Ask Yael Anything
YAEL AKA ‘YARL’ AKA ‘ASAP STORMBORN’ AKA ‘NINE INCH YAELS’ HONED HER CRAFT IN NYC WORKING WITH DEATH & CO’S ALEX DAY AND PEGU CLUB’S AUDREY SAUNDERS BEFORE HEADING TO LA WHERE SHE WORKS AS THE BARS DIRECTOR FOR HOLLYWOOD’S GENGHIS COHEN AND THE SPARE ROOM. YAEL IS KNOWN GLOBALLY AS A WOMAN NOT BE MESSED WITH, BUT SOMEONE YOU DEFINITELY WANNA PARTY WITH. WHEN SHE’S NOT MAKING GUESTS BEAM WITH KILLER SPARKLING DRINKS AND HER SIGNATURE MILLION DOLLAR SMILE SHE’S PERFECTING HER TRAP LYRA SKILLS AS AN AERIALIST. YAEL’S PRETTY MUCH THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON WE KNOW - WHEN DOES SHE SLEEP? IT’S A MYSTERY.
Q. Do you like cats? - Eugene Lee.
YAEL: Literally just discovered that I do. They crack me up!
Q. What is the best part about the LA bar scene?? Cause you know I miss it so much! - Ryan Wainwright.
YAEL: The best part about the LA bar scene is NOT the LA bar scene. I suggest the Tiki Ti.
Q. What are important pre rush mental and physical routines do you find are must do’s for you (shots, stretch, cigarette, etc)? - Jooey Deschanel
YAEL: Some form of movement, dance or exercise is always necessary, followed by a cigarette on my way to work. I like to walk or take a scooter to be in the fresh air since I will be stuck inside for the next 8 or so hours. I don’t typically start drinking until much later in the evening, usually 10pm will be the first one for me.
Q. Pizza or Sushi or bucket-o-fried chicken? - Eugene Lee
YAEL: SHOOSHI.
Q. Full Recipe for the Disapproving Larry? - Moe Aljaff
YAEL: You’ll have to wait for Episode 2 of the Naked Mixologist to find out.
Q. What’s your favorite 90s movie? - Eugene Lee
YAEL: Mrs. Doubtfire.
Q. Which Ninja Turtle are you?- Eugene Lee
YAEL: Darkwing Duck
Q. What do you want to be remembered for? - Eugene Lee
YAEL: I want to be remembered for transformation. Whether that be a person, a program, an idea, a culture, or all of the above. I believe that my power comes in transforming myself but more importantly in transforming others. Not sure how this will manifest, but this would be my dream. But if that’s too big an ask, I just want people to remember that I loved surrealist prank phone calls, bloody mary’s, and dangling like a chandelier.
Q. Hi Yael, I got carried away on a virtual Notting Hill Carnival call and am now finding glitter everywhere - how do I get rid of it? - Tony
YAEL: Your Roomba will do wonders! I also love to mix in a little fake blood to distract from all the glitter every once in a while.