David Streitfeld, a New York Times Technology Reporter, offers up some initial impressions on Amazon's new Fire phone, announced yesterday by Amazon CEO, Jeffrey Bezos. Here are several excerpts: Amazon on Wednesday announced a device that tries to fulfill the retailer’s dream of being integrated into...
Yohana Desta, a features writer for Mashable, has some high tech ideas for Dad. You can still teach an old dad new tricks. How? By getting him one of the year's coolest tech gadgets as a Father's Day gift. The holiday for dads is rapidly approaching, which...
Here's a fun article from "The Cut's" new Fashion Editor, Veronique Hylan: "The Critically Fickle Design Awards. That's what John Waters dubbed the so-called Fashion Oscars. Clad in a white-tie ensemble — "To hell with normcore, that’s so spring 2014 — and carrying a hitchhiker-style cardboard...
Fashionistas, this one's for you. Found this tongue-in-cheek (not really) blog in HuffPost Style about shooting for the stars on New Year's Eve – only to crash land back on Earth. New Year's Eve is probably the most overrated event on the calendar. And yet each...
[caption id="attachment_36858" align="alignright" width="190"] The swans, above, at $1,000 each, are the costliest gift, although the price hasn't budged from 30 years ago. (From New York Times Biz section post)[/caption] Turns out the cost of engaging the lords and ladies went up the most. The price...
According to Huff Post Style, skipping it. Okay, so there is a lot of pressure to go out on Black Friday. And we totally get it: There are deals to be had and money to be saved. But there is also a strong case to be made for...
Here's an interesting take on on Fashion from Alison Taylor that appeared in Telegraph: Riga, Warsaw and Bucharest: The New Frontiers of Fashion: Move over Brooklyn, make way for Bucharest - some of the coolest shops are now to be found in the former communist countries...
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” John Lennon. [caption id="attachment_28125" align="alignright" width="200"] A muse, wearing earrings by Simon Alcantara. Image by Jesse Mercado.[/caption] Bling is his thing, but his work defies glitz and the quicksilver nature of fashion. Simon Alcantara's muses...
Editor's note: Vogue does it. The high powered glossy hosts "7th on Sale," the proceeds from which go to AIDS-related charities working in the U.S. and abroad. Just like the Telluride AIDS Benefit whose six beneficiaries (one, Ubuntu Africa, is honorary) do good work from...
[caption id="attachment_27699" align="alignright" width="300"] Heart, Van Craeynest, at Lustre Gallery, Telluride[/caption] In response to a recent Internet survey about the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day, people waxed optimistic, saying they would spend more than they did in 2012. Per usual, men plan to spend more than women....
