Now you can wear your heart on your sleeve and your flag on your biceps -- and have something more than a permanent blemish to show for it.
Last October, in the wake of September 11, the epidermis etchers at Dark Millennia Studios instigated this offer, though word from the Millennial staff is that there wasn't much of a response. The offer still stands, just like the good old American spirit: Declare your love for your nation in permanent ink, and 10 percent of the fee will go to the Red Cross or United Way in your name. Broadway, Englewood, Map www. Most of the customers who frequent the Diamond Cabaret have one thing on their mind -- and it isn't shopping.
The palatial skin palace boasts some of the most beautiful topless dancers in town, a quality that attracts a largely male clientele. But the club also offers a diversion for female patrons who don't fancy a lap dance: Its clothing boutique is filled with high-end women's lingerie, clothing and accessories, with a stylistic emphasis on fashions most suited to the boudoir Let the Diamond Cabaret help you get in touch with your inner showgirl.
The room decor inside Mon Chalet comes from the Hollywood Porno Playground school of interior design. Neon accents, water-column lights, mirrored ceilings and walls, and giant whirlpool baths are standard features in Mon Chalet's ten deluxe and semi-deluxe suites, as are king-sized beds, whether standard or octagon-shaped, firm mattress or waterbed. Optional room features include climate-control chambers programmable sun, steam, warm breeze and rain , and specialty furnishings, including the "Love Machine," which the motel's Web site www.
Mon Chalet also offers four-hour quickie "matinee rates," from noon to four p. Get on up. Fancy a shag rug? How about a '50s dinette set, an authentic lava lamp or a vintage flapper dress? Mod Living crams all of the above, and much more, into its understated space on East Colfax; it's a veritable museum of affordable art and furnishings for the nostalgia-minded decorator.
Ranging from classic to kitschy, the tastefully cluttered store's wares are both practical and just plain fun.
Did you know that Queen Victoria had quite an impressive collection of Chinese snuff boxes? The friendly and resourceful owners of Decorables do, and they'll be happy to tell you all about it as you browse the elegant and eclectic aisles of this airy antiques gallery, which makes its home in a former East Colfax bank.
And while Decorables' own display of snuff stuff doesn't quite rival that of the British Empire, the shop's cross-cultural collections -- from marble Buddha statues to Hummel figurines -- are regal in their own right. Unpretentious and accessible, Decorables is a find. Colfax Ave. Antique Row is charming, as are many of the eclectic boutiques and specialty stores that line commercial stretches along South Broadway.
But the thrill of pawing through miscellaneous merchandise is often tempered by the reality of sticker shock -- something that convinces many of us to browse rather than buy. Not so at ARC, where the price is always right and the goods are always pleasantly unpredictable.
With weekly specials and perennial bargains on used clothing, housewares, books and furniture, the large store is a haven for those who appreciate a good deal, as well as a fun alternative for frugal treasure hounds. Thrift is a virtue -- and so are community-spirited stores like ARC. It's fun trying to stump the sales staff in Peppercorn's kitchen department, but no matter what you ask for -- a kitchen scale, grilling equipment for summer, pastry bags, woks, an ice-cream maker, pots and pans, toasters, KitchenAids or shells for your coquilles St.
They screw around a whippit with a spike puncturing the seal when it is screwed down. The nitrous fills a balloon that is slipped over the end of the cracker. Crackers can be found at head shops and similar stores. Crackers come in metal and plastic, and a variety of colors. The metal crackers are primarily silver and gold, but sometimes anodized black.
People don't seem as personal about their crackers as they are about bongs. Don't buy plastic crackers; the intense cold from releasing nitrous will eventually break them.
Some states don't sell crackers, in this case you can make your own cracker. Balloons, the heavy "punching bag" sort, can be found at most grocery stores with the kids toys in the cereal section, or near the cake and party supplies.
Balloons are easy to conceal and carry. Finally, unlike masks, should you pass out, balloons will not stick to your face. Unfortunately, balloons also have many shortcomings. The primary problem is that the intense cold from the gaseous expansion freezes the balloon and eventually ruins it. Standard party balloons do not last more than ten times. There is an art to releasing the gas slowly and warming the balloon and cracker.
Some people prefer to leave the base of the cracker on the balloon, maintaining that the most damage comes from repeatedly stretching the balloon over the cracker. Whipped cream charging bottles also dispense the nitrous from whippits. They look just like seltzer bottles, except the spout points straight up rather than at an angle downwards. There is a large jug part, a spout, a handle, and a small screw-in device which holds the whippit.
Both types of bottle work equally well; the upwards pointing spout of the charging bottle is slightly easier to put your mouth on. Charging bottles are available from upscale cooking stores like William- Sonoma, bar supply stores, and party supply stores.
Some head shops also carry charging bottles. The primary advantages of a charging bottle are that its simple to fill and impossible to spill. There are no worries about freezing gas and breaking balloons. However some people find that the release of gas from a balloon is slower and more predictable than the rapid rush from a bottle. There is no way to be incongruous in a crowd with a charging bottle. Nitrous tanks are for the more dedicated ab users. One analogy made is that whippits are like cans of beer, while a tank is like beer on tap.
With tanks there begins to be a real danger of asphyxiation, as people are prone to use things like masks, and regulation of intake becomes difficult to enforce. As with many things, some people have no sense. With anything larger than a cozy group of friends, the best way of using a tank is to keep the tank in a locked room and periodically fill lots of balloons and pass them out.
Because nitrous is heavier than air you could fill garbage bags but don't -- someone will stick one over their head and die. You could try the giant mylar balloons too but be careful about overfilling them.
If you knock the valve off of a large tank, it will go straight through a wall. Please talk to someone with some experience before playing with tanks. Empty gas tanks are often found in chemistry labs, or purchased from chemical supply houses, or auto racing stores. The hard part is having your tank filled.
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