Best new mini cupcake source in nyc

At a bowling birthday party in Brooklyn I brought mini cupcakes from Kumquat. They were such a hit I decided to blog about them. I got so many inquiries about them due to their unique flavors. I bought the assortment box and one of the cupcakes was topped with bacon. My top pick was the chocolate peppermint. I figure they are so small they've removed the guilt for the eating experience. So they bake in brooklyn and sell at the cool fleas in nyc. Right now during the holidays they are stationed at Gifted (check their site for days and times) on lafayette and 4th street.
If you want more info on this company you can visit their website or follow them on twitter.

Best in show at Basel

Before my trip down to Art Basel I talked to a good friend of my who is a very talented art advisor. Nicole Laroca gave me the lowdown on her top fair picks. She told me PULSE, NADA, ART, and obviously Art Basel. I had figured out that the best way to see Art Basel was during the press preview and VIP showing so I made it a point to get down their early, get my press pass, and see it the first two hours. The people watching made it worth it. The fair was also very manageable with a small number of wealthy collectors wandering the show. I saw a Louis vuitton gold sequin eclipse speedy bag, berkin bags, kelly bags, Cartier jewelry, missoni, ysl, and gucci ware, professional hair and makeup. These women were put together top notch style and fresh off a private jet. These were the wives not the mistresses. For a while I forgot I was in Miami-that is until the 'private' vernissage at 6pm when it was clear that locals were invited.

Need help navigating the art world-reach out to Nicole@artadvisory.net

My top picks at Rubell Collection

david noonan

aneta grzeszykowska

cindy sherman

rachel harrison

rashid johnson

takashi murakami

'Beg Borrow Steal' show was a highlight of my Art Basel trip. What a difference between an art show and a well curated private collection. The Rubell's have done well for themselves and each purchase seems to be smart choice.
I was facinated by the photographs by Aneta Grzeszykowska more info: www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/grzeszsamga/grzeszsmaga.htm

Art Basel Miami the show

mathew monahan

luis gispert

david altmeid sold for 130k

"Like anything so far?
Too overwhelming to tell"

More like underwhelming.
Yes Basel is blue chip art and it is a huge show-impressive really. But I was left with the feeling of continuity. As if all of the artists were of the same sensibility, the same style, and almost interchangable. I didn't see a huge different between each booth. Galleries shoot me now...well Sylvester Stalone's booth which was crammed all the time was different no I re-frase UGLY. I'm just saying.
With the high price to show at this show blue chip art is derigeur to make money but I'm wondering if it's worth for galleries to avoid risk? Who suffers?
Some highlights which I enjoyed:
"SILENCE IS GOLDEN

DUCK TAPE IS SILVER"
The people watching on the VIP/Press preview during the day was phenomenal. The quality of the collectors were so high. Very well dressed in designer garb, jewels, leboutins, jimmy choos, ,limited edition louis vuitton bags, kelly bags, and much more. Women were better turned out than at fashion week. These women have the time, cash, and the style to dress. I know we are in a recession but in the first hour or probably even before the show started a bizarro piece by david atmejd sold for 120K-just pocket change for the Aby Rosen's of the world. There are sales being made.
I was anticipating the night time vernissage but it was the poor sister event-lots of flash but fake bling. Just goes to show you in the art world the REAL and VERY first view is the best.

Nina Loren Head Bling

Last night at GenArt's event I spotted this amazing head bling/hair art and met the artist. Nina Loren is based in Miami but she has a website of hand crafted jewelry. Check it out and order away. With the whole obsession with headbands, feathers, mini hats, this look is one to take off.
www.ninaloren.com
305-270-7747

GenArt-Stylish shakers

Still enjoying the BK (brooklyn) flavor of Genart's party at Aqua Art. Fashions were in full force. Performances by Overthrow and DJ's Ray Milian Off The Radar were off the hook. Art was so intoxicating they had a hard time kicking the art lovers out at the end of the night. Leave it to Ian Gerard to curate another great fete in foreign territory.Very stylish men at this party. My good friend Fritz who lives in Miami filled me in on his last 4 years as publisher of 'The greatest erotic art of today' a coffee table books which he's on version #3. He introduced me to a very interesting artist named Perego artofperego. He paints in this jacket and uses his hair as a paint brush.
This musician whose music can be downloaded at www.darkjet.com has unique style and flair for jewelry. He was filling me on the fact that his heart isn't even metal and I told him some style secrets are left unsaid.

