2008

Looking at office space slash new apts with Dain …

A Little Trip down Blog Lane ...

(with apologies to my regular readers, I’m reposting this by request) If you’re hanging out...

"My Dearest Charismatic Cupcake"

A guy just emailed me with that subject line. WIN.

Rows of Penthouse, sent in by an alert reader. I never got a...

And in America. Don’t worry, you’re safe. ...

And one from Dave Morin, who sent this to me with the...

Sent in by reader Carly E., who says “Quite the markup...

I leave for London next Tuesday, August 26th, and I STILL...

Just washed my sheets, and going to bed at an hour so...

Talking with my Grandmother tonight, this is the VERBATIM...

Can't someone who's really creative just make...

The ever-evolving non-pink-or-red nails.

Oh Neel Shah.

What do you think of this color?

The ladies of NonSociety will be appearing in a Japanese...

Smugratulations gayelles! Seriously, Portia is FUCKING...

A while back, Chloe Sevigny’s place was featured in the now...

“Who has not practiced this form of alchemy, converting...”
—  - Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch:...

singlescoop: I have wanted to make one of these inspiration...

She’s a fan of the new pink slipcover. Me? Eh. I...

Tuesday morning ruminations

There should be a “It’s not complicated! I’m REALLY SINGLE” status option...

It’s a gorgeous day. (Me on my way to Blueprint...

[Girl friend]: His requirement was that I change my facebook status to "in a relationship"!!!
Me: Wait ... how old is he again?
[Girl friend]: 32.
Me: Wow. I haven't changed mine from "single" in two years, and I've had several relationships.
[Girl friend]: Exactly! AND HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FACEBOOK PROFILE.

Listen

There is (almost) no high as...

Rachel Sklar and I love each other.  But we love food more.

Dear Rachel Sklar, I miss you!! Remember the good times?...

Dear Jessica Pressler, You are awesome for this particular...

[GIRL FRIEND]: So he says, "I just want to have sex with you one more time. That's my big goal for the week. Then I can move on."
Julia: Whoa ... dude, THINK it. Don't SAY it.

This shot’s not too shabby either. I have an...

Congratulations, NY Mag and photographer Rodney Smith. You...

“She possesses an acute allergy to discretion.”
— - Moe Tkacik in NY Magazine on...

Me: Max Levchin was 22 when he founded Paypal. He worked so hard he didn't SHOWER. What the hell were we doing at 22?!?
Meghan: Dating.
[Both sigh despondently.]
Me: And showering, I guess.

I am significantly less so than I was a year ago. I think...

Sunday lunch at Clam Bar.

What I ate to break the Blueprint Cleanse juice cleanse on...

Pretty good article.  Will summarize later tonight.

a shot from Sunday … I relaxed for a very small amount...

The David Karp, founder of Tumblr, bringer of Royal...

New David Karp walking devices.

#1 WINNER AWARD GOES TO SARAH PAYTON

She knows what she did.

meghanasha: I’ve been replaced! Shooting our show today.

Meghann (with two n’s). On the way to the hammmptons...

Leaving …

My view right now … At the Surf Lodge in Montauk

Yesterday in Montauk. Flat stomach thanks to Blueprint...

HOW AWESOME ARE HIS PANTS?? That would be Andy, the founder...

With Meghann Dotson, one of my best girl friends from...

I can’t decide whether or not to bring Lilly this...

maryrambin: (Ty serves up his second heaping bowl of stir...

At Polo last year with Meghan and some very hot, very...

I shot this photo last August in the Hamptons (I think this...

meghanasha: Three Apple Fangirls! Our office.

Look who just joined us, fresh from being fabulous on Fuse!

with Maureen O’Connor, the associate editor here at...

Megan (our producer/editorial...

At Soho House with the whole Buzzd crew, including Glen...

Mary just called me from a party, laughing hysterically. Apparently, this is the conversation she just had (BEST. AWKWARD. PARTY. CONVO. EVER.) -
Girl at Party: What do you do?
Mary: I'm a blogger. I work for myself.
Girl at Party: Just don't be Julia Allison about it.
Mary [starts laughing]: Actually, she's my business partner.
Girl at Party: Oh no, you're not a part of NonSociety, are you?
Mary [laughs harder]: I'm one of the founders.
Girl at Party [turns to host, totally serious]: Who are you FRIENDS with??

Janis Spindel [renowned NYC matchmaker] called me today "to check in."
Janis: Are you single?
Me: Yep.
Janis: How old are you?
Me: 27
Janis: Three years left.
Me: HAHAHA ... yeah ... that's not really how I look at it.

Our numbers as of last Monday. And no, this current...

Phone rings.
Charles: Do you want to go see a movie with me and David Karp?
Julia: Can't!
Charles: Why?
Julia: I'm busy being a visionary.
Charles: Oh, okay. [away from phone] David! Julia's busy being a visionary.

My Schedule Tomorrow

9:15 am - Video interview for Elle France 10 am - Video interview with founders of Blueprint...

