Leave it to Bill. The whole scene is so Korean.

Instead of a soap dispenser or a tray, soap-on-a-rope type contraptions are the norm in public bathrooms in S. Korea. This bar of soap shaped like a hand is an especially clever if not eery take. Wash your hands more.

The latest dance craze to sweep through the dancehall scene in Jamaica is called Daggerin. Essentially just dry humping your partner, it’s stirred a bit of debate and some think that both songs that mention it and the dance itself should be banned. My opinion is at least you can’t get the bug from this type of fun.

In the video above, Mystique talks a little about her style, her thoughts on Daggerin and get a glimpse of the new dance craze (sfw).

via Chunnel.

I was flying through Shanghai last week and before we could de-plane a group of tyvek-suits shot lasers at my forehead to take my temperature. Futuristic, weird, and it made all of us on the plane feel real comfortable.

The NYtimes has an informative video on skateboarding in Afghanistan and an Aussie who’s established the first skate school in Kabul. A girl comments, “We skate because we want to lose our fear and to get courage and to be healthy.”

Check it out on NYtimes Video page.

In what originated as a suburban luxury housing development for NYC’s wealthiest back in 1895, Dyker Heights, which sits under the Verrazano Bridge, is now predominantly an Italian-American neighborhood and home to some of the most spectacular Christmas light displays you’ll ever see. In an attempt to outdo each other, professional crews work for weeks on a single house and electric bills have been known to run upwards of $5,000 for the month of December.

We went down to check it out last week and were not disappointed. It is magnificently gaudy. Just when you think you’ve seen all of NYC…it’s big.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.

Most of the mansions featured gothic roman columns.

Santa at his post.

A Mediterranean villa.

Looking for some professional decorators? Call the Christmas Decorators at 718-837-0225.

My girlfriend (Bryn Chernoff of Paperfinger) and I just got back from a much needed vacation out on the left coast on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. I feel rather relaxed and recharged.