Lapenne Grey Diamond

Isn't she beautiful? And not out of my price range, either. (that's sarcasm, friends)

Mast on the Selby

The title of this post will probably make absolutely no sense to most of you.

The Mast Brothers are an ultra-hip sensation based in Brooklyn (natch, Williamsburg. Woot.) who have been cultivating a strong following within the rising artisanal movement of bringing back trade work in the food production industry. I mean things like small farm milk and butter, local pickling productions, the return of the art of butchering, and in this case, bean to bar chocolate production.

The Selby is an online photo journalist (is it all right to call him that?) who, in my opinion, takes photos with an eye reminiscent of a love child of The Cobra Snake and Annie Leibovitz. Mostly pulled from the homes and spaces of rocks stars, artists, stylists (basically party all night, rock all day type of people) and cool young businesses, Tom Selby has capitalized on the art of photojournalism by indulging in our developed social stalking tendencies. Awesome. I love his website, get a kick out of the written interviews at the end of each entries, and pretty much fall in love with all the Australians on the website.

Check out the Mast Brothers on The Selby here.

Mohawk Online

Excuse me, while I wipe the drool off this keyboard.

Mohawk Online

Also, I feel like I've been so removed lately. I got a job! More on that on a later date.....And don't fret. My job doesn't mean that funemployment is coming to an end....

Viktor & Rolf

The 1% surrealist fairy nymph inside of me is fuh-reaking out over Viktor and Rolf's new designs. Whaaaa?

Read a little more about this on Refinery

New York Doormen

NY Times has a cute (albeit, short) little photo piece on New York Doormen and their uniforms. I wish they had the time (or budget) to scout out more!

Interesting tidbit: Starting wage for these guys are $30,000-$40,000. Plus another $10k after overtime and bonuses!!!

Moleskine Recipe Books

I hate referring to a computer when I'm cooking. So, even though my recipes usually sourced from various blogs or, almost ultimately, referenced from Epicurious, I like to write them down so when I spill half a box of baking soda, it will be my piece of paper that's going into the trash, not my keyboard that's going into the Apple store.

I just read that Moleskine is coming out with a new line of nifty notebooks in March- a lifestyle line, if you will, focusing on areas such as wine, fashion, film, books....and the one I'm keeping my eye on, recipes. Unfortunately, this new line that Moleskine has come up with bears the cheesy name Passions. Oh Moleskine, how can you disappoint me with such!

I'll have to see it in person to really be sold, for I'm a little hesitant in how they've pre-organized sections as well as spacing. But for the Amazon low price of $13.57, this might be a springtime splurge....especially if all is promising on the job front.

my sister rocks

I wish I had enough sense to identity what I love to do in life, and actually do it. My little sister, graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Sport Management, is now living in Nashville working for the Predators. Check out some of her production reels. A modest start, yes, but that's really all it takes.

I'm so proud of her! I see a future filled with free sports gear and guest passes on the horizon....

Kogi article

WSJ joins the Kogi craze, profiles the West Coast David Chang, calculates earnings of $2mil with a $90,000 take-home salary, and reports of a rice bowl restaurant for the masses.

Perfect Picnic Tote

What a perfect picnic tote from Canvas. Dreaming of Summer beach picnics already....

Jobs in the next decade

NPR Makes the best interactive graphs.

Jobs are bound to go up...eventually. Though economists predict it might take at least another decade, this NPR article claims that the U.S. will eventually create up to 15million jobs in the next ten years, with the Unemployment Rate dropping to 5%. A pretty big claim, I don't completely doubt that. What is interesting are the predictions of the markets where these jobs will open up. I guess, in a re-shaping economy, jobs bloom first in the lower paying, lesser qualified, least desirable sectors of the workforce.

Apparently, I should look into truck driving.

Another Bachelor?

I can't believe this show has been on for 13 seasons! I must admit, I was sucked into last season of The Bachelorette... but I swear, it was mostly because I wanted to see how silly people can be, and because abc really does a fantastic job creating villains.

Here is a brilliantly written, super wry article on the upcoming season, titled "On the Wings of Love" (HA!) which premiers tonight. Oh goody, two hours of tv time featuring desperate 23 year old women with perfect hair and manicures (but who's judging?)

'The Bachelor' Puts Last Season's Really Big Cheeseball In The Line Of Fire
January 4, 2010

Bachelor Jake Pavelka takes his mission very seriously. (ABC)
by Linda Holmes

The Bachelor is one of the goofiest shows on television, it really must be said. Unlike shows that could be goofy or interesting depending on the execution -- Project Runway, for instance -- this show will always be goofy. It has goofiness embedded in its creative (well, "creative") DNA, and oddly, it has actually grown in popularity again recently.

It returns tonight, in what could be its most uncomfortable season ever.

The new Bachelor is Jake Pavelka, better known as "Jake The Pilot" from the most recent season of The Bachelorette. Jake -- in addition to being a one-time actor who has managed to play a young Chuck Norris twice -- is one of the corniest cornballs the show has ever husked.

Despite having the flat good looks of a guy you might find in any good collection of stock photography, and despite having a good job (pilot!) and a defiantly unobjectionable personality, Jake was dumped last season by Bachelorette Jillian Harris, who had been dumped in the previous season by Jason Mesnick, who had been dumped in the previous season by DeAnna Pappas, who had been dumped in the previous season by Brad Womack, who wound up on this show for unknown reasons that he almost surely curses daily. It's the ciiiiiiiircle of liiiife!

For the rest of the article, head over to NPR.

US output.

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