the real thing anywhere near.

She picked up on the style he had inspired in his followers and took it to her fan base.

Yes I guess we do take different things from this saga. I don’t recall he or anyone else say that he was a drug dealer. Angel was his dealer at the time of the murder. I had a friend in Montreal, an older lady who was an antique dealer. She was born and raised in New York and helped her father in his antique business in Manhattan. One day she took an article to Warhol’s Factory to deliver it to him. He invited her in and she saw a bunch of his acolytes lying around stoned on drugs in the middle of the day. That was New York. Another time I visited a friend in Manhattan during the 80s and was going to stay with him. When I got in from the airport, he had a gathering of friends sitting around a big coffee table in the living room. They were all snorting coke. He was an executive with one of the large TV networks. That was New York. Another time I visited with my then boyfriend and we went to a friend’s apartment overlooking the East River. He had a senior job at the UN, working in the Secretary General’s office. He and his several friends all took drugs before we set off for The Saint. I satisfied myself with a vodka tonic, as I always do in these situations since I don’t take drugs. I always accepted that these things were par for the course for many people living in the pressure cooker that is New York City. I doubt it has changed much from when I used to visit it more often.

I liked that he kisses.

I agree with Prof Corona of the Fashion Institute of Technology who said in the article that Alig is the bridge between Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, and Lady Gaga, as fashion icons who created a New York life style based on a group of society misfits. It is all about glam and glitz. That life style has seeped into society at large, watered down, yes, but still recognizable. Today we even have a makeup place in our small town called Glitz, and young people flock to it to get made up. Two weeks ago, I had never heard of Alig. But now I can see his place in the evolution of pop culture.

Yeah, it’s like cleaning the attic and the bedroom. Just in case someone goes there.

I think he’s off my notional list, hearing that. Wasn’t likely to meet him anyway so no great loss.

What are these small dry aging units?

“Make me feel so funny, Make me spend my money”

Yeah, I also love him (Nick Capra) in his videos and he said in an interview he did escort for a short while. I wouldn’t mind giving him a try.

I guess Dom Perignon is the ne plus ultra, to mix metaphors I suppose. When I was young it went for just over $100 but now that I am older, it is still out of reach. Of course, I could buy a bottle and settle in for the night to drink it, but for the money, I would rather hire an escort to blow off my socks.

Oh, they must be lovely. I enjoy having art books as well. To save money, I have bought many in the second hand market and as a result have more than I could otherwise afford to spend the money on.

I’m not sure we disagree. That drugs seem to hAve ended his life does seem fitting, in a sense. The list of celebrities, both big and minor, is endless in this regard. Huge number in music realm, which of course is tied in with clubbing. Stars with a lot more to lose than Alig, ended their lives prematurely with hard drugs.

Just think how worse you'd be if you didn't use Creuset. lol

I love my set of Le Creuset. They are the kind of utensils you leave to someone in your will, as they will never wear out. Needless to say, they don't come cheap.

I know this is nit-picking but it's a quiet day. Men are blond and women are blonde. Of course they both must have yellow hair to qualify. LOL

Yes.

I had a 72 Ford Cougar, which was a lovely little car but impossible to drive with the pollution controls, which screwed up the carburetor, and it was forever stalling. I only kept it a year. 14 years later I bought a 72 Cutlass convertible, (same year as the Cougar) which was a beautiful car to drive in the summer and had no drivability issues with whatever pollution controls GM had put on it. I did manage to drive it into the ground however, with the rough mountain roads to my cottage. LOL

Beluga caviar and good French champagne.

I'm not saying the courts got it wrong. He took a plea deal after all. The DA figured they didn't have a strong enough case for premeditated murder, even though ironically Alig had once done a blood covered club scenario where he chopped off someone's head. It was all depicted on a poster; he was apparently quite attracted to blood. But the circumstances didn't support such a situation. It was the typical, banal homicide in a drug deal gone wrong. Alig acknowledged drugs had screwed up his life. That is the real tragedy here because the guy obviously had talent.

What you say is also true. Sometimes things that are not quality are overpriced and yet people still buy them. However that doesn't preclude the opposite. 18 karat gold is always more expensive than 10. Because it is of higher quality. Quality items may go on sale and discerning buyers will snap them up. But if items are scarce, they rarely, if ever, go on sale. Isn't the market place always amazing! And such fun to navigate.

I accept your explanation. It was the sad sign at the end that made me think you were serious.