Can you imagine anything more fabulous and relaxing than driving across the beautiful countryside in a convertible with friends eating the entire time and getting paid to do it?
I can’t.
Really looking forward to watching this series with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, and Claudia Bassols on PBS in the Fall.
OH MAN this looks awesome. Even with Frank Ghery in the trailer!
(finally) finished.
Want: Black Bird Fly Twin Lens Reflex Camera
I updated my .com today.
Two Olympic related photo series from The Big Picture. I’ve been constantly showing people the anti-terrorism exercise images for a few weeks now, but the opening ceremony images are also well worth viewing.
Some weeks I get excited for this post. I feel utterly worked out, cooked out and read out. And I can’t wait to tell the world. Other weeks, I neglect tumblr, don’t cook at all, and never once open a book. Fortunately, the weeks where I fail with my goals have been few and (with the exception of the past two weeks) far between. I just completed my move, and am still settling in. There are still plenty of boxes, and as of right now, I still don’t have internet (thanks comcast).
I actually did alright with exercise, running three times, but didn’t do much in the way of cooking or reading. I’m so ready to get settled, and get back into more of a routine.
I believe last week was probably the biggest fail towards my three goals this year. I’m between apartments right now. That’s my excuse. Not a very good one, but whatever. Here’s the damage toll:
This consumerist article just proved invaluable. I’ve spent the last few days dealing with the many annoyances of moving. Transfering utilities, canceling insurances, forwarding mail, trying to figure out where all the packaging tape went, etc. The worst part of it all, without question, was trying to cancel my Verizon FIOS TV and internet service. Over the course of the last 2 days, I spent over 2 hours on hold and still hadn’t gotten a human being on the line! Within 20 minutes of when I read this article, I had it all taken care of.
Here’s a novel idea for you Verizon - why not just put a list of phone numbers for all your support centers and what they handle on your website? You could get rid of that customer frustration machine you’ve got answering the phone now, and you’d get much more efficient employees. They wouldn’t have to do the job the machine was supposed to do – route calls.
Friends and random interneters, I’m moving. Thats right, for the sixth consecutive August I’ll be changing states. It was a streak I was hoping to end last year, but alas, it remains alive and well. On friday, I’ll be piloting a rental truck back to Pennsylvania and when the dust settles, I’ll be in a new apartment in the city of Pittsburgh. I’ll still be working for my beloved barbarians, but I will now be a permanent work-from-homer. That being said, I now return to the usual weekly update.
The Steelwood Chair - designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Magis
This little chair is working hard for icon status. The above image is a production still from Gary Hustwits upcoming documentary on industrial design, Objectified. It also has 3 pages of this months Dwell dedicated to it.
