M+B

Best show, crowd, energy of the night - M+B

New Find

Blackboardeats.com - let's see what kind of deals you serve up - touche'

I wish I knew how to quit you...

....blogger
Jack Twist - Brokeback Mountain

For the past month, I've been considering closing shop on this blog and creating something new on tumblr but here I am back again...ugh

Grossy Josie

Tom Ford hearts this movie! As told in his interview on The Treatment/KCRW....lots of good info about Tom and film making...http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt#recent

A Single Man trailer

Fab - a wonderful short film in itself!

Weekend

I'm off to Scottsdale for the weekend - :O)!

If I were staying in LA for the weekend I would be sure to catch David LaChapelle ++ others at the Honor Fraser Gallery on Sat

Pop Art and Ethics 2pm Moderated by Ed Schad, the panel discussion includes Irving Blum, David LaChapelle, Holly Myers and Catherine Taft in a dialogue about the ethics of pop art, and the ways in which this style of working walks the boundary between being a constructive critique of social culture and a spectacle in itself.

and the Wool and the Gang event at the New High Mart. I've been thinking about purchasing one of their kits for a verrryyy long time!

Stay warm and dry!

Science As a Contact Sport

Gosh, I am so delayed in mentioning this, it is embarrassing. OVER a month ago I was invited to Laurie David's house for a little meet and greet with the amazing and so interesting (this says a lot coming from a non-science person like me) with Dr Stephen Schneider, in conjunction with the release of his new book - Science As a Contact Sport. I was honored to be invited, and the Dr talked a bit about global warming and lots of science but boy did he capture my attention. Usually anything sciencey has the Charlie Brown's teacher effect on me - wawah, you know the sound ;o) - get the book and check it out for yaself.

FU Penguin

My oh my is this blog funny - imagine the book is right up there!

And here to read funnies http://www.fupenguin.com/ and I am sure you can find info on the book as well

3.1 & The Costume Council

Thanks to the LACMA Costume Council for allowing me to attend the Phillip Lim talk and video presentation (spring '10) Between...Romance and Realism. As if I did not already love the 3.1 Line listening to Phillip, his approach to design and his take on clothes makes me heart him even more!

The Costume Council has an incredible line-up of events - for more info costumecouncil@lacma.org

**Above, one of the many pieces via style.com from the collection that I LUVVED!!**

Thanks for Vie

For reading, and mentioning my blog on yer hilarious site http://theviesociety.tumblr.com/
Perfect voyeur reading if you are a sugar lovin shopaholic like myself.

Must Do!

After a whirlwind trip to DC, up to Philly and back I had a moment to taken in some of DC's finest - including the Corcoran! Lucky for me the Edward Burtynsky exhibit was still up. I missed it when I was last out in Oct. The photos are spectacular!!!! So clear, so concise, you can't tell if they are real or a little CG. The photo above is not my fav - that would be Oil Refinery #3 - sounds kinda odd to say an oil refinery is my fav shot.

Go see for yaself

True shortage or marketing ploy...

From Wall St Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/11/19/libbys-pumpkin-shortage-stymies-thanksgiving-tradition/

People! You could always boil a pumpkin and make your own or even buy organic!

Maybe yes!!

I am digging Mayer Hawthorne!!!! All info and music can be found at Stones Throw - these guys are on it! http://www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne

I feel as though I am still recovering from SF

and I didn't even have very late nights. I did manage to get interviewed and quoted for the paper - click here for article http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/14/BU131AK6QH.DTL

Seperated at Birth? Sisters? Before and After Hollywood Got a hold of her??

I started to think about this last time I saw a clip of So You Think You Can Dance

If you have no idea to what I am referring....Mary Murphy a Judge on SYTYCD and Audrina Partridge a 'reality' what a joke star on The Hills

I went...

....and it was awesome! Alice Waters at Dosa. Alice and her Chez Panisse team came down from SF, hit the Santa Monica and Hollywood Farmers markets and made an amazzzinggg spread! OMG - the food was incredible, the space was beautiful and then Alice spoke for about an hour. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon....

DOSA + Chez Panisse

GO!

GOOP is slow to the take

Last week's GOOP update focused on treat street....Sure TS rocks but its old news, something I, me, moi first mentioned in June of '07

http://goldandsilverstars.blogspot.com/2007/06/wandering-sweets.html

GOOP is supposed to contain insider info NOT old news??!!

PBS, Michael Pollan, Botany of Desire, M&M Heath Farms, Hooray for Ladybugs

Last night I caught the tail end of a great program on KCET - the LA PBS affiliate. The program was Botany of Desire, based off the Michael Pollan book. I am a huge MP fan and his simple yet so sensical (is this a word) philosophies on healthy eating, growing, etc. The program discussed many important topics including; conventional v organic farming, and monoculture v whatever is the opposite.

Profiled is M&M Heath Farms, an organic farm in Idaho. This is a wise farmer, not only because he does not use chemicals but he does not practice monoculture, instead he grows 16 kinds of organic potatoes. This allows him to protect himself should a crop become infested from a bug, spore, etc. And by using ladybugs instead of chemicals in the end he makes more revenue per acre than those farmers using nasty chemicals!

Way to go smarty pants!

Here's an article from Sun Valley Mag about M&M Heath Farms http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Summer-2009/Fresh-from-the-Farm/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1

Yum yum

Just back from a delicious lunch at Huckleberry with Julie and Carly from the awesome website & daily email Healthy Bitch Daily. If you aren't reading HBD, sign up already bitches!

Tom Ford Returns to Womens!!!!!!

Article here http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2009/10/26/Awkward-Timing-For-Tom-Fords-Return-To-Womenswear.aspx

++++I am dying to catch his much talked about new film A Single Man which is screening at AFI Fest

Image courtesy of Fashionista.com

Negative Nancy

That's right, I am a negative nancy today. I am sick of PR firms that 'specialize in GREEN' but have no GREEN clients!! Companies that advertise a 50% off sale and all they did is take the sale prices down from the day before. This bugs me to no avail along with all Natural High Fructose Corn Syrup.

On a more positive note - when you sign up for the Crop Share California $2 from each order goes to development of school gardens and nutrition programs. Have you seen what those kids get for their breakfast and lunch at school???? Please sign up!!!

Redo

My intention was to write about Maura Peters Organic Salvage Candle line. But she does not have photos, the candle or any info about the candle on the website. The candle holder is a recycled bottle and they smell fantastic! PS I bought this candle FTC!!!

So, Instead I'll share that I am going to meet Scott Schuman and have him sign my book this afternoon! How exciting! When I first created this blog years ago, he was immediately placed on my list of favorites! thesartorialist.blogspot.com - Image above is from Scott's site

Supermarket Sarah

Such an inventive and slick way to display and sell your products - check out http://www.supermarketsarah.com/

Corporate GREED continues....

When the govt gave tons of taxpayer money to GS and others, this is the exact reason they should have retained more control of the checks and balances within each corporation....http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107974/bonuses-put-goldman-in-public-relations-bind?mod=career-salary_negotiation

WOW - who knew I was a socialist?

TGIF!