reasoning:love these screenprinted city neighborhood posters – they come in pretty colors and other sites including Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Great Lakes, Los Angeles, Manhattan, NYC, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto (soon to come!), and adorably, The Heart. most posters are $22 and will ship via USPS in 1-3 business days.
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reasoning:The design blogs (Lost in a Supermarket, Minimalismi, Curated + many more) were all over this Stretch Shelf, even Urban Outfitters. I like it b/c it’s functional, has an element of DIY, and totally fits into the “why didn’t i think of that?!??” category. made of cast rubber and machined aluminum, the shelf is essentially like having a giant rubber band that sturdy enough to hold and fit oddly shaped items on the wall in a connect-the-dots type of fashion. living in a cramped rowhouse, i’m begining to realize how useful storing upwards on the wall is, this would be perfect for spaces in the hallway or my room. one blog posed the question of what happens when the rubber dries out and it cracks, I’m hoping the shelving kit comes with some sort of sealing solution to prevent this. design schools are supposed to teach design, but also practicality and sustainability, right?
Oyler is a RISD graduate, you can check out more of his work here.
“With the new innovative Magisso Cake Server cutting and serving a piece of cake is easier and more stylish than ever. Magisso Cake Server is a perfect centerpiece for every party, wedding and graduation setting. The beautifully designed and functional Cake Server is an ideal gift with the space for inscriptions and engravings. Magisso Cake Server is made of mirrored high quality stainless steel and it is suitable for every kind of cake. Magisso Cake Server is developed and designed in Finland.”
this is one of those “why didn’t i think of that??!” design inventions that’s simple, clean and pretty. i love the lines and the stainless steel. the Magisso website has some great products and also a video of the Cake Server in action.
NYTimes: When The Thrill of Blogging is Gone…
oh how i can relate to this article. when i first started this blog, i did do it out of a small wish for fame and notoriety, not so much that people would be logging on to read about the 
party i went to last night, or the amazing cardamon bread pudding i made over the weekend, but i had hoped the idea behind this blog would catch on. people would start using the “no postage necessary” envelopes to send in poetry, love letters, or intellectual articles to the credit card application collection centers. soon, i’d have to created another blog to just post the responses and reasonings, something more along the lines of PostSecret with substance and commentary on social disconnect and loneliness, rather than just community picture submissions like upsidedowndogs or look at this fucking hipster (as entertaining as it is to scan through that site every now and then). i want commenters, i want more people saying “hey, cool post”, or sending me emails about paper goods they’ve sent in to the collection centers and why.
but also, i know of the ease to start something and not complete it: diets, workout routines, fictional novellas, etc. blogging really could just be the internet fad of the 21st century, and the thought of all the abandoned blogs out there pains me to think of all the WWW space they’re uselessly and inefficiently taking up. [certainly not to say, nopostagerequired is contributing to the greater good and worth however much GB it’s using). plus, i’m reminded that i’ve got to go and delete that embarassing, old LiveJournal I wrote back in high school. another reason i started this blog was the hope that it’d encourage me to write more. if i was writing, however informally, on a consistent basis> that can only help me practice and perhaps make all the papers in graduate school much easier to complete. but alas, i’ve fallen too often into the “sorry, i haven’t posted here in awhile” trap, and sometimes this blog becomes a nagging chore that’s always in the back of my mind to work on, much in the same way of starting art projects, that Census Bureau application, or that morning workout. i will write here that I am attempting to write here at least 4 times a week until it becomes routine. it’s taken me more than a year, but i’ve at least gotten to 100+ posts, it’s somewhat reassuring that nopostagerequired won’t be listed on One Post Wonder, i’ve jsut to be more diligent in keeping it up. onward >
Categories: art · fame · future · identity · labor · love · money · style
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BBC article: US bikini wax plans ditched
yeow, something i haven’t fully gotten behind yet, but also something that shouldn’t be banned, just better regulated so people aren’t getting hurt – especially in that area. it seems that new jersey has more of a history to ban things quicker, than going through the more arduous process of setting up and enforcing better regulations (ex: only full-service gas stations). this quote is great: Spa owner Linda Orsuto told the Associated Press news agency: “In New Jersey especially, where the government has been picking our pockets for so long, it was like: ‘Just stay out of our pants, will you?’”
