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Wallace & Gromit… Fashionistas?
For my twelfth installment of All Things English… let me break down my Wallace & Gromit obsession for you.  As a child I enjoyed their antics but when I was in college I found a W&G alarm clock that rang with “Morning Gromit!  Time for walkies!” in his famous English accent.  At that moment, [...]

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The streets of New Orleans are patrolled by a vigilante called The Gray Ghost, 52 year old Fred Radtke, a man who’s been systematically obliterating every piece of graffiti across the city with the same shade of gray paint since 1997. 
For my eleventh installment of All Things English… check out how British street artist Banksy used [...]

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For my tenth installment of All Things English…

English supermodel Kate Moss has officially earned her weight in gold thanks to English artist Marc Quinn’s latest sculpture called Siren.  His sculpture of Moss is said to be the largest solid-gold statue to be made in the world since the time of Ancient Egypt.  Quinn estimated the value of [...]

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Le Cool Publishing is a completely independent publishing company that is dedicated to creating guidebooks filled with the most awesome underground experiences that reflect the city’s true flavor rather than the “hippest or latest” lemming crap.
I am excited to report that as of this May, the London version was published… putting it in my ninth installment of [...]

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Interactive light displays seem to be all the rage…
This past Saturday was Glow.  Located on the Santa Monica Pier, this free contemporary art exhibit of light was inspired by Nuit Blance in Paris.  One of the major highlights was Usman Haque’s Primal Source - an aurora borealis-type exhibit built out of a huge water spray screen with [...]

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For my ninth installment of All Things English…
It is all about the Royal College of Art Show.  On display is silversmith designer Kathryn Hinton’s great bowl & fork set.   The prongs of the forks correspond with the words imprinted in the bowl as though stamped during a feeding frenzy.  Brill!

And Freddie Yauner’s exit sign that comes [...]

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My seventh installment of All Things English…
So, England’s Office of Government Commerce unveiled their new logo…

Looks like a good logo, right?  Clear.  Simple.  Bold.  Until you turn it on its side…  and see a bow-legged man with his hand on his… um, chubby.

Although perhaps an indecent proposal, I say, “Free yourself from the chains of respectable modesty [...]

Dog Spelled Backwards

I am a spiritual person… but not in the traditional sense of the word.  However these amazing churches are enough to make me… well, go to church!
Iglesia de Santa Monica in Madrid, Spain looks like a cross between a sea barnacle and the little wonky-eyed monster you feared was under your bed when you were a kid.  [...]

Fetish

I am blown away by the Fetish exhibition.  First shown at Design Art London, it showcased five limited edition pairs of shoes by Christian Louboutin alongside five signed photographs of the shoes by David Lynch.  Speechless…

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My sixth installment of All Things English…
Tim Soong wedding plans were wrecked after British Airways managed to lose his luggage which included his and his best man’s suits, and the bride-to-be’s wedding dress.  As if that wasn’t  bad enough, BA continued to add insult to injury by not offering an apology or compensation for their error
He got revenge by posting [...]