COOL OR NOT COOL: BLOGGING ABOUT Kiddie FASHION?

Look, bitches: I tried really hard to not post about this blog--Planet Awesome Kid. REALLY hard.

But then I started clicking around, and before I knew it my gag reflex was engaged, and well....here we are.

I mean, duh...all the kids featured on this blog *are* v. friggin cute; and I'm sure its author is well intentioned, fashion forward, and lovely IRL. BUT, is it me, or is it a little odd to be blogging about the fashion "choices" of children WHO HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE what they are wearing to begin with? And are likely taking a shit in their pants moments after their "fashion photo" is snapped?

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Cool or Not Cool: Babies In Bars? [Here we go Again]

Ok, first of all, please save your bullshit comments about how "tired" and "old" and "boring" this topic is. Duh, its been discussed before. I got it.

But here's the thing bitches: each time it IS discussed, lots of people chime in, and leave comments in forums, and clickity click on over to our fucking website, so obvs its still on people's minds.

On Brooklynian, opinions are all over the map: bebes ok, toddlers are not; bebes/kids are ok (I guess) if they are well behaved; I'm a parent and I have a bebe and I would NEVER bring it to a bar; I bring my bebe everywhere and I like it; in Europe, everyone brings their bebe to bars, but not their strollers.

Here's my take: if I'm in a bar and you're sitting off in the corner with your baby who is quiet and well behaved, I wouldn't even notice you. However, if you are sitting there with your double decker, penthouse bugaboo stroller and a screaming kid (and or one who is his running around, yelling, and spilling my water all over my fucking lap, true story), then I'm going to get pissed. Problem is, you can't exactly have a sign up that says: only well behaved kids allowed.

And since it sometimes seems like, in this neighborhood, there are only about 11 well behaved kids TOTAL (shoutout to the adorable little 6-year-old we saw at Sette last week who was quietly coloring most of the time and sweetly asked her parents if it was OK (!!??) if she got up to look at all the cool wine bottles around the open kitchen), the baby in bars things will likely continue to be a topic of discussion until the end of fucking time.

So, here we go again: Babies in Bars--Cool or not cool?

Cool or Not Cool: Pup-arazzi?

photo by Melissa at Gothamist

This just cracked my shit up:

Gothamist reports on a recent incident in which one of their reporter/photographers snapped a few pics of a dude's dog on 59th and Broadway. And, because this chick didn't get permish, the dog owner went APESHIT on her.

He called her a "bitch" and allegedly went on a "maniacal tirade" that was so showstopping a crowd formed to listen to him rant and rave abou the privacy issues concerning his pooch.

Now, having a hawt dog myself, I can totally relate to the frustration of constantly being followed by the Pup-arazzi everywhere we go. CLICK, CLICK, FLASH, FLASH. But I've just accepted that its part of our lives now, and I've moved on.

Anyway.

So what do you bitches think re: taking pictures of people's pups WITHOUT their permish? Cool or not cool?

Cool or Not Cool: Changing Your Baby's Name?

Personally, I find this to be totally fucking hilarious: apparently people are now deciding to change the names of their bebes. Like, after they've been named, and introduced to the world, and birth announcements have gone out, and circumcisions have been had--they change their name.

"I thought my baby looked like a Ralph. But like after I lived with him a bit and he showed me his heart light, and decided that he was a vegan, he like seemed way more like a Huxtable. So yeah...I changed his name to Huxtable."

Ok, fine: I mostly made up that quote...but, still.

So what do you think: Cool or Not Cool??

(via Jezebel)

Cool or Not Cool: Skipping The Deodorant

Someone on Brooklynian has a BO emergency:

"So this woman I am close to never wears deodorant/anti-perspirant and she kind of smells like a men's locker, especially on sultry nights."

As someone who sweats more than Alec Baldwin at a Bikram yoga class, this makes zero sense to me...like with all the tragedy in the world, my brain can't even compute the possibility of not wearing deodorant.

But what do you think: Cool or not cool?

COOL OR NOT COOL: FUCK OFF WITH YOUR FUCKING LAPTOP?

sign at Naidre's explaining the new laptop limitations (click to enlarge)

The Wall Street Journal reports on the new trend of Coffee Shops limiting laptop use to off hours, and bouncing anyone who tries to plug-in. The general drift of this new perkless movement is: "you assholes spend $2 on a cup of coffee and then sit your fat ass here for 8 hours using our wifi and electricity--this is why I'm about to file bankruptcy" (paraphrased, of course).

Naidre's, Cafe Grumpy and the Cocoa Bar are all featured in the article.

As someone who has sat MY fat ass P-L-E-N-T-Y of times for hours on end at the Tea Lounge, after purchasing a lone cuppa hot apple cider, I gotta say: I kind of see their point.

But who the fuck cares about me---what do you bitches think? Cool or not cool?

COOL OR NOT COOL: GIGANTIC BACK TATTOO ON A CHICK?

Taken at Atlantic Station on the 2/3 platform on Monday eve.

I don't know. I mean, I do admit to a *slight* girl crush on Kat Von D, AND I have actually defended Eve's ridiculous boob paw prints on more than one occasion, but this is maybe taking things a leetle too far?

So what do you think: Cool or Not Cool??

Cool or Not Cool: Skateboarding With Your Dog?

From Brooklynian:

I've noticed a new and disturbing trend in the neighborhood - skateboarders pulling their poor dogs along behind them. I'm sure that some of the dogs may enjoy it for a short distance, but it doesn't seem humane or optional for the dogs. I wince whenever I see someone doing this. Worse is when they're going downhill and the dog has to run faster.

So what do you think: Cool or Not Cool??

I vote: totally fucking uncool.

You?