We Say Four Things to Paint on Rocks

Orlando Says:

- Insults

- Witty remarks

- Threats

- Googly eyes

One Saturday Says:

- Boo Radley

- Cupcakes

- Boo Radley

- Boo Radley

MacKenzie_B Says:

- DC + MB (in a heart... yes, totally lame...)

- A star and half moon, b/c I've been obsessed w/that combo since I was a kid

- OBAMA b/c I think it's hilarious to see political stuff graffitied

- The phrase "the sky's not blue it's chicken," because I saw that painted on a wall once and it's so bizarre it's cool.

Kate Says:

- The American flag

- The Union Jack

- The French Flag

- A mustache

Alexandra Says:

- "Will you marry me?" (true story)

- "This is a nice place to kiss" (true story)

- "Eat Mor Chikn"

- A big ol' yellow smiley face :)

What will tomorrow bring? Four things we wish customers wouldn't do when we work retail.

Thank you, WytcheHazel, for the photo!

We Say Four Things to Put on Cookies

Mei Says:
- Ice cream - Raisins - Peanut m&ms - Reese peanut butter cups

Catwoman Waiting for her Batman Says:

- White chocolate chips

- Multi-colored m&ms

- Milk chocolate chunks (not chips)

- A fine coating of sugar

Tinysaurus Rex Says:

- Pink sprinkles

- Green sprinkles

- Purple sprinkles

- Blue sprinkles

One Saturday Says:

- Noses

- Tim Burton-inspired teeth

- Dough whiskers

- Ears

Orlando Says:

- Hershey kisses

- Chocolate

- Pine nuts

- Ginger

(Honestly this is all code for I like those peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses, chocolate chip cookies, pignolis cookies, and gingersnaps.)

Kate Says:

- Raisins to compliment the oatmeal

- Chocolate chips, obviously

- Snickerdoodle cinnamon

- And those criss-cross fork indents to make peanut butter cookies look classy

Alexandra Says:

- Coffee chips

- Peanut butter M&Ms

- Smiley faces

- I'm hungry

What will tomorrow bring? Four things to paint on rocks.

We Say Four Things that Someone Should Invent

Kate Says:

- A cure for cancer/AIDS/world hunger etc. etc.

- Less confusing health insurance

- A lash lengthener that won't turn your blue eyes brown

- A way for people to live abroad without having to marry, au pair, or live illegally

Alexandra Says:

-Calorie free chocolate sundae that is just as delicious

-A machine to write all those annoying emails that take up so much time

-A room that automatically cleans itself

-A time machine - duh

One Saturday Says:

- That bespectacled robot I drew up in my notebook when I was nine, but couldn't quite figure out--the one that did all your homework and cleaned and mowed the lawn with scissors. Can you tell I didn't mow the lawn?

- Uninvent the dishwasher. How else can I justify not *really* cooking *often*?

- A machine that will make any room as toasty and yummy-smelling as the kitchen after someone's whipped up a delicious meal or a fresh batch of cookies.

- A real genie in the bottle contraption. Or maybe just a genie in a bottle.

What will tomorrow bring? Four things we like on cookies.

We Say Four Things that Make Us Wish Upon a Star

Kate Says:

- My friends and family

- Anything Chloe

- Gucci Flora perfume

- My dream of finding some hot French diplomat to fall in love with and whisk me off to Paris

Antennae Free Says:

- A cupcake filled with ice cream, wrapped in candy, coated in a melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand layer of chocolate, drizzled with caramel syrup, laid on a bed of cotton candy. And it doesn't make me fat. To quote Jack Handey: "How 'bout it, Science?"

- Being given the ability to fly

- Being given an all-expenses paid vacation to somewhere tropical without having to enter a contest, or do anything in particular.

- To learn perfect grammar, even at the ripe old age of 24

Alexandra Says:

- An all-expenses paid vacation to Santorini

- A dream job with a corner office and enough time to take that vacation to Santorini

- A dress that makes us feel like Cinderella

- Someone to love us through it all

What will tomorrow bring? Four things that someone should invent.

We Say Four Things that Make our Subway Rides Better

Orlando Says:

- No street performers unless you're Sonny Payne or that guy on speed who plays along to his cd player. Mariachi bands, I'm talking to you.

- Getting a seat

- No pole huggers

- No youths

Catwoman Waiting for her Batman Says:

- Unanticipated express runs

- Getting an actual seat

- Jeopardy on my phone

- Having the money to take a cab home instead

MacKenzie_B Says:

- A spirited announcer (extra points if he yells about holding the doors during rush hour)

- Other riders with covetable wardrobes & accessories

- Good conversations to eavesdrop on

- Kindles

Alexandra Says:

- Impromptu a capella renditions of "For the Longest Time" (true story)

- People who pull me aside to tell me how much they like the book I am reading

- Getting that last seat before the train fills up (schaaadenfreude)

- Conductors who announce each stop in a different accent (another true story)

Adam Says:

- “Excuse me, would you like to sit?”

- The book that person is reading doesn't define them

- I'll get to where i need to be when I need to be there

- I could easily be panhandler, so I give what I can

Antennae Free Says:

- Instant hand sanitizer

- Getting a seat

- Reading the "Feeling Under the Weather Today?" ads and thinking "Yes," but not because you have a cold. It's because you hate your life.

