Although it's already 2008, I am still compiling my favorites list of 2007, and since I have never done this before, I am allowing myself to be this late on the draw...
As an additional disclaimer, 2007 didn't always have something new for me to experience that hadn't been before, but simply allowed me time to find things, that I hadn't known existed before 2007.
In no particular order
Website: www.core77.com
Magazine: Ode Magazine: http://www.odemagazine.com
Jean: Raven Jeans (oh, so hard to find, and finance)
Blog: besides my own;): http://www.languagehat.com/ so much fun finding random appreciations for articles of clothing, such as hats.
Store: The Hat Shop, NYC A Must See http://www.thehatshopnyc.com/
Coolest New Store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Claank on Franklin Street http://www.claank.com/
Coolest not-as-new-store-in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Altar http://www.alterbrooklyn.blogspot.com/
Coffee: French Italian Espresso made in a Bodum French Press, available at Porto Rico Importing: http://www.portorico.com/store/index.html
Restaurant: Dining was kept to a true minimum this year, so I'm staying with last year's favorite, assuming that it's still as good and cool as it was last year.
None other than Freeman's LES, NYC: http://www.freemansrestaurant.com/
Movie(s): OK, didn't see too many of these either, but Zwartboek aka Black Book starring Carice van Houtten and Sebastian Koch. Mr. Gorgeous Koch was also in Das Leben der Anderen, The Lives of Others, this movie really came out in 2006 in Germany, glad it made it to the US.
Documentary: The Cruise, Tim "Speed" Levitch, and his view of my favorite city.---a must see for any who have ever stepped foot in Manhattan. (1998)
Book: Planet of the Blind, by Stephen Kuusisto, published 1998
Color: Blue, please reference my Blog from November 19, 2007
Food: Guiltless Gourmet Blue Corn Chips, the only "junk" food I can eat in only 2 sittings.
Place for Brunch: Le Pain Quotidien, in ABC Carpet http://www.lepainquotidien.com/
Video Game, available for download: Crayon Physics http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon/
That's all for now folks!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
I'm on to it....
Because I have great friends who will keep me in check of world happenings, if I don't read about them myself, I was sent this around the holidays...Please see and reference my November 19th posting. Exciting!
I sent Ms. Mack an e-mail, it was easy enough to find her e-mail on the internet, haven't heard from her yet, I hope she won't mind I have put this here...
How about 'Blue Design' then?
Check out this article from the NY Times on design trends
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/garden/20over.html
this excerpt especially:
...Ms. Warner admitted to a kind of overall green ennui, an irritation
caused by what she called the "relentless greenwashing of products."
"People use the word like it's the low-carb label of the furniture
business, just slapping it on everything," she said. "A company says
it's 'green,' and then you ask about their manufacturing and they have
no idea."
Perhaps that is why Ann Mack, trend-spotter in chief for JWT, one of
the world's largest advertising agencies, has proclaimed blue to be
the new green in her list of 10 trends that will shape consumer
behavior in 2008.
"Blue is a state of mind," Ms. Mack said. "Environmentalism 2.0 is all
about the planet and water. Those are blue images. We're not saying
green is going away — it's just going to be a subset of blue. And also
there are negative connotations to green — all that greenwashing. I
think the word has lost a lot of its meaning."
Another coming trend pinpointed by Ms. Mack is about "commitment and
rethinking instant gratification."
"Because everything is so instantly attainable — you can get what you
want, when you want, wherever you want — there will be a premium
placed on waiting, on thinking twice before you click 'buy,'" she
said. "Custom-made and one-of-kind are rising above the mass-produced
din of 'now.'"
I sent Ms. Mack an e-mail, it was easy enough to find her e-mail on the internet, haven't heard from her yet, I hope she won't mind I have put this here...
How about 'Blue Design' then?
Check out this article from the NY Times on design trends
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/garden/20over.html
this excerpt especially:
...Ms. Warner admitted to a kind of overall green ennui, an irritation
caused by what she called the "relentless greenwashing of products."
"People use the word like it's the low-carb label of the furniture
business, just slapping it on everything," she said. "A company says
it's 'green,' and then you ask about their manufacturing and they have
no idea."
Perhaps that is why Ann Mack, trend-spotter in chief for JWT, one of
the world's largest advertising agencies, has proclaimed blue to be
the new green in her list of 10 trends that will shape consumer
behavior in 2008.
"Blue is a state of mind," Ms. Mack said. "Environmentalism 2.0 is all
about the planet and water. Those are blue images. We're not saying
green is going away — it's just going to be a subset of blue. And also
there are negative connotations to green — all that greenwashing. I
think the word has lost a lot of its meaning."
Another coming trend pinpointed by Ms. Mack is about "commitment and
rethinking instant gratification."
"Because everything is so instantly attainable — you can get what you
want, when you want, wherever you want — there will be a premium
placed on waiting, on thinking twice before you click 'buy,'" she
said. "Custom-made and one-of-kind are rising above the mass-produced
din of 'now.'"
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