Pink Blog

New York City’s first women-only hostel is called Pink! It’s technically in a brownstone in Harlem, but the doors are pink (as you can see in the picture) and reportedly some of the decor is pink too. I’ve always thought the hosteling community was pretty friendly and you didn’t have to worry about safety, but obviously there is some concern – the Pink hostel uses safety as a selling point. I’m going to be staying in a NYC hostel in March, but I’m traveling with a guy, so I won’t be able to report on Pink. Too bad, I’d like to see it!

Originally it was just their family name – Mr. and Mrs. Pink and their hot dog stand got started in 1939. Today, though, Pinks Hot Dogs is a way of life…a pink way of life! The family members who operate the stand now have embraced pink as their color of decor, as you can see in this picture. They reportedly have some of the best hot dogs in L.A., and what delights me is that their menu includes a vegan dog! Officially it’s the “Patt Morrison Baja Veggie Dog” and comes with guacamole, chopped tomatoes, and chopped onions. But since they have the veggie dogs on site, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind putting something else together using one – like the grilled mushrooms and swiss cheese from the Mushroom Swiss Dog. This sounds so yummy, I wish I could get some!

This picture is from Picture is Unrelated, a blog about pictures that have no explanation but are definitely weird. I thought this was too cute to pass up!

When I saw this, I immediately went OMG WTF because I have a G1 and I try to keep up with its development. I hadn’t heard anything about this. It’s supposedly $500 from a site called Hello Kitty Phones, which claims to have modified it with a 7MP camera and the ability to play TV. Um, what? That ridiculousness, plus what looks like a badly done Photoshop job, makes me think this is a big ol’ fake.

I happened upon this “Pink is Beautiful” campaign through a discussion of homoeroticism in sports. I thought I was clicking through to the Dieux du stade calendars, but instead it was the Stade Français general shop…with pink splashed all over it! In addition to the $30 Pink is Beautiful shirts, there’s a $75 pink v-neck sweater (picture saved for posterity here), several other pink items for men, women, and children, and – my personal favorite – the $120 pink jersey. Check it out, so gorgeous. I must have one!

I haven’t figured out yet why Stade Français is all about the pink, though. But isn’t it awesome?!

I love sharing pink cars! I have seen TWO Mary Kay vehicles around town in the past two weeks. The first one was an SUV that drove down my street, turned around in the cul-de-sac, and left. As it approached, I wasn’t even sure it was pink, it was so pale…such a soft, soft pink! It certainly seemed pink but it was really hard to tell, very subtle. When it went back the other way, I saw the Mary Kay emblem – WOW! How many cosmetics do you have to sell to get the SUV? There’s also a very nice car, I saw one yesterday in downtown DC! By this point I could tell it was a Mary Kay car on site. The one or two other pink cars I’ve seen were a more obvious pink, but this strange pale pink is immediately recognizable as Mary Kay. Crazy, two pink cars in two weeks! They were awesome. You can find out more about Mary Kay’s “Career Cars” program here.

Click the picture to check out the full glory of this old-school car with the badass pink paint job and Hello Kitty styling! This was reportedly found at a Wal-Mart in Louisiana. I used to drive a 1983 Chrysler that looked just like this…I should totally have tricked it out like this! I’ve actually always wanted to paint my car but I have no idea how to do that, so I just slap stickers on it all the time instead. But seriously, how cool is this car?

Posted in Automotive, Hello Kitty by: Meredith
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