{"id":2345,"date":"2009-05-26T00:16:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T23:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2009-05-26T00:16:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T23:16:23","slug":"nyc-iconic-kitsch-store-howdy-do-is-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"NYC Iconic Kitsch Store &#8220;Howdy Do&#8221; is Closing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2346\" title=\"brandywine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/brandywine.jpg\" alt=\"brandywine\" width=\"446\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BrandyWine and Brenda A Go Go, aka Michael Torres and Ryan Lance, were fixtures on the Downtown New York club scene in the 90s. The drag duo went by the nom de guerre <em>Fashion Patrol <\/em>and were seen at every worthwhile party. Back then, NYC was a colorful mixed bag and Brandy and Brenda opened the little boutique <em>Howdy Do<\/em> on East Seventh St that served as a glamour pitstop for everything pop-tastic&#8230; from <em>Brady Bunch<\/em> lunchboxes and <em>Farrah Fawcett<\/em> dolls, to <em>Amanda Lepore<\/em> rubber duckies and <em>Duran Duran<\/em> scrap books. Now, the party&#8217;s over. After over 18 years in business, Howdy Do is closing is doors. Everything is 50% off! Get a piece of collectible history while you still can!<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wBQaVcJe1JE&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wBQaVcJe1JE&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>Howdy Do<\/em>, 72 East 7th St bet First and Second Aves, NYC, 212-979-1618, Closing Friday May 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BrandyWine and Brenda A Go Go, aka Michael Torres and Ryan Lance, were fixtures on the Downtown New York club scene in the 90s. The drag duo went by the nom de guerre Fashion Patrol and were seen at every worthwhile party. Back then, NYC was a colorful mixed bag and Brandy and Brenda opened [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}