West of Hollywood

HOW TO: MAKE BREAD

This is how we bake West of Hollywood.  I've been inside the kitchen at Rage.  I know.

 

HOW TO: RUIN CHRISTMAS

I kind of hate Christmas.  We waste so much time shopping for things we likely don't want in order to express our love, pretend or real.  I poop on that notion.  I say do it all from the plane ride home and show people how you really feel about them.

Recline, sip your bloody mary, and let the crazy folks over at Sky Mall do your shopping for you. I marvel at these people's ability to find only the most hideously un-useful items anywhere on the planet.

Below are some memorably awful ones, perfect for purchase on your flight home and sure to ruin anyone's Noel. Don't worry if it's already Christmas Eve.  Just tear out the photo, stick it in a Ziggy card and give them a preview of what horrors are to come.  

HOW TO: BEAT THE LONELY HOLIDAY BLUES*

1. Pick up strange men

HOW TO: TIE A BOW TIE

I love the bow tie.  It's fashion's constant for men, always creating a touch of class or playfulness to any outfit. If you want attention, wear one to your holiday parties.

The hand-tying of the bow tie is essential - no clip-ons allowed.  It's the organic, never-perfect way the bows fall that creates part of their charm and inspires the desire to pull longingly on one end of it at the end of the night to rip it off - and begin the best part of the night.