MTV has gone from “My Super Sweet Sixteen”–a reality show on 16-year olds’ birthday parties that rivaled the Oscars–so Old Economy–to “MTV Hired,” an incredibly good docu-series about young people competing for dream… entry-level jobs. “The idea was how do we come up with something that talks about today’s market but not be all doom …
“MTV HIRED”: New Docu-Series on Landing That Dream Job Read More »
I was recently having dinner with an old friend, discussing astrology over steamed dumplings. While my friend was skeptical, I insisted I believe in it. I suggested she check out the only published horoscopes I swear by — in Elle magazine. They have proved, in my experience, uncannily accurate. The next day I received an …
Astrology for 2010: Susan Miller on your year for career and money Read More »
Trying to do a story on a dollar store is like infiltrating a Chiquita Banana compound in Columbia. Everything is so secretive because dollar stores carry the goods that manufacturers are desperate to unload, which means said goods could still be available in mainstream stores and at fancier prices. So if it’s more or less …
If you’re like me, you like to eat Nutella at your desk, out of the jar and offer your spoon to any busybody co-worker who walks by, looking disgusted. On one such blissful occasion, I smeared a dollop of Nutella on my desk, to see if the desk wanted some. OK, actually, I was running …
Paper Towel Smack Down: Which leading brand gives the best bang for the buck? Read More »
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 …
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 …
Bargain Eye for the Laid-Off Guy: Get a GQ Look for Under $50 Read More »
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 …
K. Michael Merrill is wealth and community personified. As a pillar and founder of Portland’s esteemed blogging community, UrbanHonking.com, where I first started blogging, Mikey is an example to us all: you too can be a human I.P.O. In an exclusive post for Walletpop.com, Mikey shares how he “went public” to raise money for various …
You know that scene in Wayne’s World where Wayne and Garth are really excited to meet Alice Cooper backstage, and all the shock-rocker wants to do is talk about Native American history? Wayne, undeterred, yells out: “Does this guy know how to party or what!” Talking to Seth Green reminded me of that scene — …
Seth Green Shares His Secrets of Financial Success as Unbroke Premieres Read More »