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“Dear Faran,

This is the door of our lovely gay bar, The Cock, in the East Village.

You may notice some familiar markings in the form of Louis Vuitton’s little doodads on the sides.

I have no idea who thought that was funny, but I bet it was Marc Jacobs.

Enjoy!

xo KFC.”

Hysterical.

Also, a very nice color scheme.  I wonder, do the roosters glow in the dark?

If you have graffiti, send it to faran@nylonmag.com

Instead of a catalog, Tom’s sent us these stacking cards with photos of their new shoes.

Joelle built a little house with them.

If we had dolls, we’d put them inside.

And then we’d make little Toms shoes out of fabric scraps for them to wear.

And make an extra pair to give to a doll that lived in a different country and maybe didn’t have any shoes.

But now we’re getting too involved.

If you snuck downstairs during middle school to play Nintendo at 2 am, you might remember Monkey Island.  The pirate adventure created by George Lucas let you drink, smoke, swear, and problem solve - and do it all on a haunted beach.

Now Monkey Island is back with a new iPhone App, luring ’90s addicts back into the pirate fold.

But at $7.99, it’s the most expensive App we’ve seen yet, and a sign of Apple’s new leap into gaming.

Shruti says she beat the entire game as a kid so we’re gonna see how she does on her phone.

Meanwhile, if any of you have downloaded the App - or have Monkey Island tricks still stuck in your brain - leave it in the comments section below.

PS:  You fight like a dairy farmer…

You know what’s the best part of running this blog?

Getting your reader art.

So when we put a call on nylonmag.com for you to send your favorite jeans, we were psyched - okay, I was psyched -  to see all the ways you rocked a pair of pants.

At left is LaToya Henry from Brooklyn, New York, in her Cheap Mondays.

Think you’ve got a rival style?

Send it to me:

faran@nylonmag.com

And just so this isn’t one sided - if you check out our denim story, you can see me in my favorite pair, the Berlin Jean by MiH.

xo faran

That’s AnnaLynne McCord, left, playing Twister at a French Connection party in Los Angeles.

She looks crazy cute, and also like she’s having lots of fun - which means she belongs in the “I Love Twister” camp.

But then there’s the other side -

The “I can barely do beginner’s yoga, how do you expect me to reach the blue dot all the way over there when I’m already stretched over two people’s butts with my leg on yellow?” camp.

On the other hand, we know a lot of NYLON Guys readers who’d want to fall on AnnaLynne McCord, even if it meant losing a game.

Contrary to some of the comments, neither Lindsay Lohan nor Chloe Sevigny have been featured three times on the cover of NYLON.

But one girl besides Sienna Miller has.

She’s Kirsten Dunst, who appeared on NYLON’s covers for The Virgin Suicides, Bring It On, and most recently, Marie Antoinette.

That was also the first time NYLON put a guy on our cover, in the form of the awesome Jason Schwartzman.

So now here’s another question:

Who would you like to see break Kirsten and Sienna’s streak as a record NYLON cover girl?

Let us know - we listen more than you think.

“Hey Faran,

These pieces were made by Andrea Michaelsson, who is one half of the very cool Catalan street art duo Btoy.

Although a lot of Barcelona’s graffiti and street art was destroyed when the government decided to crack down on it, Andrea’s retro chic portraits of starlets and beauties can still be found all over the city, as well as other parts of Europe.

Her interpretation of early twentieth century American fashion and cinema has an ironic European edge that really enhances the sophistication and glamour, and the urban grittiness of the surroundings really makes them come alive.

Elisa”

Gracias, and yay for female taggers!

If you have graffiti, send it to faran@nylonmag.com

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Yo readers,

I’ve made a tiny typo (oops!) and it’s up to you to fix it.

In today’s NYLON Newsletter, I wrote that Sienna Miller is so awesome, she’s the only actress to appear on our cover three times.

Well, Sienna is awesome, but it turns out she’s not the only star we adore.

Luke informed me this afternoon that, in fact, there’s been one more girl who’s so very NYLON, we’ve featured her x 3 on the American covers.

Do you know who she is?

Leave your guesses below, and one of you will win… something good.

xoxo faran

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