Ring Ghetto Gastro's Bop Line

October 14, 2024

Bronx-based culinary collective Ghetto Gastro, founded by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker, recently unveiled their 'BOP LINE' campaign through @ghettogastrogoods with none other than wellness guru-in-chief, actress Gwyneth Paltrow. In what feels like a tongue-in-cheek nod to Goop’s ever-expanding wellness empire — where a jade egg and a detox tonic are considered life essentials — THE BOP MOBILE flips the script, embracing flavor over fasting.

Upcoming installments will feature actors Michael Ealy, Siddiq Sanderson, Jerrie Johnson, and rapper Malibu Mitch. But the real showstoppers are Ghetto Gastro’s newest toaster pastries: Brown Sugar and Sweet Potato, now available at Target.

Because sometimes, the real 'clean eating' is just a damn good pastry.

By Enzo Holdt
Video by Ghetto Gastro

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Stease the Day

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After The Show

While a bougie Park Ave penthouse sounds nice, we're more than happy to party at PUBLIC Arts in clothes inspired by one, instead.

Peep some photos from the after-party, below.

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office Travel Diary

February 10, 2019

Early last year my boyfriend, Jason, was invited to tattoo at a convention in New Zealand. We had been dying to take a trip and this seemed like the perfect excuse to get out of New York. I figured if we were going to venture halfway around the world we needed to make the most of it.

Anyone that knows me, knows I’m a Thai food fiend. With a mom that wasn’t much into cooking, she essentially raised me on the Thai food restaurant next door to my childhood home in LA. So I knew 100% that we needed to hit Thailand. Jason had always wanted to do a guest spot in Melbourne so we added both to the list.

First was Auckland, New Zealand. I didn’t think it could get better than first day—we linked up with a few friends who had also traveled from New York and ventured out to Kirikiri beach. It was like a vast desert with black sand, surrounded by green hills, only to open up to a beautiful empty beach, blue water stretching as far as you could see. We visited a few other similar beaches while there, took a ferry to the volcanic island Rangitoto and drove to Rotorua for a dip in Kerosene Creek—a natural hot-springs surrounded by dense forest.

Text and photos by Caitlan Hickey

Then with our whole NY crew, we made our way to Melbourne. We partied, hit the pool and ate a shit ton of healthy food. Melbourne wasn’t a place that enabled my Hot Cheetos addiction. We visited Johnny Dollar, an OG tattooer from Australia. At 70 years old I sat in his chair, told him I wanted a spider and he just went for it, no stencil, no drawing—boss.

Next, we ditched the crew and made our way to Thailand, just in time for my birthday. We stayed on Kammala beach in Phuket. There, we laid on the beach, read books, drank coconut water and beer. I got Jason to get his first massage, I figured he would either love it and get a raging hard on, or hate it, but all he had to say was that it hurt. We took a boat to rock island for some snorkeling, and I took a shit ton of beach bum photos. There was definitely no shortage of speedos and thongs on the retirees.

After we couldn’t relax any longer (okay thats a lie, I could have stayed for weeks) we made our way up north to Chiang Mai. We were great tourists. We went to an elephant conservation, ziplined above tea plantations, went to a Muay Thai fight and visited Chiang Rai for a day to see the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun), the Blue Temple (wat Rong Seur Ten) and the Black House Museum (Baan Dam Museum), eating all the food in between. We visited the night markets and ate fresh made to order papaya salads—for one dollar!—tried the famous khao soi and had the most amazing fresh passion fruit smoothies.

If you’ve indulged me enough to read this far, my take away would be to get out of NYC—or wherever you are. Putting yourself out there to explore new places and meet new people, to me, is the best way to really live. There’s a place to go for every budget and for any amount of time. Walking down the same streets every day, sometimes I forget to simply look up—visiting a new place forces you to open your eyes and your mind. We can all get stuck in a bubble sometimes but it’s important to remember there’s a whole beautiful world out there living out their best lives, whether or not you got that new Chanel bag.

See some photos from my trip, below.