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Blood-curdling Palm Springs conservatives, damaged author daughter, alcoholic aunt. One big miserable family with an even bigger secret.
Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Rachel Griffiths, Judith Light...everyone delivers.
Don't miss this phenomenal show!!
Racing down Madison to catch to Sarah Sze's exhibit @ the Asia Society, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the gorgeous Marimekko window in the Crate & Barrel store. Divine!
Inside was even better...another C&B line (borrowing heavily from Orla Kiely, no doubt) has replaced their "coffee cups" print with adorable pots. Available on oven mitts, aprons and dish towels...let's hope serving pieces aren't far behind.
Bonus snap from Lex near Hunter College...on-off rain showers created some naturally back-lit canyons.
Hmm. Lots of conflicting feelings about my fave designer.
Pros: JCP has done a great job w/the in-store Sephoras + they've just hired an ex-Apple VP who totally gets it about selling a premium brand.
Cons: It's Nannete (!!!!) for crying out loud!
Wearable art with her exacting made in the US crafstmanship can't be mass produced. Otherwise, why not just go the disposable fashion route (hola, H&M) or save a few $$ on production costs by using factories in China that blow up b/c contractors can't be bothered (or forced) to install ventilation systems to keep their factories from blowing up. Oh wait...that's Apple's iPad....
Bottom line: Sometimes you need to trust your idols...as long as their names aren't Kardashian.
Long admired Nanette & her business partner hubby. Vera's line for Kohls generally rocks and Target's guest lines are legendary. Stay tuned...2013 isn't that far away.
Happy Friday...and try not to feel like a spider for the next two days, 'k? (-:
btw--the lovely golden color is au naturale...get the skinny here.
Showing that sexy doesn't stop when you're 62, Vera models a piece from her new line.
Rock on, sister!
Plucky pilgrims resist oppression by the royal 1%. Fight back w/theatre, beer, banjo & bass. Love, hilarity & singing ensue.
See it by 1/29 or you'll miss out...tickets here.
Features (L to R): Will Hand, Juliana Lustenader, Josh Pollock (Banjo), Anthony Nemirovsky.
Photo by Pak Han.
Grateful every day for my amazing friends...heard one today on NPR!
My dear pal Hugo Campos has an implantable defibrillator and no one (manufacturers, providers/payors, clinicians, etc.) will give him access to his own data. I've heard him ask (on stages and in person) the "powers that be", from HHS heads to CEOs of device manufacturers.
Their answers range from "of course you have the right" to "I don't know how we'd do that". Bottom line is that until there's $$ attached to doing the right thing, it won't get done.
Thank goodness Hugo is of the nicest guys on the planet. I would have gone postal long ago.
Watch Hugo's TedX Cambridge talk here.
From coffee machines on wheels (a la R2D2) to a skeletal looking “super compliant “robot named Ecce, robots have come a long way.
According to a recent forum at Swissnex San Francisco, even further improvements are close to fruition.
Rolf Pfeifer, director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zurich
detailed the importance of soft robotics in increasing their physical functionality.
He showed the example of an octopus robot constructed of materials that demonstrate a greater understanding of soft materials that take advantage of passive dynamics.
Pascal Kaufmann (University of Zurich and CEO of Starmind) highlighted the example of Cronos, the first humanoid robot in Playboy Ukraine. He also invited the gathering to an upcoming robotics conference in Switzerland, promising to reveal some additional, um, advancement enhancements in the world of sex toy robots.
Wim Wenders' Pina is a 3D love letter like no other.
Despite the pain of her unexpected death shortly before filming was to begin, her devoted company decided that the show must go on.
Their stunning portrait uses the power of dance to tell her story. Using vintage footage (including a performance in the immortal Cafe Muller), interviews and company repertoire, the film succeeds in capturing her essence, while preserving her legacy of Tanztheater.
I think she would have been pleased with the results. As she explained in a rare interview, "Some things are so terrible, there are not words. Evoking a feeling is enough--that’s where dance comes in."
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