Chickens Are Easy to HypnotizeI’ve said for years that I could listen to Werner Herzog talk about anything for hours… Much to my surprise and delight, listening to Werner Herzog talk about anything has become an Internet trend!
The latest? He discusses the amazing stupidity of chickens.
If you are craving more Werner, try one of our favorites: Burden of Dreams or the short doc Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
My goodness, Fall is already starting and I’m just getting all the Pre Fall stuff together.
Well, first things first – everyone needs a funky, geometric sweater in bright, fun colors. A good sweater is, in my opinion the hardest thing to find but Jonathan Saunders, master of color combos, gives us some beauties. Love the skirts too. Great mix of retro and modern.
Clements Ribeiro, on a similar wave length, gives us a quirky pairing with this geo cardigan.
And Richard Nicholl adds a bit of rust leather to the look. It seems that a leather skirt is another good thing to seek out – even better? The latest styles could probably be found in thrift stores!
Really liked Sonia Rykiel’s collection and these fashionable business looks are divine. There’s so much to steal from this image – starting with a wide leather belt (again, I’d start vintage) and that long pleated skirt is just great! Also can’t resist a suit in an unexpected pattern and fabric.
Color blocking makes me happy, especially in fresh, gorgeous colors like this white, green and navy Preen look. We can copy the idea with layering solids and trying new color combos of what we already have in our closets.
This bright red, turquoise color combo is a huge love. I even have an outfit for Van in these and it rules. Also love the shape of this dress.
This lovely Rochas look reminds me of old Prada – a good thing. Love the luxe/casual idea here that totally makes me what to go out, buy a vintage brocade skirt so I can wear it with a sweatshirt.
Loved a lot of the No. 21 looks, but their take on the trendy, girly pink is excellent. Pairing such a feminine look with black leather gloves is fab and they’ve even made wrapping a sweater around one’s waist look sexy. Not sure that will work in real life though.
This Yigal Azrouel dress is just cute perfection. Wish I could see the pattern up close.
Albino also gives us a great dress that reminds me two trends from my junior high years: baby doll dresses and velvet burnout. Yet, I wouldn’t feel ridiculous wearing this.
Balenciaga was all sorts of questionable/awesome. This kimono, zebra thing is one of the more wearable looks, but despite the collection’s wildness, I predict it will influence future collections in a big way.
Ok, now I’m torn. Is this shiny snake skin look wonderful or hideous? Maybe it would be ideal if the components were ripped apart and paired with something else? Cause that skirt is pretty sick and would look great with a heavy metal tee, and the cardigan would be great with a bright pencil skirt or even wide leg trouser. Right?
So, this is my row of ugly chic. Starting with Celine, that frankly, was weird, confusing, unflattering, yet felt strangely significant as if we’d all be wearing clothes clownishly large on us in ten years. Anyways, this look was actually wearable and I do love the print plus the longer skirt with the gorgeous white and black boots.
JW Anderson also played with frumpy shapes but had more fun with geo patterns and creepers. Love the mix of grey flannel with the funky geo.
Not my favorite Matthew Williamson collection but I can totally see myself wrapping into this sweater fur thing and grossing out every guy I know.
Marni does ugly chic best and it ends up looking just adorable. This plaid sweater, pleated skirt back to school look is a great example of that Marni magic.
Coats! Coats! Wonderful coats. Carven offered my favorite – this mustard mini coat that looks vintage and sparkly new at the same time. Would love to own this for Fall. Carven proved with this collection that they can dazzle in subtle ways too.
Kenzo’s collection was chock full of stuff that shouldn’t have worked but totally did. This coat is almost reminiscent of those weird winter jackets men (like kid’s hockey coach type men) wore in the late nineties but it’s fashionable and fabulous. Also brilliantly paired with a super short mini skirt.
This Damir Doma look calls to mind the great Iris Apfel, so of course I love it.
Louis Vuitton offers a cute, cozy coat with adorable fur pockets. Wonder if I can find a vintage fake fur one that’s similar…
Dior seems to have gotten better lately after losing Galliano as this look shows. This is how rich, effortlessly chic French women should dress. It’s not trendy but this lady would make heads turn wherever she went. Would love to find a simple coat with volume like this one.
Another voluminous but flattering jacket comes from Chloe. Perfect with the longer skirt and red boots.
