Who's ready for a restaurant review a la JNT???

Well too bad!

Actually, this is much more of a spotlight of a fellow artistic badass and friend of mine, who's making some amazing things happen in the world of cuisine, with a restaurant review wrapped around it. So read it, dammit.

Introducing Chef Cruz!

Blessed be the man that feeds me...

This dashing man and I have a bit of a history...

So I may have gotten back from my last tour just a wee bit travel weary, exhausted, delighted, and delirious. I may also have made a JNT Video Update and a drunken blog post that I had completely forgotten about.. until now.. Enjoy! 

I have no idea why it's sideways, by the way, but I wasn't even about to fuck with it. Check out the rest of the blog post for a particularly wine-fueled list of thank you's to everyone that made my latest travels such a God Damn success. *Muah!*

I've been saying for years that I had my nipples surgically removed (a business expense) purely for convenience' sake. After all, with all the internet rules regarding censorship and nudity, it really was easier to just have the damn things taken off. And the following photo proves it...

Freaky, No?
The rest of the photo, taken by my good friend, photographer and make up artist Ande Castaneda, must have been too good to resist though, nipples or no, because it was just published in this month's boudoir issue of Spiced Magazine!

Now the question remains, did I really have my nips removed? I guess you'll just hafta get your copy of Spiced Magazine and see the whole photo set to find out! ;D (Digital copies onlay 3 dolla!) XoXo JNT

This photo set was taken a year ago in Las Vegas. Remember that trip? Here's a little bts video to help refresh your memory (possibly my shortest video ever, I was a little busay getting my Vegas on for too much filming!)

Image ©Ande Castaneda Photography 2014
Make Up by Ande Castaneda
Hair Extensions by Ramona Potts of Atomic Kitten Salon
Men's Shirt by Twala Intimates LLC

From the very first moment my incredible friend, the one and only Gilded Lily of Burlesque, Chapelle, stepped on stage, I knew the world would never be the same.. And that was through a computer screen! With both of us being the world traveling, badass babes that we are, I had never actually seen Chapelle perform in person... Until last weekend! I finally got to see my overwhelmingly incredible, sensual, hypnotic, and mesmerizing friend Chapelle perform her signature piece, "Red Hot & Classic," as a special guest performer with The Midtown Moxies Burlesque troupe. In case you missed it (follow me on Instagram,, stoopid!) this is what happens when you let JNT backstage...

Reunited with my Blonde Bombshell, the one and only Chapelle! As seen riding roller coasters at the Santa Monica pier in a special episode of "Tea Time with Jin" (Click to watch!). Oh. And we're totally friends with Dita Von Teese. That's just what happens when you're fabulous.

Like they say, A little Jin N Tonic makes everything better! Well.. I say that at least.. And it's true! Every performer of the night was incredible, and thank you to each sassy lady that let me include you in my youtube bullshit. Not to mention all my drunken selfies. (Soooo many selfies!) You are all inspiring as fuck, and the final number of the night, the audio of which makes up the behind the scenes video above, had me laughing and crying with the awesomeness of it (thank you, Persephone!!).
But you wanna know The Best Part? Click for more!

For those of you that have been following along on my adventures with Girls & Corpses magazine, the name Robert "Corpsy" Rhine is quite familiar at this point. 

We have fun. My first adventure with Corpsy at the Hollywood Show a year ago.

You also know from my latest blog post with Corpsy at the luxurious W Hotel in Hollywood, that something big was on the horizon...

Hoooollleeeeey fuck, have I been busy! And it's been a total blast! After a few weeks of traveling (and of course shooting), I'm back in my HQ in LA and have been busy doing Awesome every day! It's taken me a week but I finally have a new #JNT video update to share, with lots of sneak peak photos from my travels and a look at my crazy-amazing first week back!

I also have TONS of photos I want to share from my recent Friday night as Jordan Bunniie's 'plus one' to the VIP opening of the Hello Kitty exhibit opening at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in the Little Tokyo area of downtown. LA.

Can you say *Adorable*?? And I, of course, looked appropriately fantastic ;) Click below to see the photos of my fabulousness and to learn more about the art and artists of this amazing HELLO KITTY event!

Life is about balance. For every high there is an equivalent low, and for some of us the contrast between those two is much greater than for others.

Or at least, this has been my experience.

Five days ago I shared a very special #JNT Video Update and gave the whole online world a chance to not only listen about my struggle to maintain Balance, but I also share a very emotional video from a particularly 'low' moment that occurred quite recently.

Here is that video:

A little hard to watch, right? I mean, eleven minutes today is the equivalent of, like, forever ten years ago. But besides being an incredibly long video, it's a subject that most of us aren't so open about. Let's change that.

Click below to continue the discussion.

Jin here (that's me) with another amazing episode of Tea Time with Jin! This time sitting down with one of my absolute favorite Fashion Bloggers and amazing friend, Tanya the "Style Spy Girl."

Check it out!

I was so lucky to join up with this Seattle native on her FIRST trip here to Los Angeles! Join us as we recap on her amazing shopping experience in the World-Famous LA Fashion District, chat about her recent trip to Europe, and of course share photos and clips from our adventures together in Santa Monica (the Pier, the Beach, the Promenade.. we did it all!).

And it wouldn't be a very good fashion interview if I didn't get the Style Spy Girl's list of the top Must-Haves for the upcoming Fall Fashion season!

Click below for more pictures, a TON of awesome links, and the story of how this lovely lady and I first met!

That's right, bitches; It's mah burfday!!
Well, on July 9th, I mean.

(Don't worry yourself with "which one" exactly, it's not important. . .)

Check out last year's B-Day Celebrations!

This year's b-day video soon to come! Be sure to subscribe to JNT TV for new videos every Wednesday-ish!

I know everyone has been DYING to see what goodies I would like showered upon me for this fabulous occasion! So here it is, a Burfday Wish List in a nice bloggy type format just for you!

Click below to see The Top 5 Gifts that would tickle me the pinkest ;D

So typically here is where I would put a little intro paragraph about the shoot, followed by the behind the scenes video, and then a bunch of photos taken the day of with lots of "funny" captions and yada yada before FINALLY at the very end of my post revealing the amazing finished photo. This shit's fuckin' fantastic though so I'm just going to post it and you can feel free to click around for all the fun behind the scenes stuff. . . . Or not =) You're welcome!

"Birds of Paradise"
Concept and bodypaint by Trina Merry
Models Jin N Tonic & Ulorin Vex
Photographer Paul Albert ©2013
Taken at Studio II of Dystopian Studios

Click the image to see more of the amazing living artwork by Trina Merry!

And if you're still curious, you can click **HERE** to watch the behind the scenes video up on #JNT TV on YouTube! Huge thanks to Trina for asking me to be a part of this shoot, and a big well done to everyone involved, it was a great shoot and the image turned out AMAZING!

XoXo
JNT