the quiz

Brand Girl's favorite beverage is:

Anything pink and served in a martini glass.
Bass Pale Ale (earning her the nick "Seven Bass Barb").
Red Bull (and not with vodka. That says to bartenders, "rookie").
Chardonnay. California, Russian River, double-digits per glass.

Brand Girl's favorite thing to eat is:

Tuna tartare. Live dangerously.
Chocolate. For the serotonin.
Men. For the danger and the serotonin.
All of the above.

The following things must be of the highest quality:

Shoes... Gucci, Christian Louboutin, and Sacco for the bitch boots.
Watch... Cartier. Leave the Swatches to the pre-teens.
Haircut... Hiroko, worth the cross-country flight.
All of the above.

The TV show Brand Girl and her current suitor can agree on:

Mad Men
House
Entourage
Simpsons re-runs

The best rooms at the Mondrian Hotel are:

Rooms with a pool view. Bring your binoculars and study up before you venture out.
Rooms with a city view. Because it's the prettiest city in so many ways.
Rooms with a Hollywood Hills view. Just in case you forget whose house it is.
Any room. They all come with Skybar access, so no velvet rope limbo.

Brand Girl is a collector of what rare and valuable items?

Antique mirrors that require 10 moving men to transport.
Bar napkins with men's phone numbers scribbled on them. (Brand Girls don't give out their number to men they meet in bars.)
World's Finest Chocolate wrappers. Hey, free Whopper!
Macintosh computers and every bit of attendant paraphernalia ever made.

The correct count on dinnerware that Brand Girl transported from New York to L.A. is:

Complete service for 12, including dessert forks and finger bowls.
Nothing. She bought everything new at Restoration Hardware.
Nothing. She always eats out, or uses chopsticks.
Six plates, six saucers, six forks, six spoons, and 38 wine glasses.

The least expensive visit to NY that Brand Girl ever had was due to:

Mr. Sometimes picking up the tab. Surprise!
Food poisoning. Was it the Hudson sushi, or was it a virus?
Expensed it––back to see a client in the financial biz.
Mom and Dad, a.k.a. Stephka and Stan, wooing their girl back home.

What did Brand Girl do with her stacks and stacks of Tiffany boxes, gifts from vendors "à la Albert Brooks' The Muse"?

ebay, baby!
Merry Christmas, Stephka and Stan!
Listen carefully: Open a Tiffany charge account. Return the items for credit. Close the account and receive a check. Whee!
Two words: two carats.

What is "Nacho Italiano"?

The new Jack Black movie.
Brand Girl's nickname for Mr. Sometimes from Sicily.
A Mexican-Italian fusion restaurant in Tribeca (and a Brand Girl client).
A late-night snack of Triscuits and Parmegiano Reggiano, microwaved until melty.

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