For years, you've supported your favorite indie bands; you've helped them grow in popularity by spreading rave reviews to friends, acquaintances and anyone in ear shot who will listen to you obsess over their must-listen-now status. You've also supported them…
Continue Reading →Awhile ago, I wrote a rather scathing review of an interactive mirror being used by a well-known fashion designer to digitally dress potential customers in her latest collections. I thought it was really, really, lame...and I still do, but a…
Continue Reading →Everybody's favorite giant Icelandic protector of humanity is back - and this time he's equipped to wade in and put himself in harm's way when FEMA types can't (or won't) go themselves. The new SUG figures from UNKL will be…
Continue Reading →If one of Erica Weiner's mantras is "Make inexpensive jewelery that doesn't look cheap," the others must read something like "Make the most badassest jewelry on the planet," "Use my own personal basass status to increase the overall population of…
Continue Reading →When Dutch stroller company Bugaboo discovered that maintaining a curious, adventurous, and active lifestyle was of big concern to new parents, they decided to develop a program that would help to associate their products with that mindset. A tough challenge,…
Continue Reading →I love Internet video magazines because they're such great opportunities to present content in a different way, but I haven't found many that hold my interest. After receiving an intriguing poster/flyer for the Brazilian Gema website, I went home and…
Continue Reading →My last pair of sunglasses (very classy, very chic Diors) recently met an unfortunate demise, and it's days like today (very sunny, very hungover) I kick myself that I haven't yet replaced them. It doesn't help me feel any better…
Continue Reading →I'm definitely not the only girl with enough purses in my closet to last several lifetimes, but it's embarrassing how much effort and energy is expended by the industry to satiate my purse obsession. The amount of bananas lost over…
Continue Reading →What TASTE has done to the can -- and the food inside it -- takes tinned food to a whole new level. TASTE has dubbed itself as "the World's First Luxury Canned Food Line" and they are not playing around.…
Continue Reading →Although the construction controversy at 123 W. 15th St. in Manhattan touches on so many property rights issues, I'm going to narrow the scope for this week's Talk Shop Friday post. Valhalla, as the owners the Rath Family has dubbed…
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