This weekend was spent helping some friends pick out furnishings for their new home. Just like the rest of us, they’d like to get a bang for their buck and pick up a few new pieces without breaking the bank. I’m a good friend (and an even better designer, toot toot!) and found [...]

Dan says:
This ‘Pure Spirit’, vodka triple filtered through polished crystals known as Herkimer diamonds, free of additives, is exquisite any time of the year but perhaps ideal for October… Brought to us by Dan Aykroyd, known for his fascination with the invisible world, Crystal Head Vodka ties in with the story of the 13 Crystal [...]

Watch Obama and McCain dance it out like cinematic civilized urban youth. Where is the richie rich ballerina chick who wants to slum it with a breaker then falls in love despite her parents objecting cause you know, she doesn’t SEE color?

To the etched birds and ancient-looking heavy metal, my brain goes, “YES!” To the fanny-packishness: NO! To the idea of not lugging around a huge bag with too many pockets that I set on fire accidentally but still use and actually lost my blackberry INSIDE it for 20 minutes this morning: YES!
It’s from Sandy [...]

Maureen “Marcia Brady” McCormick had a book release yesterday on growing up famous, having secrets, doing mad drugs and recovering into depression and so on.
“I always had a smile on my face, but deep down inside I was crying,” she says in the video. I haven’t read a lot of celebrity memoirs, but it’s [...]

Golden Girls / Election 2008
Only two weeks left of poking fun at our familiar cast of political characters so let’s keep the YouTubes coming until our eyes bleed!

Today kicks off Design Philadelphia, the nation’s largest celebration of design.  In conjunction with National Design Week, the next 7 days in Philadelphia promise to be very art and event heavy.  If you love to mingle while discussing the loftier subjects of design theory and innovation, this is your time to shine.
Check the full list [...]

LeAnne wins!

And thank goodness! Although Korto’s collection was gorgeous and I wouldn’t have felt the least bit sorry to see her take top prize, LeAnne has consistently been the strongest designer. And she’s a Portland girl and I like that.
For the sake of space, I’m just going to post my favorite piece from each collection [...]

Photo by reikhavoc.
Brian at bestie site www.makemajormoves.com did the homework and dug up mad Flickr evidence of Philadelphia’s deep, dark, totally necessary hatred of Sarah Palin.

Halloween sexy; I get it.  A friend explained to me that Halloween is her “super slut” day and just to make sure she can be totally shameless, she usually hosts a party in her home.  In her words “if the party is at your house, you don’t have to wear pants!”
If you’re shopping locally for [...]