Wouldn’t it be great to live in a mansion on the water, Gatsby-style, with your best friends and make art all day? That was the fantasy of Celene Ramadan, a twentysomething filmmaker and musician living in Seattle, who rented a lake house in Chicago with 17 friends while attending an improv festival. The rental only …
Coolest Find on Craigslist? Mansion Living in Seattle, Just $650/Month Read More »
From space exploration to curing disease to successfully competing with India, Europe, and China, our country’s future depends on our education system. Right now Arnold Schwarzenegger, unfortunately the governor of California, is taking an ax to the UC System, one of the most prestigious public education institutions in the world and a producer of world …
In my interview with Susan Cischke, the VP of sustainability, environment, and safety for Ford Motor Company, she mentioned “green driving techniques” — ways to save fuel while you drive. In a follow-up, Angie and Dave Watson, Ford engineers and the husband and wife team behind Ford’s new SmartGauge technology — a dashboard in new …
Green Driving School: Ford Engineers on Eco-Coaching Read More »
When a gifted artist like Joaquin Phoenix or Angelina Jolie toys around with retiring, it’s like, who do you think you are, Ludwig Wittgenstein? The one star who better not go there, and he won’t, is Thom Yorke. Headlines are increasingly shocking these days. If you wanted to play a cruel joke, here are the …
10 Places Not to Yell: “Thom Yorke Is Retiring” (He’s Not) Read More »
I want my universal health care. I want our country to have a simple system like the Europeans enjoy. Like Katharine Zaleski, I’ve gotten sick abroad and have been blown away by how easy and cheap it was to be treated by a doctor in Europe. The unchecked greed of America’s capitalism has been backed …
Phoenix, one of my favorite bands right now (next to Data Rock, also incredibly good), is taking over the world with their sweet summery music that makes you want to wear colorful, flowy dresses, no matter who you are. Check out their performance on The Interface, Spinner’s addictive concert series, also featuring live performances/interviews with …
Phoenix World Tour Makes Stop at Spinner’s Studio Read More »
One rainy evening in New York, I was lucky enough to happen upon a CRT/tanaka sponsored benefit for L.E.A.D. Uganda. The organization, founded by photojournalist Stephen Shames, funds the education of young people in Uganda. The non-profit helps AIDS orphans, former child soldiers and laborers become leaders, get a basic education and win scholarships to …
The day I visited Marco Liotta’s massive archive of vintage clothes–30,000 pieces and counting–in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Sophia Loren had been in the day before. With excellent reason: His collection is a library, a fascinating history of fashion, from New York and Europe and beyond. FIT, get to know this man. Coming from Rimini, Italy, the …
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I’m convinced one day we’re going to look back at the gay marriage debate and future generations will go: you mean, there was actually enough material for a debate? Sure, it seems simple that two consenting adults — gay or straight — who love each other and believe they’ll never run out of things to …
Two years ago, while at Portfolio.com, I was moved by my colleague’s review of the Webby Awards — the Oscars for the Internet. She was disappointed that, given the great democratic premise of the web, the ceremony was held on Wall Street. Silicon Valley and web stars alike ditched their t-shirts, sandals and jeans for …
At the Webby Awards: Can the Internet Revolution end? (No.) Read More »