Save You MoneyWe don’t drive into the city too, too often but when we do, this little nifty site, Best Parking has saved us a ton. Some parking lots end up costing a small fortune while others right next door are half the price or even less! Without this tool, I’d never know and have gotten smacked upside the head with a $40 price tag once – which was one time too many – to not use this site.
Online InspirationMy sister-in-law Maddy, who is behind the blog The Inspired Bride and now the new online magazine Nonpareil, has a special eye for romantic details. Inspired Bride, which she’s been doing for a year or so, is a treasure trove of resources for the modern bride: from cakes, to favors, to floral arrangements and rings – she covers everything for those looking for a stylish wedding that is decidedly non-cookie-cutteresque.
Nonpareil takes the same dreamy but natural aesthetic and applies it to a broader scope of design projects; the first issue is built around the theme ‘Beautiful on a Budget’ and features DIY hairpieces and easy-to-make centerpieces. Highly recommended.
Click here to see the rest of Inspired Bride and Nonpariel Magazine
Fashion Highlights From Every Single Episode Of RoseanneThis is a real wow of a website! Third and Delaware will take anyone from my generation all the way back to the late eighties and early nineties when Tuesday nights were spent getting a glimpse into the rough around the edges working class life of the Conners. The site focuses on the outlandish style of the time and the sitcom, and proves that, seriously, without even knowing it, we all lived through one of the strangest annals in sartorial history. People mock the seventies, but those disco fun loving chicks never shaved the underpart of their hair to make it look like a mushroom, nor did they don Blossom hats and bedazzle their vest with buttons. Still, it’s a more interesting archive than mere cringe inducing ugliness (Sandra Bernhard for example is still fabulous in her wild get ups), it’s a visual parade of a decade that style forgot. See just a few favorites below/after the jump, but spend the time to dig through the impressive archive on the site.
Life Photographed LovinglyI’ve recommended one of the author of My Funny Eye’s blogs before (the now defunct How We Say Hello) and as I got set to write this one up, I didn’t even realize it! I must, then, consider myself a real fan or perhaps even a cosmic friend. Love the photos here and wish I was talented enough behind the lens to capture my life as if it were a precious, special art project. I tend to get double chins and cats that won’t sit still.
This blog also boasts a fabulous links section which has kept me inspired and busy for days.
On the Smithsonian WebsiteMy good friend Laura forwarded this inspiring link of Artists’ Homemade Christmas Cards. I’d love to say it made me make my own, but I am afraid that it’ll be another year sans craftiness sent from my house.
Still, it’s great to peruse and will definitely get you into the Christmas spirit. Some of my personal favorites are below/after the jump.
Click here to see the rest of Artist’s Homemade Christmas Cards
Scouring the web for music tixWhen it comes to purchasing tickets to live music events, sometimes StubHub and TicketMaster are your only options – but just as frequently someone’s trying to dump tickets through Craigslist and using a whole different rate structure. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a one-stop resource (that defaults to a home page showcasing immediately upcoming shows in your geographic area) that automatically returned all the available ticket options?
Enter Tickets & Music (the brainchild of our friend Marcus), an incredibly useful site that does exactly that.
A couple of days after Halloween, I was thrilled to discover that the one and only Blues Traveler was playing locally – but I was (understandably) stunned by the prices TicketMaster was charging. I checked T&M and discovered that some dude was getting rid of tickets through Craigslist for just $12! Armed with that kind of bargain basement price info, I quickly got in touch with Fred, who had worn a Blues-Traveler-themed costume just days earlier.
Of course, he firmly rebuked me for even suggesting that he’d want to attend such and event but, thanks to T&M, I was able to get the conversation going. Just wait until the Spin Doctors come to town!
Fashion Through the AgesSuch a great find for those of us who delight in vintage magazines and fashion images. The L’Officiel archives are extensive (way to go, team of interns that I assume was in charge of this task), dating all the way back to the 1920’s.
Their other publications are also represented (nice to see Milla in the early nineties, Redford in his finest days). Set aside a few hours for this one.
We live in a world where a pig man can gain fame by crudely drawing jizz on the face of pointless celebrities. It's fine to weep.
I found these totally creepy and cool embroideries by Flying Haystacks randomly the other day and thought they'd be perfect to share with you during Halloween season. The artist began embroidering only a couple of years ago and sells these one-of-a kind oddities on Etsy. I posted some favorties on RC.
Brooklyn ArtistIt’s hard not to be taken in by the vibrant, off-kilter art of James Blagden. His website is deliriously fun and, like me, he’s a Colorado native moved to Brooklyn.
Below/after the jump are a few of my favorite images.
Click here to see the rest of James Blagden
Ein New Yorker Deutsch Bierhalle Tour Fur Das Jahr 2010Sure, you could devise some typically boring New Year’s resolution like eating right, getting more exercise, or spending more time with your family – or, you could be like my good friend Mike, and resolve to visit every German beer hall in the five boroughs!
He’ll be documenting the journey on his site, Bier Hall Crawl, which will surely contain photos of myself partaking in many a sausage (therefor ruining my typically boring resolution to eat better).
I am not sure what kind of camera the author of The Tokyo Connection uses, but he manages to make the city look like the stuff of faded fantastic dreams. He even makes construction and wiring look delicious and with a subject like Tokyo for a reader like me, who has always since forever dreamed of visiting, it’s almost too much! I’m on the verge of grabbing Jim, leaving our life behind, and taking a one-way trip to Japan…
Okay, I’m back in the now again and will just have to get by with these small glimpses on the internet for now.
Because Reading is Fundamental…Joey, curator of the inspiring Anonymous Works site writes of describes himself as:
“Interested in American primitive folk art, vernacular photography, outsider art, basically anything visually interesting and great.”
Interesting and great indeed! Below/after the jump are just a tiny sample of the amazing images you’ll find on the infinitely browsable site. I mean, really, a skeleton locket stick pin?! I love it too much to explain!!
Math + Observation = HilarityI may be late in discovering the wit of Craig Damrauer – the Times has been posting his often hilarious equations in their Freakonomics blog for a while – but, for anyone else that’s missed out on his simple, poignant and funny work (which has since been published in a book) I pass along his website.
Cool Kid StylePlanet Awesome Kid is, in a word, Awesome! Like The Sartorialist for the under twelve set, the blog is packed with smile-inducing images of cool kids in cool threads. With my days of aunt-hood rapidly approaching, and as a designer in the children’s clothing business, it’s a well of inspiration and one of the most pleasant places to stop on my daily internet journeys. In addition, the site links up with local and global children-based charities
Magical Image GalleryI can spend absurd amounts of time in the visual world collected on Cosmic Dust. Although I sometimes wish there was a bit more info about the images and where/how they were gathered, it’s a small qualm for such an engaging site. The definite point of view is one of magic, myth, hippiedom, and nomadic wonder. I’ve gathered just a few of my favorite images from the past few weeks here, but be sure to go to the site and rummage through the archives and see the daily new posts.
From the week of April 6th:
Well it certainly took long enough, but Rotating Corpse is finally here! It's a new collaborative blog Jim and I put together with a number of our most awesomest friends. It's updated daily with amazing things to delight your mind. It's tons of fun to be a part of and just as fun to browse. Please stop by, subscribe to the feed and feel free to leave comments!
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