Entries Tagged as ‘sh*t i like’

November 20, 2008

Kara, Walt & 300 of Their Best Friends

Maybe not 300.  Maybe not their best friends.  But the 6th Annual Gadgets Event hosted by the Churchill Club was pretty freakin’ awesome.  As part of their PR Agency, I got to attend and see some of the coolest gadgets out there.  Some are out.  Some aren’t.
Along with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg,  Evan Williams, [...]

September 16, 2008

Furnishing accessories

I’ve been going home a lot this year.  And the major reason is that my parents built a new house, and my pet project is go to and help them decorate it.
During my last trip, we managed to get all the furniture in order.  About half the furnishings will come from the old [...]

August 17, 2008

Sh*t I like 8.08

Yessssssir. It’s another edition of Sh*t I like. As I’m browsing through the internets reading some of my favorite design blogs and listening to IED (internet enthusiasts daily for those of you ‘not in the know’), here are some of my favorites- which if I bought would completely make my dream house look [...]

July 21, 2008

Sh*t I like 7.08

Hello… welcome.. blah blah blah

Summer is a time for dinner parties… FUN dinner parties. Outside, inside, themed, etc. So for your next dinner party, make it a tie dinner party.
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… and where better on a cheery summer day than outside with a full service shed/bar. Raining? Not a problem, just close [...]

July 11, 2008

iPhone and Piles of Moola

This is pre-coffee me, so please excuse the retardation. Somehow, I still manage to sound like a 14 year old despite the fact that my throat was dry and I was half-asleep.
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Things I learned this morning:

Even the teeny AT&T store by my house in Oakland was packed this morning.
AT&T stores only carried about 100 [...]

June 22, 2008

Sh*t I like 7.08

http://nickpapageorgia.blogspot.com/2008/06/puur-design-studio.html
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http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/3045/dubai-opera-house-by-zaha-hadid.html
You can’t really ‘buy’ the Opera House in Dubai, unless by buy, you mean get tickets to a show. However, Dubai has been and is becoming more and more the gem of the Middle East. The city, situated in UAE (United Arab Emirates), plans to build the biggest suspension bridge, the tallest skyscrapers [...]

June 4, 2008

Sh*t I Like 6.08

Welcome to another episode of ish I like. I’ve been keeping track of them as they pop in on my Google Reader, and here are some of my faves!

Cute typography and branding. I have no idea how the drink tastes or how much it costs, but as a sucker for packaging, I’d definitely [...]

April 30, 2008

101 Pairs of Shoes

Yup, you can see almost half of them in this picture…

And I’ve decided to celebrate my promotion to senior marketing specialist by purchasing my 101st pair of shoes. But which one…?

by Christian Lacroix
Retail: $674

by Sergio Rossi
Retail: $464

by Roberto Cavalli
Retail: $1099 *gulp*

by Missoni
Retail: $463

by Giorgio Armani
Retail: $650

by Christian Louboutin
Retail: $1510 … yeah…

by Christian Louboutin
Retail: [...]

March 27, 2008

Sh*t I like

I haven’t done this in a looong while, but here are my favorite recent additions to things, designs and me want!s.
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This is the type of tuperware I’d use for my imaginary pantry in my beautiful, clean and sleek imaginary house (with my edible imaginary husband and kids of course).
They’re called Oxo Pop Containers and go [...]

January 24, 2008

Come here my prettty…. prrrrrreeeeetttttyyy

Welcome to another edition of crap I don’t really want but find interesting anyway!!
Dude, I always thought this was completely fake and something made up in that Amy Tan cartoon, but I guess monkey picked tea really does exist. How odd:

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I want the one on the right!!! … oh, we’re talking about glasses. [...]