4 shows

Crammed 4 shows into one hot day.
Here's my rundown:
Pulse-a total winner. So creative and fresh. I loved that each booth was so different but truly talented. A very well curated show. I voted for Arthouse on twitter whose bodega project with genius and hilarious.
Photo Miami-underwhelming. I was disappointed. Turn out was flat. A few pieces that peaked my interest. The surprise was running into a photographer turned gallery-ist Ports Bishop who is repping a score of a client Rinko. Don't worry he's not giving up his own photography and is currently developing a documentary. Can't wait for more deets on the project but he did let me know if involved the artist... who is performing tonight at Deitsch beach party.
Art-Also an excellent and playful show. A few eye tricks but fun and funny.
Red Dot-a total let down. Saw some tacky art. Really found it so much better when I had seen the show in NYC two years ago.

WTF at the W

I thought I got on a plane and left New York!! Wait I did. So why am I hanging out at the bursting at the seams uber hot new W in South beach watching all of New York walk by? Art Basel week has not only brought collectors from all over the globe but the cool cats of new york who can afford to get away. Today at Pulse I saw a tall guy who I've eyed (but never met) at least 4 New York/Hamptons parties. So back to the W where my girlfriend and I are flies on the wall ie one with the the sofa-people watching through the night. There's a lot of coming and going and the killer high heels and BOOTS are astonishing. Art Nexus is having a party out by the pool and in the front bar it looks like cougar central-too much botox in that lighting for our taste. We awarded this young girl in sailors hat as top pick. Other notables were those in suped up legging versions-bedazzled and glittery, one in pink silk strapless pantsuit probably from the 70's.-belted and billowy, Naomi Campbell in a nurses hat type head piece, Farrell Williams of NERD in white t-shirt and jeans (what is it about famous people wearing clothes that look like nothing but cost a fortune???-like prada)

Fashion at Moca Miami Party

Overheard at Vanity Fair/Moca fete, 'F*% the art!' Apparently no dress code either.
Fashion wise this party is a mixed bag of art nuts. You've got the ladies who lunch and buy art all decked in designer cocktail dresses dripping in jewels and their token napping husbands, you've got the drag queen couple, woman in a Mohave desert print ensemble with tennis shoes and white socks, artists too cool to dress in white t-shirt (def not Hanes) and jeans, cute straight guys (although I don't have the pics to prove it) young hipsters doing the American apparel look, orange head trying way too hard with a sequin dress waaaaay too short, a woman wearing her dress inside out (not sure if on purpose), guy with panda bear head piece and very very small people. Very good bedroom lucite sex kitten heels.
It must be a good party..Shaggy the famous NYC party crasher is here.

Viceroy Decor Miami

You may have remember my posting about the Viceroy in Palm Spring. If you don't and you're just tuning into OFG you can access it HERE. Miami's version also designed by Kelly Wearstler is in downtown area. Uber fabulous but just doesn't have the bursting clientele. Like most condos/hotels in miami, new real estate projects are hurting. But when it catched up this place should be fierce.

MOCA ART at Vanity Fair Party

While waiting for my friends to arrive at the Vanity Fair party I had a chance to check out some of the art. Here's my favorites.


a party as paradise? what a new concept sponsor artby grolsch
cartoon fashionista-shoes in her eyes
moving collage of empire state building post cards

Party was dead, dj was cool, art interesting

Love I'll follow you to the end of the world
Art installation on the 19th floor of the Viceroy Downtown Miami curated by Adriana Farietta

MIA in Miami

The fashion police have arrived and things are not looking good for you Sobe. As a New Yorker and as an old fashioned girl I'm a fish out of water. My hemlines are too long, my necklines too high, and I'm wearing dark jeans but I'm not changing. I don't believe you need to flaunt the goods to get the attention of men. It's all about suggestion not screaming. And I got nothing to shout about. My talents can speak for themselves. At least my suitcase is packed with dresses because it makes it effortless.
shot at the new viceroy downtown miami-you may remember my coverage of the viceroy palm beach.
revisit here

A new type of PDA

Curator Natalie Kovacs is trying to get 5k people to create the wave this Saturday December 5 on the Delano beach starting at noon. This 'motion in the ocean' invites you to be a part of a new type of PDA ( peace dance art). The cherry on top is a Ben and Jerry's toast at the shoreclub to follow.
More info and other events
www.dancelovesart.com