Everyday Life Objects Shop April 20–28, 2009 Via Arena 19 20123 Milano, Italy more awesomeness by reference library

a big thank you to everyone who made our time in paris last week unforgettable. à bientôt!

the ace hotel palm springs is officially open and i’ve yet to come across a disappointed reviewer. complimentary have’a chips and a bar called the ‘amigo room’ are reason enough for me to endure a little traffic. hopefully i can get out there before the spring breakers. photos from ACL where you’ll find plenty more [...]

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my search for a combination better than chocolate and peanut butter has ended thanks to tweed and cycles . more here. via a continuous lean.

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beautiful karrimor bag up on ebay right now, includes that “English men’s club smell” for free.

fuel powered bicycle light. instructable instructions here

FLEEING A BEAR Bears can outrun, outclimb, and outswim a human. Your only hope is to run downhill. A bear’s center of gravity makes it difficult for them to run downhill. Submitted by: Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator MAKING CHAMPAGNE It takes 3.25 tons of grapes to make 1 case [...]

the upside of which is you can find awesome little things like this WWII torpedo mechanical pencil from sites like davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com

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analog photoshop

new caluvfornia stickers are here! if you want some just send $1 and an s.a.s.e. to: caluvfornia po box 7878 newport beach, ca 92660

After two years in community theater, Chad has excellent range. sadguysontradingfloors aka my new favorite blog, the captions and photos only get better.

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15 Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream from Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

what do christian bale and kermit the frog have in common? more than you might realize…

quoddy trail is one of the few shoe companies left in the USA who are still cutting, skiving, stitching, and sewing their shoes by hand. after almost 2 years of daily use including quite a few rain storms my first pair of quoddy boat shoes finally bit the dust so i decided to order another [...]

the folks at carnegie mellon realized that all the energy being spent by people accessing over 60 million CAPTCHA (for Completely Automated Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) protected sites daily could be used for something productive – digitizing books. now, thanks to recaptcha the time you spend logging on to facebook and [...]