Clik here to view.
Mount Tom
So, someone pointed out in the comments to our last post that the large boulder in Riverside Park where we met is called “Mount Tom” and is where Edgar Allan Poe used to sit and ponder while writing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Printed Matter
Each year, Printed Matter Inc. presents the NY Art Book Fair, and this year we were invited to join Fulton Ryder at their booth the opening night of the show. Three of us went, and as they were warm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soaking In the Last Rays…
So here we are, October. Every warm day we get is an unexpected bonus. The leaves have begun to turn, the breeze sprints instead of dawdling, and you hear the steps of winter’s boots in the gravel,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Easy Ryders
So, what’s a girl to do when it’s 38 degrees outside? Find someplace indoors that’s warm and inviting, with shelves full of great old paperback books and original pulp cover art hanging on the walls....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Warming
Since when has it ever been 60 degrees in New York City in December…? Since the polar ice caps started melting is when, and it’s nothing to cheer about. But if a cloud ever had a silver lining it’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Best of the Year
So…it’s almost New Year’s Eve, snow is on the ground (but not deep, fluffy, fun snow–blah snow), and shivering people in Times Square are beginning to count down to the big ball drop. Hard to imagine a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coldest Day of the Year
Was it 14 degrees? 20 degrees? Depends what time you checked the thermometer, but one thing’s for sure: It was damn cold today in New York City. Which made it a lousy day for outdoor toplessness but an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Know What We’ll Be Reading Next Summer
Just announced by our friends at Hard Case Crime. Of course, it doesn’t come out until October, but I have a feeling we’ll be able to talk them into giving us some copies early.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snow Day
You wake up in the morning, look out the window, and see the city transformed. What was a gray, stony thing is sparkling and white. Fat, fluffy flakes fall. Bare branches glitter like something in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Ahead
Hot on the heels (and we do mean hot!) of an unseasonably warm December, here it’s early April and the mercury is already hitting 80 degrees. Ample reason to kick off our new season of topless sojourns...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dutch Treat
There are a few living legends in the pulp fiction racket, and probably the biggest of them all right now is Elmore Leonard, known to friends and fans as “Dutch.” If you’ve seen movies like GET SHORTY...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mission Accomplished
We’ve always known we were in the right, that women in New York have the legal right to bare their breasts anywhere a man can—but we’ve also always had the sneaking suspicion that not every police...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pool Party
We returned to one of our favorite urban sanctuaries, the clothing-optional roof of the Colonial House Inn in Chelsea (open only to guests of the hotel, so don’t just drop by hoping to get an eyeful!)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strawberry Fields Forever
Nothing like a 90-degree day to make you want to spend some time shirtless in the sun, and that’s true whether you’re a woman or a man. Thankfully, we live in New York City, where women and men have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Did Bob Dylan Paint Us…?
The phone’s been ringing off the hook (metaphorically speaking—metaphorical phone, metaphorical hook) ever since we joined forces with Richard Prince’s Fulton-Ryder crew for a topless afternoon in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The First Day of Summer
It feels like it’s been summer for a while now, with high temperatures and plenty of sun; but in fact summer didn’t kick off in all its formal summery glory until June 21. And what’s the first day of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Be Shy
We hear from people every day asking if they could join us at one of our events. We don’t invite many men, but if you’re a woman who would like to try exercising your equal rights sometime, we’re glad...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy International Read Naked Day
Did we know yesterday was International Read Naked Day when we gathered on the roof of our favorite Chelsea hotel for some naked reading fun? We did not. One of our number spotted that fact on Twitter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yes, It Still Shoots Stills, Too
Thanks for all the great feedback on the brief videos we posted yesterday–our first ever. But still photography is still our preferred form of visual art, just like physical printed books are our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Friend Writes
A couple of weeks back, we posted some photos from a fan of ours who was trying to get up the nerve to join us at one of our events. Your comments were thoroughly supportive and she appreciated them,...
View Article
![Raveena – Blissed Out – Single [iTunes Plus M4A]](http://i.imgur.com/03XzSQn.jpeg)