Monday night Pierce Jackson and I swung by Kim Hastreiter’s (Geoffrey Beene) book launch at Diane von Furstenberg. Countless mimosas and hors d’oeuvres later, we fled the fashionable crowd and Pierce insisted that I jump in a cab with him rather than head home to sleep. He promised that my effort would be worth it. He was right.
We ended up at Banksy’s latest stunt exhibit (Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill), where I sat mesmerized by wiggling hot dogs, masturbating monkeys and self-dipping chicken nuggets. Although I knew that all of the ‘animals’ were created with animatronics prior to my visit, it’s easy to forget upon entering the store. At one point, as I was watching the “Fish Fingers” swim around their glass bowl, a pet store employee came over with a net and pulled a motionless one out. Wide-eyed, I suddenly wondered if the little fish stick was dead. It wasn’t until I saw Pierce laughing at me that I realized it probably just needed a new battery…
