Prohibition

Welcome to Cuchi Cuchi in Central Square, the poor man's Bourne and Hollingsworth.

Like its Londonian counterpart, Cuchi Cuchi is all about the jazz age theme and expensive, old-fashioned cocktails. I went last night, excited to check out the digs. Unlike B&H (which I love dearly), this place was super skitzo, and I had no idea what was going on. Because while Bourne and Hollingsworth is one of the coolest bars I've ever been in, Cuchi Cuchi just couldn't reign in the crazy. Behold:

Cuchi Cuchi's dining room. What you don't see are the mannequins wearing bright pink Marilyn Monroe dresses (decidedly NOT 1920s themed), the glow-in-the-dark plates, and the LED (?) dining table.

Versus the way cooler speakeasy of B&H, which has small tables, old-fashioned posters on the walls, and a gramaphone:


When I went to Bourne and Hollingsworth, I was astonished by the ridiculously small room, the gorgeous bar, and the beautiful people in costume. At Cuchi Cuchi, only the waitresses and bartenders are always dressed up. Bourne and Hollingsworth attracts a way higher percentage of ladies in wiggle dresses and gents in weird fedoras with suspect mustaches.

The people at Cuchi Cuchi:

Mmhmm.

Versus the B&H people:

A bit more authentic. Plus, B&H has monthly secret Prohibition parties around the city. I accidentally wandered into one on my first visit. I was nearly trampled by the conga line and felt extremely out of place without the proper gear.

What is better, I ask? Nothing.

And if you have a second, watch this video about B&H (or find it here).

(photos from Cuchi Cuchi and Bourne and Hollingsworth.)

Tech Head

My life, it is broadended!

I decided to really use my Twitter for good rather than mundane observations about random crap, so I made a skin for my profile and linked my real website so people can hire me directly from the comfort of their own home. Har.

Here is a Twitter cloud of my stream which I discovered somewhere on a website I cannot recall:
Yep, that looks about right. Who knew I say fuck so much? Hmmr.

Then tonight, I realized I can change my icons to be prettier. Look!

On the left, there's a Canon dSLR to replace my Flickr Uploadr icon (I should point out I am in love with my Nikon D40, but no one had a Nikon icon so I settled for this one). Then, I have a couple of icons that will remain the same (Poladroid, iPhoto, Photobooth, and iMovie, respectively). Theeen check out the cool thing I did with iWork: I put all three of the ugly and space-eating icons (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) into one dock. I can right click on the folder (which I replaced to be a pretty folder rather than a tall box that came with the original download) and open up the programs from the dock. One of the best replacements is next, for Font Book. I never understood the cold, weird Font Book icon that was and this one is much more attractive.

I'm working on finding some icons for my stacks. I have two on my dock: my "Artwork" and my "Professional" folders (the second one holds my resumes, cover letters, and portfolios).

This is just so vair exciting! I've downloaded a lot of great apps over the past week and I'll do a big post soon. My flight back to Boston got cancelled today, so hopefully I'll get out tomorrow and can reenter society.

Font Off

I just had one of the funniest/weirdest conversations--

Me: [wearing my Helvetica shirt with a big old H on it] [waiting for the bartender to notice me]
Strange guy: Heyyy! H is my second favorite letter!
Me: What? Oh. What's your favorite?
Guy: A!
Me: I'm an A! My name is Anna!
Guy: Me too! What a coincidence!
Me: ...
Guy: So what does the H stand for?
Me: Helvetica... I'm a huge nerd. [awkward laughter; furtive glances at the bartender, who is completely ignoring me]
Guy: Like the typeface?? Wow. Well, you know that is a great one. One of the best.
Me: Yea...
Guy: Those serif fonts are so arrogant. I actually prefer Veranda, myself.
Me: Oh, really?
Guy: Yea... Well, I'm an attorney, so I type up these long, serious documents. And then I change them to Comic Sans! It's such a fun font!
Me: ......... Oh. * I think Comic Sans is the worst font ever.
Guy: I think I'm also on a Wingdings kick now. I like to type stuff and see what sort of pretty pictures I can make.
Me: Cool. [kicking my roommate's leg so she turns around]
Roommate: [stepping smoothly in front of the strange man and motioning to the bartender.] Can we get some drinks?



*a screengrab from my facebook profile: