Flew the coop, left the PLAID...folded.

University Place. Captured, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. We're willing to venture a be that this is the nest of the girl who we captured just before Christmas, 2007, in a location not far form this one. This go-round, we find the plaid blanket neatly folded amongst the other bedding materials, (it was a pretty warm day today, no need for a wooly) And the hen seem sot have left he next unattended. As I capture this, I am half expecting to be bludgeoned form behind with a tire iron....

PEEK-A-BOO PLATFORM PLAID

This is our first submission from SWIRLY HENRY, sent in during CRAFT HOLE III, just after ordering the pizzas and well before THE CORK EPHANY. Keep 'em comin, Swirly... put that ol' iphone to good use. Image captured on the Bedford L Platform, 5/7/08.

BROWN and WHITE

An most unusual post! Never before have we seen plaid printed on a regular old shopping bag. Thanks to PTHALO for sending this in. We hope you enjoyed your single malt. 5/7/08

AND THE SCRAB-BATTLE CONTINUES!

...In the secret workshop of THE NOISE MONSTER, an almost above average and for the most part, solid scrabble opponent was beheaded tonight for failing to play her move; her noggin was replaced with the head of a rock opera composer and competitive scrabble genius... no doubt with the modus operandi of getting AHEAD. While the giraffes, horrified more by the use of bad puns than senseless murder, look on.
(We have been so busy lately keeping up with our ever increasing backlog of submissions, that we have been seriously neglecting our once healthy diet of Scrabulous on facebook... Until tonight. Ok, Ok, NOISE MONSTER, we heard you, we played our move, and we applaud your tactics in getting us to do so... Bravo.)

BOY meets PLAID

Union Square. About 6:30, May 6th, 2008.

BLACK and the BLUE YONDER.

We are pleased to publish the first image in our special series: PVP EYE ON THE NORTH COUNTRY, brought to you via the PVP, NCRIP. (North Country Roving Intern Photographer)
Buffalo Plaid in the Garden. (Somewhere in New Hampshire) 5/6/08

A PLAID VISION:A VISION OF PLAID.

You may have noticed, that lately we have been heavy in to documentaries. Our EX/AV DPT ( Extra Curricular Audio/VIsual Department) has been riding a wave of insomnia which they are trying to make contagious to the rest of us by hosting irresistible all night/early morning screenings of documentaries on select seductive personalities such as Frank Gehry, Marc Jacobs and Matthew Barney, (see below sighting in Matthew Barney; Unrestrained.)

Usually, (and they have yet to be proven wrong) there is a plaid cameo to be found in such titles, and PVP EX/AV DPT has made it their personal [insomniac] mission to find them. Sometimes, it is quite a stretch to see what they will consider a passible sighting. This image below is a photograph taken last Sunday around 2:30am by ROSEBUD at the Bushwick Country Club, on a trip to the bar between screenings. When he sent it in, It was completely black, with the attached caption: Bushwick C.C. Evening, and based on the ungodly hour of its submission, (well past "evening") and the assumed state of inebriation of our dear friend ROSEBUD, the team in the PVP APDU (Abstract Plaid Deciphering Unit) was quick to dismiss it as a joke. But upon closer examination, and a heartfelt testimony from ROSEBUD himself, we decided to run it through another magazine of tests, and sure enough, after a very complicated photo enhancement process this is the image that was revealed: Quite a complex plaid indeed. Thanks Rosebud!

J.A.D.A.T.O. (Just another day at the office)

I forgot to mention that my other job is bat girl. This is really a stretch for the PVP to post, but it;s spring and people don't wear half the plaid the do in the winter, which gives us license to have a little fun... at least while we're at our desk job.
5/5/08

PLAID and SON (of the guy sitting next to him,)

On the L Train between 1st x Bedford. 5/5/08 8:19pm

PANTS! PVP represents the bottom half...

Brooklyn bound A train. Cinco de Mayo, '08

MINTY.

