It’s Happy Hour Somewhere

I just read Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler.
I have to be honest, the first few chapters of her book were totally lost on me.  I had come to the conclusion that 95% of her comedic brilliance is in the delivery which doesn’t always translate well in print.
As you can imagine, [...]

When I Grow Up

… I want to be like Iris Apfel.  This style maven clearly finds the finds joy in life… which is now a major priority of mine after seeing The Bucket List.  She is so fabulously unique and at ease diving into a little bit of everything using only a subtle dose of restraint.

I have to add her book, Rare [...]

Abracadabra

Look at this little piece of “clever” – the Abracadabra bookmark designed by Jung-Hyun Lee, Won-Sik Chae & Rhea Jeong. 

The bookmark contains an air-filled chamber, half of which is flattened by the weight of a book, therefore pushing a little air bubble into the exposed tab.  And then by squeezing the exposed tab, the air is pushed back [...]

Lust For – I

My first installment of  ”Lust For”
I love books – everything about them (minus the ridiculous cost to move them from one apt to another).  My ideal would be to have a beautiful built-in bookcase that lines my study (when I actually have a study) but in the meantime I would happily settle for the Sapien Bookcase by Bruno Rainaldi.

That brings me to [...]

sTori Telling

So last night was the first time I have ever attended a book signing.  Who, might you ask, was thrilling enough to pull me out to the Virgin Megastore in Union Square at 7pm? 
Tori Spelling
I really just wanted to see her up-close… not actually meet her… and I could care less about her signature… but [...]

Minus the Pot of Gold

Leprechauns everywhere are jumping for joy over this Rainbow In Your Hand flip-book by Masashi Kawamura.   This flip-book has 36 pages of an image of the color spectrum against a black background which gives the illusion of a rainbow hovering over the book as the pages are flipped.
If you must have one… and I know you do… go to [...]

The Works

I don’t usually ask for books as gifts… but if I did, The Works: Anatomy of a City would be the book… new and in hardcover!
About the Book:  The Works: Anatomy of a City contains everything you ever wanted to know about what makes New York City run.  Across the city lies a series of extraordinarily complex and [...]