Author Archives: Renee

Glass Candy

September 15, 2009 – 1:01 am

Up until two weekends ago, I had no clue Glass Candy existed as a band, and not just as some cutesy decorative piece for say, a coffee table.
After hearing them perform live at an opening party in Las Vegas for MAGIC – they were so so so good – I couldn’t help but purchase their [...]

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Astrid Salomon

August 27, 2009 – 12:25 am

Every so often I’ll come across a set of photographs so stunning that it forces me to furiously scour the web for the responsible artist. Today, that artist is Astrid Salomon and luckily, it only took me ten minutes to match the photograph with its creator. Based in Hamburg, Berlin and New York, Ms. Salomon’s [...]

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Vegan Cookie Heaven

August 10, 2009 – 8:27 pm

I don’t know what it is lately, but come good weather and all I crave is sweets… which isn’t exactly conducive to a bikini summer (thank god one-piece swimsuits have made a comeback). Nevertheless, being the last person on the planet who would go ever go vegan (or vegetarian), my discovery of vegan chocolate chip [...]

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Brighton Beach

July 16, 2009 – 9:31 pm

How I never knew about Brighton Beach is beyond me, but I’m adding this little gem to the top of my interminable must-visit destinations list right next to Greece.
Located in lovely Melbourne, these colorful little bathing boxes are now privately owned changing rooms. Unfortunately, they possess price tags in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. [...]

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