This might be our favorite capture yet. It leaves us all pretty much breathless. 4/5/08 Bedford Ave, where else?

SECOND of 2, CODE RF [RAPID FIRE]

I noticed them first, comin' at us, two in a row from all the way down the block.
As if in slow motion, Iooked to my right and saw my wingman now had them on his radar too...
Giving him the nod we both reached into our pockets for our phones.
Beads of sweat formed instantly on my upper lip as I fumbled to activate the camera function...
My wing man followed suit...

The following is an actual transcript of the events which ensued:

PVP AGENT 1: "GET OUT YOUR PHONE."
PVP AGENT 2: "Copy that."
PVP AGENT 1: "You aim for ace, I'm goin' in solo on the deuce."
PVP AGENT 2: "Sight on..." [FIRE]
PVP AGENT 1: [FIRE] "got her...RAD!"

We moved fast and with the agility of a pack of hungry snow leopards, our reflexes were rewarded with 2 out of 2 attempted captures, this one, and the one posted below. West side of Bedford Ave between N3 and N4th, 5/4/08 12:47:15pm

FIRST OF 2, CODE RF

First of two captured in rapid succession. Such a good capture of a moving target by a moving mobile phone in the opposite direction. It's little moments like these that make us proud to be [plaid] voyeurs.
4/5/08 West side of Bedford Ave, Btwn N3 and N4th, 5/4/08 12:47:13pm

FABIO'S WISH LIST

Sent in by FABIO via hand held Mobile device, with caption, : "I want these for my bday!" Well, Fabio, better tell Sissy Pants....

HAPP Y BIRTHDAY, SISSY PANTS!

Inside the Lodge looking out. Birthday brunch. Sissy Pants is 28 Today! 5/4/08.

SOON TO BE BLAZE ORANGE AND BLACK!!!!!

RECEIVED. For those of you who have been following the continuing saga of the blaze orange hand painted plaid, you will be pleased to know that today i received a box in the mail from Minnesota containing some bright orange fleece, some chocolate, and a very nice note from Anne, my collaborator in this project.
STay uned for further progress reports... 5/3/08 12:10pm

BLACK and LIME : Marc Jacobs = genius of our time.

We held a special pre-work am screening of the Marc Jacobs/Louis Vuitton Documentary this morning. All he had to do was to walk out the door in that amazing PIgeon costume and in the first 35 seconds of the film we were all completely in love with him. Francine Prose, Novelist interviewed for the documentary agreed. Genius. 5/3/08, between 6-8am.

GREEN + BLACK = GREEN BACKS

Sent in by BIG JER. Merchants Bank. Burlington, Vermont 5/2/08 Sometime during business hours...

PIC-NIC PING-PONG '08

The word is out, folks...


The ever popular red and white PIC-NIC PLAID (Also known as Pizzeria Plaid, as displayed above, Valdiano Restaurant, Manhattan Ave, Greepoint) has been approved as the OFFICIAL 2008 Summer Weight Strain of our beloved Buffalo Check. After a considerable amount of back and forth banter, we had to resort to a cut throat ping-pong tournament to finally determine a verdict.

As the Captain of the winning team, (We play doubles so more people get to play) We are proud to award the folks at CPNA (Coalition for Pic-Nic Accessories) with the title of OSWS'08 (Official Summer Weight Srain,'08) Such a fun and festive flat pattern is more than deserving of our accolades.... at least until after labor day.

TWO EGGS = ON A MISSION

Everyone in New York can't stop complimenting me on my new bag, a gift from my Sharp-As -A-Tack Art Dealer, known to PVP as COCA COLA CLASSIC, and to the Greater Miami Art Set as the infamous and infinitely fabulous, Miss Nina Johnson, Owner and Proprietor of Gallery Diet. Thanks so much!!!!

On a symbolic note, According to Dr. Williams, (Father of QUEEN OF THE SAVAGES,) in from Minnesota for the big record release party weekend, Two Eggs, in military speak, means you are ON A MISSION.... and I certainly am.