Help!
I need one of these. Desperately. Somehow Philadelphia Media Holdings didn’t think that my apartment, nestled between two blocks of PHA housing, qualified as affluent enough to receive a copy of their new bi-monthly glossy I.
So, please, send me your copy. You aren’t going to read it anyway and I promise that I will screen all my jokes about this BS Philly mag rip off (a statement I never thought I’d utter) around the office to make sure they’re actually funny. Also, I’ll reimburse you for postage and send you some sort of awesome gift.
Erica Palan
1500 Sansom St. third fl.
Philadelphia, Pa 19102
Thanks!
Project Runway: Postponed!
It’s no secret that we love us some Project Runway ’round these parts, so imagine the horror when we learned that the show’s next season has been postponed indefinitely. The New York Times has this story, which details all the crazy legal drama between Harvey Weinstein and NBC Universal, including the switch from Bravo to the Lifetime network and the setting change from New York to LA.
Personally, I find Harvey Weinstein to be the most loathsome man in Hollywood and the idea of Project Runway taking place anywhere other than NYC is sort of horrifying. But postponing the show only breeds ill-will among already discontented fans. They might as well just get on with it.
Shameless Self Promotion
I mentioned this earlier, but this year I was in charge of PW’s annual gift guide. (Translation: I got spend two full days shopping instead of working.) It’s out today. Pick one up in any of the 80 billion yellow boxes around town.
My favorite item—the one I’m feeling actual pangs of guilt, actual sadness about returning—is the holster, pictured above, from Delicious Boutique. It’s a little pricey at $176, but this might just be my Christmas gift to myself this year. It’s comfortable to wear and feels like the perfect solution to the “Do I really want to take my purse to the bar?” dilemma.
Sock Regression
After 12 years of Catholic school, I swore up and down that I would never wear a pair of knee socks ever again. But does that vow count if the socks are thigh-highs? Fuck it. It’s my vow and I’ll break it if I want to.
I am in love with these thigh-high socks from American Apparel. Warmer and thicker than tights, these socks look super cute under dresses and skirts and no one will know that they’ve got weird tube sock stripes at the top. (Unless you want them to.)
Available at the Walnut Street and the UPenn stores, the socks cost between $15 and $20, depending on color and style. The only downside? They’re one size only and that size is clearly for tall women. I’m 5′3″ and I do some serious folding to make them fit.
Obsession: Botox Videos
This video profiles Madonna’s botoxer! “While your lip is numbing, we’ll botox your neck!” “I can actually taste it at the back of my throat.” “This really hurts.” and “I’ve now had enough botox to paralyze a small dog. Why do we do this to ourselves?”
Sadly, embedding is disabled. View here. Just seeing dude’s face–like a balloon stretched over a mask–is worth it.
Watch Alex, a really pretty chick, get Botox below. They’re goofy friends and it’s fun to watch, actually. Best line in the description: “the ugly bump/warty looking thing next to alexis’ nose is, in fact, man-made.” Best line in the video “Just so people know this hurts like a sonofabitch.” Wait for the shot adminstered at 3:11. Nice!
Virgina Madsen talking about getting botox. She’s on a PR campaign to be like, no shit, of course I use Botox. She even maintains a website with information on how to use injections safely.
We’d be remiss if we didn’t add Dave Chappelle’s comment on botox: “Finally gonna have these shits smooth as eggs!”
Steampunk’d
I have to admit that I don’t totally understand what it means to be steampunk. I read the article on Wikipedia and I know when a piece of jewelry (like the one above) or hardware can be described as such, but if I had to define it, I couldn’t. But I do like it. Anyway, I stumbled onto Rivkasmom.com, a site featuring very cool and decidedly steampunk jewelry for affordable prices.
Head Case
My boyfriend has a thing for skulls. Not in the “I’m emo and skulls totally represent my lacking sense of self” way, but more in the “anatomy is awesome” way. He’s really into science. We’ve got two skulls in hanging in shadow boxes in our apartment and have lately been considering some anatomical art for the living room.
My pal Paul shared this link to information about a way to get some interesting medical oddities (perfect for framing and showing off) being auctioned off at the PBA Galleries in San Francisco. The items are from the medical library of Gerard Sugarman and include medical books, tools, and paraphernalia that go as far back as the 15th Century. Pretty sweet, huh?
So maybe airfare to San Fran and dropping a few hundred bucks on stuff I could swipe from the Mütter is out of the question. But it’d be awfully cool to have this hanging over the sofa:
Trend I’m Tired Of: Converse
When a brand of shoes—not knock offs, but actual honest-to-god Converse All Stars— can be purchased from Mandee, Delia’s and Target, the trend is over. When everyone from hipsters to babies to grandpas are wearing the same style of sneakers, the trend is over. When a shoe is available in every color of the rainbow (including sequins), the trend is over. It’s time for a change, people. Get out there and start shoe shopping.
Heavens To Etsy: sudlow
Loving these rings by Rachael Sudlow over at Etsy. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design of Photography, Racheal will happily customize most items. Click through for photos of her other work.