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Musicthatmakesyoudumb graph by Virgil Griffith
coming back from taking the GREs earlier this afternoon, i wonder if i can blame my low score on my musical tastes. if you matched my itunes library to this chart, i should have gotten somewhere along the 1076 - 1236 range. ugh to the beethoven listeners scoring around a 1300. typical. perhaps the classical music nerd stereotype does hold true. though i also wouldn’t put too much weight on the graph finding that country music listeners usually scored lower, and hip-hop or r&b listeners even lower. if anything, those listening to Queen, Outkast and Lil’ Wayne should be to the right in Beethoven area because they are all genius!
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Cool Hunting video: Ian Hundley’s studio
wow, as if quilts weren’t complicated and layered enough. i love the seemingly abstract, but completely logical and practical look of Ian’s work. like the gee’s bend collective that had an exhibit at the whitney, quilts aren’t necessarily ‘kitchy patchwork, they are and can be beautifully complex. if only i wasn’t such a slow hand sewer, or i could borrow my parents’ sewing machine – think of the creations! the possibilities!
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morning routines: The Quest for the Perfect Morning Routine, Drinking Coffee in the Shower, In Which We Pretend to be Morning People, and Daily Routines
alarm is set for 7AM, snooze for 30-45 minutes. roll out of bed (literally -> my air mattress is less than a foot off the floor), use bathroom to stick contacts into my
eyes – unless housemate JE is using it, then i just stumble around the house half-blind. walk into kitchen to make breakfast. carry my oatmeal or cereal back up to my room, watch an episode of recess (10 minutes of saturday morning cartoons to fully wake up). go through my 3 suitcases of clothes and decide what to wear, and then put on the same stuff i always do. brush my teeth, pack up my lunch, head out and be either on time, or somewhat late to work via walking or bike.
your turn.
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New York Times: Field Guide to the NYC Bicyclist and European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels
i bought a U-Lock and the check for my bike has just been cleared, so i can officially start riding around in the city. i envision myself to be the closest to the fixed-gear rider, with the one leg cuff pulled up, the messenger bag across the back, and plaid button-down. but maybe not the fixed-gear part, i still can’t 
figure what gear my bike is in, and how to change that. i would love to be the vintage-bike fashion girl, but i’m not near cute enough for that. so i will opt for the opposite and be grungy & indie hardcore, instead. how classy does their noble rider look? those red pants, that jacket with the fabric pocket and those cairn terriers in the front. The Sartorialist would be gushing all over that man. the group that seems to be missing from the urban bicyclist field guide are those who bike more for the sake of biking, and not as much for fashion. they have the one leg rolled up, the standard bike helmet, and whatever work clothes for the day. their form follows function. the practicality of riding bikes in the city is starting to catch on, SmartBike DC just started but like the models in barcelona, and portland, it is already very popular. with bikes being the best urban accessory, i just hope there will be more creative bike racks, more bike lanes and more pedicabs… and maybe one day, more bikes than cars!
–> happy happy birthday to my mother today, who if knew that i was riding around the city, much less without a helmet on, would move me out of DC, herself, and back into the car-loving suburbs of Pennsylvania. love you! i’m being as safe as i can, i promise!
Categories: style · urban life
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brookadelphia business card
yesterday was CityPaper’s Crafty Bastards! Arts and Crafts Fair. i moved into my new place at noon, sort of unpacked, and cleaned. i got on a bus towards Adams Morgan and didn’t get lost (!). while 
my transition into DC hasn’t been the easiest, but this was a good day, when urban life loved me back. i won’t go into how much i want to be on my own and independent, but yet become frightened, squeamish or whiny at the prospect, as well.
the fair was teeming with baby clothes and obama memorabilia, but some of my favorite new designers (including the aforementioned brookadelphia): b-kao, imogene,barrysfarm, miss alison, maryink and sofia masri. i picked up a bunch more business cards from other vendors, i’m slowly combing through their websites, and may post about them later.
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