Articles from November 2009

Palm Springs Weekend

We had been contemplating what to do for our anniversary, until we saw a special for the Ace Hotel & Swim Club offered by Jetsetter on Gilt. Both longtime Californians, she had been to Palm Springs once, and me, never. I wanted to tell the story of the weekend in photos, but I realized upon [...]

Web Wednesday: contextual

Across a variety of media: “The kinetic motion of the movement of the hand.”
Workers of the mind unite: “The futurists were against sadness, moonlight, marriage–even pasta…” (via Bookforum)
Loosen up: movement class and you get to wear his old clothes.
Relic??? Mmm. Maybe he’s just mad these shoes aren’t made for walking.
Go see it: “My goal is [...]

messy moving pictures

Sometimes, while driving, we roll down our windows and click and shoot pictures with our little Canon digital camera. Actually, we do it ALL the time– and probably shouldn’t. It may be more distracting and dangerous then talking on our iPhones–at least for whichever person is doing the driving. But even if it is the [...]

Gourmet and kosher food–and a really cool identity

R & S brought us back a big bag of treats from their trip to New York. A whole bunch of goodies from Zabar’s: smoked trout, spinach spread, lox, jam, coffee. Everything was delicious and the gift was good timing because we hadn’t been to the store in a few days. None of the yummy [...]

Web Wednesday: Inspiration

(image: Fast Company)
Introducing Little Perky: We like this diverse designer more and more.
Diary, To Do List, Sketchbook, Assemblage: Just call it what we’ll be working on.
Next theme party: Live painting. (via VLU)
How to divide up a room: One wall doesn’t really know anything about another.
Cultural anthropology: The meaning is still subject to debate.

Tasting

The new site is up and running.  We have spent a lot of time getting it to look and perform the way we want.  There are a few bugs to work out, but content is being generated and wine is being drunk.
Swirl Smell Slurp.