Today was a No-Makeup Day! Hurray for that.  Also, for fuzzy...

This just happened. Ring Ring. (Number I don’t know. ...

This afternoon, instead of going to the tiny gym in my...

Shot (by me!) in Georgetown, 2004.

well, duh. NonSociety's huge in Laos.

From: [redacted]Date: August 14, 2008 3:18:12 PM EDTTo: “Julia Allison”...

“Play dead!”

I am actually contemplating … maybe … GOING TO...

Julia: Who were you with last night?!
Meghan: [redacted]?
Mary: No, [redacted].
Meghan: [redacted]?
Julia: Who the fuck is [redacted]?!?!

For the fifth or sixth time in the last few months,...

AWESOME CLOSET GREAT JOB CONTEST!!!!!

Meghan: I'm going to blog better! This is the year.
Julia: This is the YEAR? Other people are like, 'This is the day. This is the week!' You're giving yourself a YEAR?
Meghan: What can I say? I'm slow on the uptake.

“I forgot Indians were so good-looking!”
— Meghan Asha

2nd closet! AWESOME CLOSET GREAT JOB CONTEST!!!!! to...

2nd closet, shoe rack!

This weekend - after 11 months of living in my apartment - I...

Yes, What is LipDub, indeed? (and how did it get...

meghanasha: I’m loving the Tumblr beta site. Yo...

“She looked like the kind of woman who is trouble but may be...”
— My desired epithet

When Brands DON'T Want (Those Kind of) Celeb...

The real question is … why would you need a boom if...

Every morning M emails schedules. Not just mine, but what...

Just got my nails did. C’mon, admit it. You’ve...

Yeah, I need to get out more.

I’m going for a walk with Lilly.  I’ve been ensconced in this apartment for the last...

Why do I find this photo inexplicably hot sexier (than it...

Okay, ladies - every. single. beauty. trick. I use. is...

hmm.

I think I am physically unable to ask men out anymore. I tried typing a totally noncommittal...

"I think they knew I was only in it for...

From: [redacted]Date: August 12, 2008 2:22:07 PM EDTTo: julia@nonsociety.comSubject: job...

I'm seriously enjoying these stories...

From: [redacted]Date: August 12, 2008 9:59:14 AM EDTTo: julia@nonsociety.comSubject: Job...

The Most Exciting Post You’ll Ever ReadNONSOCIETY...

Who wants to go with me??

Listen

CLASSIC.

From: [redacted]Date: August 12, 2008 2:06:29 AM EDTTo: “Julia Allison”...

Totally Worth It For The Story.

From: [redacted]Date: August 11, 2008 11:35:04 PM EDTTo: “Julia Allison”...

“I just stopped eating, I don’t eat very healthy anyway…”
— Megan Fox on how she lost...

I would just like to point out ...

that, as a college graduate, with a B.A. from Georgetown in political science, I was rejected by...

exhausted

I’m sorry, I literally - LITERALLY - haven’t had a single moment between meetings all...

And where is this so-called "outside...

my mom, in an email to me today: “the Olympics are happening at this very moment in Beijing....

I had the perfect weekend, spent almost entirely in solitude...

**gorgeous photo by the very talented Karina Santos, who...

I can't decide if it's more mortifying...

that I’ve heard my married-with-a-baby neighbors having sex, or that they probably just...

I was quite serious about ballet when I was younger …...

So! I’m looking for a few dancers to talk with...

sunday afternoon puppy bath. she smells delicious. This is...

Anyone know ...

… of a way to record your voicemail, or transfer it, whatever, into MP3 format? (I have...

From last Thursday’s NonSociety launch party - out on...

The view. Photo by Ronen.

Charles [on the phone]: I've always felt that the second I didn't keep you on your toes, didn't provide a challenge, you would just get bored and move on. I don't think I'm wrong.
Julia: Isn't everyone like that?
Charles: No. Everyone is not like that.

A little trip down Blog Lane ...

If you’re hanging out doing work in front of your laptop this afternoon, like me,...

What we’re NOT doing today. (L to R: me, Meghan and...

They need to write a new children’s book (distributed...

I just randomly stumbled across this young lady’s...

Dear Mary,

What did you mean by this post? I don’t understand, and I was there tonight at our launch...

I logged onto YouTube today for the first time in months (I...

grr, sad.

the live/work space we wanted so badly on Broadway got rented out from under us! we’re back to...

really the only way you should ever answer a question.

the aforementioned obvious reason. quite possibly the...

At the Warhol party, held in the LES at my favorite museum,...

From yesterday’s photo shoot, in Soho. Photographer...

hi.

As I wrote earlier in the week, we have a few things going on (the last few days, the next few days)...

This week’s Time Out NY column, on the nagging...

With my favorite makeup artist, Elizabeth, before the...

WANT.

In the lobby of a place we visited on West 18th and...

Today Meghan and I met with the most amazing real estate...

The un-zippable back!