FIREBALL, NEW YEAR'S EVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD : tom whitman, luke nero, body paint everywhere, aerialists . . . still recovering.

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we broke with tradition this year

(dress up.  have friends over.  cater food.  celebrate.  like adults.)

and went for the opposite

(go to nightclub.  with two thousand other gays.  drink tequila.  dance. tip go go boys. get covered in body paint from friends tom and luke who are hosting evening.)

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that's our friend chris puckett behind the bar.

he went "rouge".

luke, meanwhile,

went all "blue".

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did i mention there were a few other people there?

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and aerialists?  and the "ass" waiters?

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looking back, it was pretty fun to blow it out like this.

2010 was HARD.

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of course, tom whitman took the appropriate tone,

going all "black swan" on us

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yeah, remind me next year.

body paint is the new black.

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why it WAS the most wonderful time of the year : xmas with jane -

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christmas can be wonderful when your mother comes to town,

and:

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1. she loves to shop as much as you do

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2. there is official confirmation that your taste in expensive shit comes naturally:

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3) there are SPRINKLES cupcakes to help fill the empty void left by the seven hundred thousand diamond bracelet in the window of graff

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4) you all like to eat out, so hit lucques, nobu, etc

night after night

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5) you discover that chanel's "particulier" nail lacquer not only goes with EVERYTHING

(as you promised your mother),

but it matches avec!

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6) tim cook's "beggars purses" for xmas day:

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7) you spend a last lazy morning overlooking l.a.

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8) oh yeah.  you find out your mother is totally down with hanging at mr. black's on a tuesday night:

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HOW TO MAKE A TURDUCKEN : tim's secret recipe (thanksgiving flashback edition)

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short answer:

ask tim to cook you one.

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a turducken

(for those not in the know, or without the nine hours of prep to make one)

is a stuffed boneless chicken

INSIDE

a stuffed boneless duck

INSIDE

a stuffed boneless turkey,

roasted for hours,

then sliced.

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is it insanely delicious?

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well, let me put it to you this way:

tim's involves . . .

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the duck is stuffed with brandied cherries, apricots, oranges, pistachios and cashews, then stuffed INSIDE the chicken. 

the chicken is stuffed with andouille sausage, jalepeno peppers, tomato, lobster, okra, then stuffed INSIDE the turkey.

and the turkey is stuffed with cornbread, havarti cheese, serrano peppers, italian sausage (and a chicken and a duck!)

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avec kept wanting more

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then we all piled in the cars

and went to serena's

for traditional thanksgiving italian dessert and limoncella around the firepits

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that's tim's strawberry rhubarb pie, there, it is.

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yep.

authentic like the pilgrims, we were.

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