New behind the scenes featurette from the upcoming season of DEXTER. Colin Hanks is definitely creepy…..
If you’re a baseball fan or just have one living in your home, this wallet is so for you!
Authentic Jersey Lined Leather Wallets
If you’re a baseball fan it’s getting to be the most exciting time of the year (unless you’re an Orioles fan in which case there never is an exciting time of the year). It also means dropping tons of cash on expensive ballpark beers, hot dogs and peanuts. If you’re taking in a game at Fenway or Yankee Stadium you better be bringing a small fortune (especially if you go through those beers like we do). We can’t think of a better way of carrying that dough than in one of these Authentic Jersey Lined Leather Wallets. Each is lined with part of a game used jersey. Your money could be two degrees from Jeter’s ass! Did we say that out loud? Anyway, they’re perfect for holding and dividing your bills until you leave the ballpark when it will be far, far slimmer. $140-150
Opena iPhone 4 Case with Slide Out Bottle Opener
This looks like a great idea until someone hands you a shaken beer and it explodes all over your phone.
Daddy Complex…does that happen to you often? Maybe that’s why I don’t drink beer…hmmm. :)
Anything with a bottle opener in it is A-Ok in my book. :)
Opena iPhone 4 Case with Slide Out Bottle Opener
It seems companies will slap a bottle opener on just about anything these days and just assume we’ll buy it. Now, they would mostly be correct in this assumption, but it is rare we are all that pleased with the product we receive. The belt bottle opener that requires you to bend over so you don’t spray yourself with some import really should have come with instructions. We’ve gotten to the point where we refuse to buy something just because if has a bottle opener on it. Now, we want some real quality. Luckily, Opena Case for the iPhone both looks good and works well. The slide out bottle opener nicely stores away inside the case and won’t do any damage to your phone when you’re popping a few bottles at your next BBQ. Plus, since it’s attached to the one thing you always have with you, you’ll never have to worry about someone else having an opener. $40
I love this whole pop-up fad going on. We’ll see how long it lasts but in the meantime, we can check out some of these awesome things. :)
The Big Apple’s Best Rolls into Hollywood: NYC Designers and Artists at Arts & Leisure
Grandma went to New York City and all you got was that stupid T-shirt? You have four weeks to rectify that at Arts & Leisure. A collaboration between Sophomore’s Chrissie Miller and artist Erin Krause, the impossibly cool pop-up shop-slash-exhibition space opening Saturday showcases work from a group of NYC artists and designers that reads like a guest list for the latest secret no-name bar. In the arts department, find limited-edition drawings, posters, books, and zines from the likes of Richard Prince, David Salle, and Terry Richardson. On the fashion front, there are one-of-a-kind Suno skirts crafted from colorful African scarves, Proenza Schouler dresses, Pamela Love baubles, and Sophomore tees. Expect their musically inclined pals (The Misshapes, Paul Sevigny) to DJ events throughout the month with discounts, free booze, and readings by renowned astrologist (and Chrissie’s mom) Susan Miller. Now, if only we could get a decent slice. Arts & Leisure, at Space 15 Twenty, 1520 North Cahuenga Boulevard, between Sunset Boulevard and Selma Avenue, Hollywood (arts-leisure.com).
I think this looks funny…:)
Our Idiot Brother: Often typecast as a clean-cut funnyman, Paul Rudd tries happy hippie sweetheart (a kind of Lebowski) on for size, and it’s genius. Fresh from behind bars (selling weed to a cop can apparently do that), naive Ned squats from one sister’s abode to the next, creating a string of mishaps (cue resolution with neatly tied bow), while hoping to rekindle his relationship with Willie Nelson (a.k.a. his pup). Some call Jesse Peretz’s Sundancer cookie-cutter, but smart comedy with heart is brilliant in our book.
It’s like: Dumb and Dumber meets Touched by an Angel.
Take: The Dude. And Smarties.
