Unabashed lover of large breasts, pornography, foul mouths, and loud music. Childhood diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is possibly related to current position as Associate Editor and only female employee at GuySpeed.
Jackie Mancini
The Brand Brothers — Hot Mess of the Day
Location: 'Fashion Capital of the World,' Boise, ID
Should Be Obvious: They are not actually brothers.
Skills: Brand loyalty, expressing their individuality, and living life with (almost) no regrets.
Their Only Regret: Not knowing that some companies will actually pay you to do this...
Itchy Ida — Hot Mess of the Day
Location: 3 feet from your itch, and still scratching it.
Hardest Things to Do With Long Nails: Playing Angry Birds, giving cootie shots.
Skills: Picking locks, changing the car radio station from the back seat, dosing cocaine.
Her Motto: "It's a long way to the top...
Go Here: Hostel in the Forest in Brunswick, GA
In my long-standing birthday tradition of 'getting the hell outta dodge,' I took a birthday road trip through Georgia last May, and along the way I spent a night at the Hostel in the Forest, a hostel where each rentable room is a standalone treehouse. If you've ever desired to live the life of an Ewok, or Robinson Crusoe, this is your destination.
Britney Breakfasttime — Hot Mess of the Day
Location: Your kitchen.
How She Got In: "Hush, you're so silly! How do you like your eggs?"
Hobbies: Perfecting her french toast recipe, gluing small pieces of dry cereal to her body to eliminate the need for clothing.
Skills: One-handed frying pan flips, un-traceable phone calls, and patience...
Go Here: Tugboat Graveyard in Staten Island
I try to avoid Staten Island as much as possible, on account of all of the garbage dumps and mob wives and pebble lawns. There is one place I'll always go, though: The Tugboat Graveyard.
Black Widow — Hot Mess of the Day
Location: Walmart on Black Friday, 6am.
Reported caffeine intake: "3 Mochas and...does my son's Adderall count?! Hey, NO CUTTING!"
Biggest Black Friday Score: Wrenching a $5 DVD box set of 'House Hunters: International' from a ten-year-old child's hands...
Go Here: Abandoned Renaissance Faire in Fredericksburg, VA
I went to college in Fredericksburg -- a small, seemingly fictional city halfway between DC and Richmond. After growing up in New York it was a radical change, and I spent most of my (five, oops) college years exploring the strangest parts of Virginia. This place remains one of my favorite discoveries of all time.
Tommy Feathers — Hot Mess of the Day
Location: Home alone.
Go Here: Roadside America in Pennsylvania
Roadside America in Shartlesville, PA dubs themselves "an enchanted miniature land of yesterday and tomorrow that you have to see to believe." I've seen it, and I'm still having trouble believing that it's real.
We Dare You to Wear This Tie to Thanksgiving Dinner
Dressing up for Holidays only to sit around on a couch surrounded by drunk uncles can be kind of the pits, but we've found a way to make it a little more fun.
Go Here: City Museum in St. Louis
When a friend found out that I was visiting St. Louis a few years ago, she made me promise to visit City Museum. I wish I was the kind of person who asked more questions, so that I would have been dressed more appropriately for climbing into metal sky tunnels that lead to abandoned planes.