- The album "The Very Best of En Vogue." Specifically, "Free Your Mind" and "My Love (Never Gonna Get It)."

Kate Says:

- Cabs

- Comfortable flats

- iPods

- Fitzgerald

One Saturday Says:

- That nice fellow passenger who picks up the piece of paper I dropped on the floor because I’m torn between being too skeeved out to touch something that’s touched the subway floor and feeling guilty about littering.

- My train pulling into the station just as I get there. Yes, it’s magic.

- Wearing a coat or cardi that’s long enough so my legs don’t rest on the seat if I scrunch down.

- A good train buddy, though you have to remember that everyone in the car can hear your convo. (Yup, I’m talk to you, mister-over-there—you should not be telling the girl you just started seeing about the time you and your brother tried to have a threesome with an unconscious drunk girl who couldn’t speak English.)

What will tomorrow bring? Four things that make us wish upon a star.

We Say Four Examples of How Ain't No Ash Cloud Gonna Stop Us

Antennae Free Says:

- I love the MTA, their buses, their subways

- If the MTA built a plane, I bet it could fly through volcanic ash, no problem.

- I've dealt with substances worse than ash on the F Train

- No thanks, Iceland

Kate Says:

- We'll use trains if we have to

- We couldn't go to Europe anyway because we're saving up our vacation days for summer trips

- Ok, it did kinda stop us when it came to the London book fair- touché ash cloud

- Skype?

One Saturday Says:

- Batman has to take a wee and ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop him

- My purple Nalgene water bottle has special powers so ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

- We had four flights booked each day so ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop us

- So long as Iceland will still be there for me to visit in a year ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

Orlando Says:

- Hop

- Skip

- Jump

- Catapault

Alexandra Says:

- We can totally conduct the London Book Fair via Skype

- Can't afford to fly in European airspace anyway

- Now we can just stay in and cuddle

- We have brains in our head and feet in our shoes. We can steer ourselves any direction we choose!

Tinysaurus Rex Says:

- Buying that brooch and ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

- Eating that delicious delicious $7 buffet and ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

- Taking that slightly-out-of-focus (but in a COOL way) picture and ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

- Not traveling to Europe today and ain’t no ash cloud gonna stop me

What will tomorrow bring? Four things that make our subway rides better.

Thanks, Tinysaurus Rex, for the Free Flying photo.

We Say Four Things about the Clothes that Wear Us

One Saturday Says:

- Why can't I wear a feather boa seriously

- Remember that study that found that people wearing baggy sweaters during tests scored better than people clad in bathing suits

- Summers remind me why I’m happy to be a girl--maximum breeze effect in a dress

- If you sat on the subway in those jeans you can't sit on my bed

Catwoman Waiting for her Batman Says:

- I'm wearing black until they invent something darker

Orlando Says: a loud no to this kind of fashion

- Bubble dresses--not good in the 80s. Not good in the 10s.

- Those ugly open toed boot sandal combos- bandals? soots? bootals? Just stop.

- Man shorts--in my book this is forbidden and I don't care how gd hot it is.

- Top hats

Tinysaurus Rex Says: leggings are

- Not pants

- Not pants

- Not pants

- Not pants

Kate Says:

- Tailored shirt--I feel a need to class it up this morning

- Polka dot shorts--I have to wear these as much as possible because I know they are trendy and I'm going to hate them in a few months

- Pearls--see "Tailored shirt"

- Vintage blazer- I miss London...

What will tomorrow bring? Four examples of how ain't no ash cloud gonna stop us.

We Say Four Says Hello

We like the number four. Elegant and sassy, sophisticated and buoyant, bright and flavorful. So here we are, in celebration of Four. And what better way to give Four the hoopla it deserves than by showering it with our all-time-number-one-favorite-thing-to-do: lists. Each day we'll share with you four thoughts on a different topic.

Today we bring you things we like.

We Say Four Things We Like

Kate Says:

- Brett Ashley in The Sun Also Rises

- A good pair of flats

- Greek yogurt

- Kandinsky

Oh! and perfume! Really nice perfume!

ANYTHING FRENCH!!!!!

Antennae Free Says:

- Purell (or any instant hand sanitizers)

- Sun Chips

- "Hoarders"

- Russell Banks

Orlando Says:

- Pignoli cookies

- Chopping vegetables

- “The Wire”

- Lambs

Catwoman Looking for my Batman Says:

- Reading

- Watching movies

- Laughing

- Sweets

Tinysaurus Rex Says:

- My birthday o'clock

- (Fennec) foxes

- Single malt scotch

- “Wiretap” with Jonathan Goldstein

Mackenzie_B Says:

- Aziz Ansari

- Coupons

- NYC fruit & vegetable stands

- Flip flops

Alexandra Says:

- York peppermint patties

- “Casablanca”

- Bob Dylan

- Nerdy boys

Mei Says:

- Sleep

- Fuzzy animals

- Food

- Chocolate

One Saturday Says:

- Whistling to Coconut Records

- The Ugly Doll stare

- Highlighters in every color

- Making lists

What will tomorrow bring? Four things about the clothes that wear us.

Photo Credit: Tinysaurus Rex