Premieres: August 26
Margaritas Are Your Friend! I know you’re asking yourself what a picture of two babies floating aimlessly in a pool has to do with margaritas or more to the point, why margaritas are your friend. But trust me, they are. Tere nursed the twins for about seven months. I use the term “nurse” loosely because she never really did nurse them. We had so many complications before the babies were born and then after that a couple weeks in, we abandoned nursing altogether and my wife pumped exclusively. The twins both ate formula with as much breast milk as Tere could produce. Tere always said she wanted to nurse for at least six months. I was happy to go along with whatever she wanted. Six months seemed like a great amount of time to me. READ MORE
What a love letter to Los Angeles….GORGEOUS!
Sometimes I wonder what this independent girl could possibly need from me.
Then a bug flies through the room, or she can’t reach something in the cabinets and I remember my purpose.
I love this…so true sometimes. :)
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Celebrating the Girls of Summer
By FRANK BRUNI
Published: August 3, 2011
As the millions of readers who made “The Help” a publishing phenomenon know, the novel explores the poignantly modest aspirations and profound humiliations of black maids in Mississippi in the 1960s. It’s a story of racial injustice, reconciliation and sweet, overdue revenge.It’s also a story of female grit and solidarity — of strength through sisterhood. I was reminded of that early this week when I saw an advance screening of the movie version, which opens Wednesday.
What struck and pleased me most was the way “The Help” pushes back against a Hollywood tsunami of beach-season superheroes, sorcerers and simians (the “Apes” swing into theaters on Friday) by putting women in the foreground. Also the midground. They monopolize the background, too. An hour after seeing it, I couldn’t visualize a single male character. What a bracing, welcome tonic.
Especially because I had been so focused on Washington and its stormy climate of reigning men. Despite the long strides women have made in public life, they were absent from center stage in the debt-ceiling melodrama, which, at times, seemed a cautionary tale of testosterone run amok. READ MORE
Vilnius, Lithuania Mayor Fights Illegally Parked Cars with Tank….do I need to say anymore. Just watch!
Ok so viewer beware as this is the RED BAND trailer of Jonah Hill’s THE SITTER…but it’s effing hysterical!
Ok, I wouldn’t necessarily put these in my house but for you boys that live in the equivalent to a modern day frat house - have at it! They’re kind of fun!
Handmade from melted-down bottles, these wall-mountable jobs come in your choice of clear, green, or brown glass, and sit flush save for protruding necks that serve as the hook, on which you can rely…to hold your jacket…which, if too tight, will require you to suck it in, suck it in, suck it in.
Los Angeles
I’m moving to LA in a couple weeks, and I will definitely have to check this out! Any other good suggestions or links pointing me to places to check out?
Check out my FOOD page: http://www.universityofheather.com/Food but also any of the other additional pages I have on stuff in LA and feel free to send me a message any time. I love giving food advice (or any advice for that matter) on my favorite city!
Warrior is going to rock. It’s a modern day Rocky (with Mixed Martial Arts fighting instead of boxing) starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton with Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison and Frank Grillo. It opens September 9th!
Conan the Barbarian trailer….this stuff isn’t really my thing but the fans are loving the look of this film and Jason Momoa is pretty easy on the eyes! :)
Makr Carry Goods SALE!!
Makr Carry Goods creates timelessly cool handmade products and leather goods like wallets, bags, iPhone and iPad sleeves and accessories. Right now they’re having a 15% off Travel Sale from now until they return. Since we have no idea when that will be, you better hurry up and buy something awesome. $10+
Oh how I love t-shirts!!!!
Pretty much any quality product that shows some love for the NYC gets our vote. Urbarian is a line of clothing designed by Valeriy Deren, the Urban Barbarian. The completely organic, limited collection includes graphic tees for men and presents several designs that pay homage to the Big Apple in a quiet manner. Don’t see the color/graphic combination you’re looking for in her Etsy shop? Valeriy will create a custom tee just for you.
Very funny promo piece for Jason Bateman & Ryan Reynolds’ film, The Change Up.
Paolo Nutini - “Last Request” I love this song….