Photographer Ian Lewandowski joins us with a gallon red eye, a Topo Chico, and a garish bachelorette party marg to offer his review of boutique grocery store Erewhon. Alongside him is his husband, the painter Anthony Cudahy, who drinklessly remembers his inadvertent date with Sufjan Stevens at IFC and proving to Fran Drescher that he knows her deep cuts.

A quick walk from their home in Brooklyn, the artist couple give us a tour via vintage webcam of their new shared studio. Anthony’s great uncle, Kenny, was a touring musician who once performed with Aretha Franklin, and a self-taught photographer who worked outside of the fine art academy. His photo journal archives serve as an inspiration for their first duo show together. It Was Dark In His Arms opens at Deli Gallery this Friday.

We reminisce about VH1's late-aughts reality TV heyday (Rock of Love, 90 Day Fiancé, the I Love Money serial killer, the Smallville sex cult, The Real World reunion, The Simple Life), and weigh in on the new crop of documercials (Paris Hilton, Joan Didion, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kurt Cobain, Toni Morrison, Andre Leon Talley, Mister Rogers).

Stay tuned for Part 2!