keeping it real, keeping it fierce

For those of you that don’t know, The Real Housewives of New York (and Jersey)  is the most riveting and compelling television show on today, if you don’t count reruns of The Golden Girls.  So when Molly sent in this picture of Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen in the Hamptons, I nearly shat myself. The icing on the cake is the mystery man-diva that they are posing with. It looks like he just cut off the wheels to his roller skates and pinned his grandmother’s curtain around his neck. Slap on some Murray’s Pomade, and you have an instant diva rubbing elbows with the rich and “famous.”  Poor François and Johan… 

a gaggle of gays

Julie snapped this mobile pic on Fire Island during the 4th of July weekend. I would expect the usual booty shorts and speedos, but is that a tuba I see in there? Someone must be working on their blowing skills…

my neighborhood has more interesting trash than your neighborhood

live now: wilco and yo la tengo

Jon tweets about the current Wilco and Yo La Tengo show in Coney Island. 

Feist joins Wilco for an encore. 

Ed from Grizzly Bear jumps in…

Good night Coney!

brooklyn monster

Bed bugs, roaches and rats move over…there’s a new bitch in town. 

vision of love

Everything is going to be ok. 

“southern extremism at its best” or “mel gibson has moved to north carolina”

And here I thought that Looney Tunes characters were over the top car decorations. Phil snapped this mobile picture of this very religious and very bloody scene while visiting North Carolina. If I saw this as a child, I would have had to be dragged to church kicking and screaming, trying to avoid being the victim of a bloody massacre. Is this really necessary for someone to put on their car? I am sure countless people have lost their appetites in the Chick-fil-a drive thru being stuck behind this graphic atrocity. Oh, and it’s a Hummer. 

sparkling melon dreams

Vicky’s latest Jell-O creation is a Vodka infused sparkling melon Jell-O mold with tangerine wedges, which basically turned out to have much of the same effects as Rohypnol. Use with discretion. 

guzzling hot dogs

The annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island has become one of the most popular 4th of July events in New York in recent years, attracting thousands of hot dog enthusiasts from all over the world. Lucky for us, Mobile Pictures correspondent Dave S. was there, armed with a press pass and a mobile phone. Below he maps out the contest. 

The stage being prepared with some delicious Nathan’s hot dogs. 

Rooftop snipers monitor the crowd for any unruly behavior. 

Defending champ, Joey Chestnut holds his previous year’s Mustard Belt. 

Here are various shots of the diehard, crazed fans that were in attendance. 

This guy is getting a lot of unwanted attention. 

The true stars of the show: Nathan’s all beef hot dogs.

Two seconds left, Chestnut knows he won with 68.

This was Chestnut’s first relaxing moment after the smoke had cleared. The champion rests in a hot tent filled with the smell of cooking hot dogs. Probably not the breath of fresh air he was looking for. The price of fame does not come cheap. 

please, make it stop

Hm…I wonder what people are going to dress up as for Halloween this year?