July 2009
41 posts
Making The Bed →
Strangely thereputic to watch. And further evidence I’ll never be 1) a home decor stylist and 2) any good at making beds.
'My Girl' star Anna Chlumsky all grown up in... →
YES! Our #1 celeb is going to make a comeback:
She focused on her studies at the University of Chicago, where she majored in International Studies, and after college worked for two years in the publishing world in New York, including a non-glamorous stint as a fact-checker for the Zagat’s restaurant guide.
Thank you Anna Chlumsky for doing what you do.
“So, battle lines are being drawn. Bicycle versus automobile. Fixed wheels versus...”
– funtarded on LiveJournal, in regards to the New Urban Landscape of the Mission (via ernie)
“In my experience, female bosses tend to be better managers, better advisers,...”
– Corner Office - Women Are Better Managers - NYTimes.com
The Boss - Ask for What You Want - NYTimes.com →
Great advice for women in business.
Little Mixers { Quimby & Zooey } →
Trying very hard to pay attention to my own stuff, career and goals, and not get bogged down in other peoples’.
It’s harder than it sounds.
Recipe: Potato, Squash, and Goat Cheese Gratin →
Remind me to make this on Saturday post Farmers Market.
“If sexual license was all the Family offered the C Street men, however, that...”
– Sex and power inside “the C Street House” | Salon News
Workmate.
lauraglu:
oliviaisferosch:
Let’s say you had the opportunity to have someone helping you out with your job. Let’s say you have two potential hires (no other options) and you have to hire one of them.
Would you rather hire someone who was:
exceptionally talented but completely lacking in common sense or intuition to the point where you are hitting your own head thinking, “WHAT?” (also assume...
It is true!
laura: btw
laura: i think hipsters are fattening up
L'ops 'n O
oliviaisferosch:
I am going to SF unexpected for a commission in less than a month.
Which means I see L’opster.
Which means I have seen L’ops more than I have seen many of my Chicago friends this year, despite her living halfway across the country.
Success?
YES! Success! Thinking one of the following restaurants for dinner:
Bar Tartine
Contigo
Universal Cafe
Flour + Water
Library graffiti at the University of Chicago |... →
Oh the Reg. So many memories.
Quick overview of Seattle, by what I ate and drank
Thursday:
Crunchy lemon calimari, brisket sliders, weird gross grape martini — the lounge at the W.
Friday:
Donuts and coffee — Top Pot Doughnuts.
Spring rolls and fragrent duck in steamed buns — Wild Ginger.
Amazing sushi including scallop, mackeral and salmon nigiri — Nishino.
Rose cava and lemon ricotta cheesecake with lavender shortbread crust — Black Bottle.
Saturday:
Picnic from...
Bing To Google: Try Updating Your Index Once In A... →
Love that Microsoft is communicating with Google via Twitter. There’s something here that makes me think the internet is going to implode in on itself.
From Olivia re: our recent activities
Laura: yoga!
me: meatballs!
me: sort of sums up chicago vs. sf
“In lieu of plot, there are themes. Among the new releases from New Sensations, a...”
– In Sex Film Industry, Some Long for a Real Plot - NYTimes.com
Literally every channel is broadcasting Michael Jackson’s memorial. Crazyness. I think the last time I remember this is when Princess Diana died.
“A city where pizza is only consumed as a booze sponge.”
– Caroline McCarthy
Question to all: What is it with San Francisco’s reputation concerning pizza?
Is it because I only ever eat from Little Star and Delfina that I’m ignorant to some twisted, dark underbelly of San Francisco, where terrible cheese-lathered bread-product unworthy of the name ‘pizza’...