At Home | Modern Homes made of LEGO ®

The folks at Dwell hooked up with Pacific Standard Time to test the child within the architect. The challenge: to build a house inspired by California mid-century modern architecture… using only LEGO bricks! Aha. And now they have the five finalists. Which one would you pick?

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Random | “Hipsters in Space”

Whatever… J

At Home | Retro into Now: The Peacock Chair

This is another 'share what’s out there' post. La Dolce Vita’s Design Under the Influence: The Peacock Chair post caught my attention. Having seen many rattan pieces that are truly vintage (yes, circa 70s) and showing it, not in the best way (frayed, moldy, dusty, dirty), it was interesting to see the peacock chair styling it and achieving a grandeur befitting its name even amidst modern furnishings. I might not be looking to get one, although if I had a sprawling terrace with some shade I might have considered, but it looks to me like a throne worth having for slow sipping of chilled tropical cocktails and munching on refreshing Vietnamese dishes à la “The Scent of Green Papaya”, then watching “Indochine” or “The Quiet American” after sundown that just barely cools the air.

The Decorista | The Familiy Love Tree | Rhapsody Attic

Interesting Couple | Homer Simpson & Marge Bouvier

From Famous Couples

Music | If you understand the sentiments, sing along!

Fritz and The Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out”

Great band name! Righteous song! Catchy!

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Food | Stately Sandwiches

Now this is some fine project! And trending today. Stately Sandwiches is a brainchild of Kelly Pratt and homage to the sandwich as an expression of United States of America. So far, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia have been deconstructed and laid out for your inspirational pleasure, and hopefully debate. What’s your state?

Fashion | Daphne Guinness in Vogue Italia

To quote Fubuki who posted this video on YouTube:

“Fab Daphne Guinness !!! Fashion icon, designer, film director, producer and (maybe) even writer. In short: Daphne, the woman who has turned herself into a creative philosophers' stone. And all that she touches turns into gold.”

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Interesting Couple | David Bowie & Iman

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Food | Movies to make you salivate, crave, hungry and even full

In no particular order. For starters J

Like Water for Chocolate Como agua para chocolate Emotions transferred into food. Literally.	Eat Drink Man Woman 理性與感性 Getting dinner ready. Wow. Banquet. Wow. Another dinner. Wow. Lunch … you get the picture.	Tortilla Soup Los Angelino version of Eat Drink Man Woman. I want my pico de gallo! And some.	Frida Not exactly food heavy, but did someone mention mole poblano?
The Big Feast La Grande Bouffe Gluttony par excellence. Is all that really possible?! The deadly part of the sin is the aim.	Chocolat Didn’t you crave some even under the threat of diabetes? Armande Voizin did.	The Mistress of Spices The magic of seasoning.	Eat Pray Love Mangiare. Io mangio; tu mangi; lui/lei/Lei mangia; noi mangiamo; voi mangiate; loro/Loro mangiano. Ancora!
Big Night Take it from the chef - certain food combinations are just criminal.	The Ramen Girl Actor snobs, sue me! It’s cute; it has ramen; it has a cameo from Tsutomu Yamazaki, the truck driving mentor in “Tampopo”; it has ramen. Ramen gooood!	Mostly Martha Bella Martha I want to be her therapist J	Today’s Special The first 10:54 minutes makes you understand how this sous chef’s life friggin’ sucks – demands at work and from ‘proposed’, and being looked over ‘cuz the chef doesn’t get a … just see it. Taxi driver to the rescue!

At Home | Fabio Novembre

“Superstar designer and architect Fabio Novembre opens up his wildly eclectic Milan home to reveal his love of the female form, fashion, and how he keeps his audience on their toes.”

http://www.novembre.it/