Heaven Can Wait

New from Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Beck looks so infantile with this haircut).

Compete

Just stumbled on this, The Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial. For all of my budding photographer friends (there are SO MANY of you!).

Political Fictions

New York magazine has started doing this little series called the Political Fictions Project, in which they invite seven writers to submit short stories featuring contemporary political figures. They're also asking for submissions from us laymen, in case anyone is interested. Filing this away in my "wish I'd come up with this" list...

Check out the latest story by Adam Haslett titled "Nightwalk": With Afghanistan on his mind, the president leaves the White House grounds and encounters a stranger...

Persane by Yves Delorme

I was walking past Pioneer Linens yesterday in downtown West Palm and saw this bedding in the window. So da-bomb.

Zac Posen's New (Cheaper) Line...

They are calling this "hipster". I call it "lunch-counter chic". And I mean that in a good way. I'm liking the looks of this stuff, specifically the one pictured below. Complete slideshow at WWD.

Me gusto mucho Almodovar

Pop-culture leaves...

Loved this little "study in leaves" in the New York Times. A fun Sunday afternoon crafts project if you ask me. See the whole series here.

Good China Bad China

Fine bone china featuring 7 deadly sins and 7 contrary virtues in prussian blue script. Set includes 12 dinner plates and two serving plates, or can be bought in pairs for $49 at Generate Design. From Remodelista.

New stuff at Coach

I've never considered myself a Coach fan, but they have some cool stuff lately (disclaimer: I'm in the market for an evening bag).


amanda metallic leather drawstring bag: $198


poppy feather crossbody: $298


poppy sparkle leather mini t-lock cross body: $138.


Amanda Satin Jewelry Roll, $98 (great gift idea, this one).

So what if it was a weave?

It was still so hot...

The Sartorialist is Nailing it

My good friend Claire gchatted me today with "I'm in a man phase. Check out the Sartorialist". (Disclaimer: I'm always in a man phase). The new Sartorialist photos make me want to belt a pair of men's corduroys, roll up my sleeves and light a cigarette...

Dori Csengeri- I'm a wannabe collector

So I returned from a recent trip to Austin with a renewed obsession with Dori Csengeri. There is a store on S. Congress called Maya and frankly, their clothes leave something to be desired but the JEWELRY! They have a great selection of Csengeri and I've decided that it's all I ever want to wear. It's high-end (but decently priced), colorful or not colorful, unique, amazing, incredible, i love it, it's awesome. Check it out.

Guilty Pleasure, So Guilty

I can't help it. It's so wrong. But I'm posting it anyways.

Campers- High and a Little Higher, Brow

What is it about campers that incite such wanderlust? I see an airstream on the side of the road and visions of a "Wonder Years" silent film footage trip cross-country ensue- me, the man of my dreams, a golden retriever, good barbeque.

Ah, dreams. In the meantime, check out this camper eye-candy.




The Teardrop trailer, by Silver Tears Campers. Courtesy of Garden and Gun.







This "wagon" as they call them in Britain can be found marooned in a Cornish meadow, where the family of 6 who owns it vacations. They bought it at a roadside sale in mint condition (the family who owned it previously had all of the upholstery covered in plastic). Courtesy of The World of Interiors.

Overexposure- Let's Talk About It

Barack Obama is getting a lot of flack for last Sunday's media blitz. The critique from most parties? The office of the President is one of prestige, and by offering himself too easily to the masses he will desensitize us to his presence, and most of all his message. Said Peggy Noonan on This Week with George Stephanopoulos,"It's boorish, and it makes people not lean towards you but lean away from you."

These are my thoughts EXACTLY when it comes to the oft-mentioned GOOP, a new online venture of Gwyneth Paltrow's with the tag line "Nourish the Inner Aspect". The company's product is a weekly newsletter geared towards easy and healthy ways of eating, exercising, dressing, and traveling, under the categories of "BE, MAKE, GO, GET, DO, SEE".

It's a really cool idea. And no one would care about the recipes, the exercise regimens, the travel tips if Gwyneth wasn't the one dishing them out. Alas, my critique of GOOP is not GOOP itself, but of Gwyneth and her new role in my life (an overly dramatic statement but hear me out).

I used to worship Gwyneth in the ways that we all idolize move stars that we hope to emulate in looks, demeanor, lifestyle, you name it. She lived the dream-life. Part of the attraction was that her lifestyle was essentially non-attainable to little ol' me.

Now that the distance between us is so short, and I read weekly about the realities of how she stays thin, her detox regimen, how much she loves wheat-grass, and her favorite maternity outfits (which, actually would still be way out of my reach financially), I'm sort of getting sick of her? And frankly, the health food things is bordering on obsessive.

I don't want Gwyneth to be the new Oprah, or god-forbid the new Tyra (I think just vomited in my mouth). And she wouldn't, her style is too different, too subtle, which is probably why she's doing her thing online, and not on daytime T.V.

All I'm saying is that, now that I've got her secrets for a life well-lived, I'm less interested in her life. I just want her to be the fairy tale again. And while I'm at it, can someone just rewind the tapes back to "Change has come to America"? The podium has a way of giving me goosebumps that the chair next to David Letterman can't.