Alexander McQueen was quite beautiful and this velvet dress with capris is just lovely. Who knew the dress over pants thing could look so luxe?
This Elie Saab gown is the kind that I might not think twice about on the red carpet, but on its own, I have to admit it’s very pretty and somehow makes see through lace with straps look demure.
French Vogue PromoWho would have thought that the French Vogue editor would have such a great sense of humor and devotion to doing a Wham! parody with such conviction?
Anna Wintour wouldn’t be caught dead (and is less charming for it).
I also might be partial because I love this song and was even George Michael from the same video for Halloween a few years back.
818 Manhattan Ave, GreenpointHow could this be true?, I thought skeptically as I read the Yelp reviews (that most of the reviewers admit to being drunk while eating didn’t make me any less dubious).
Could God Bless Deli, the polite, but seemingly run-of-the-mill deli down the street really hold the best Philly Cheesesteak around? The answer is: possibly.
The first rule is to NOT order with everything as they’ll try to get you to do. “Everything” includes tomatoes, lettuce and mayonnaise – which is just so wrong on a cheese steak. Tell them cheese, peppers and onions only.
After that, you’ll end up with a surprisingly tasty sandwich. Philly natives may not be lining out the door for it, but locally, you couldn’t find better. One of the best greasy bites (that’s really not that greasy at all) in Greenpoint or Williamsburg for that matter and only $5.
Looks like the drunks were right, and I’m glad. Local hardhats have also caught on and can be seen placing big orders on their lunch break.
Made by B. ToysB. Meowsic Keyboard is the best toy ever. Seriously.
Character ActorSo long Ben Gazzara. You were awesome.
Those looking to partake in a Gazzara marathon in tribute? Let me recommend a few gems starting light and ending depressing: Big Lebowski (Jackie Treehorn!), Hysterical Blindness, Roadhouse, Anatomy of a Murder, Dogville, and Husbands.
(Told you he was awesome.)
from AllrecipesA combination of seeing a Good Eats about frosting and cake and it being my birthday soon had me pining for birthday cake.
And what I really wanted was this marshmallowy fluffy frosting in a box I remembered from my childhood. “But wait,” I thought, I’m an adult. Instead of moping over my craving I can just make it!
I opted for a box of white vanilla cake that I had in the cabinet (I love box cake and white is so much better than yellow) and found this simple recipe for Fluffy White Frosting.
I was in a self-made heaven. And like an adult I only made half a batch (no one decent can have a dozen cupcakes in their home without a party planned.) This is great frosting and my new go-to anytime frosting is needed. And I didn’t even need a box.
by The Pixies (1987)I vividly remember listening to Come on Pilgrim with headphones in my room after receiving it as a birthday present and being absolutely thrilled by the lyric “you are the son of a motherfucker”. Ha! Foul language and my parents would have no idea!
Beyond that, The Pixies were just game changing for me. Rock music sounded new and different and that old stuff just didn’t work anymore.
The Pixies were angry, whiny, melodic, silly, serious, inventive, and straight forward all at once. Only an underground band at first that only got air time on college radio is now considered “classic” even by old classmates that wouldn’t have been caught dead at the time.
Come on Pilgrim is still one of my favorites and the band’s first rough release. It still packs a primal punch and there’s not a bad song on it.
It’s hard to write about an album that’s kind of been with me for so long and is so familiar but if you somehow missed this one, it’s a must.
by Robert Palmer (1985)Addicted to Love (which is also awesome) may be Riptide‘s biggest hit but it’s I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On that’s been rattling around in my head.
It’s sultry, it’s mysterious, it’s Robert Palmer at his most well-dressed-man-surrounded-by-vacant-models-in-skin-tight-dresses best.
A lady named Cherelle also had success with the song with her Mary Jane Girls like cover and Mariah Carey covered it having, apparently, only known that 80’s girly dance version.
Palmer’s original is much more interesting.
Powdered DrinkI crave lemonade iced tea year round but that doesn’t mean I can find it in the dead of (even an unseasonably mild) winter.
I am happy to have found a powdered version that tastes yummy and Fruit Blooms‘ natural flavors and certified organic status doesn’t make me feel too white trash (or is the association of powdered drinks and trashy just a derogatory thing I made up?)