FINNSTYLE.COM

I found this website surfing on the web. Its pretty cool and it has modern items at afford able prices. FinnStyle offers unique modern Finnish designs, and they even have a section called GIFTS. These are a few of my favorite items all under $200. A few designers they feature...
aarikka
Artek
iittala
Kalevala Jewelry
Marimekko
Opa
SECCO
Tonfisk Design
Check it out by clicking on the title above.

NELLIE KING SOLOMON

With all the art that I am seeing in Paris at the moment, I have been doing alot of research on artists to buy some pieces. I am very taken with a California artist named Nellie King Solomn.
Here work is AMAZING. I was reading an old Wallpaper Magazine from 2007 and I read a story that featured on her and Yves Behar. Check out her website by clicking on the title above. I LOVE HER WORK!


Email: nellie@nelliekingsolomon.com

TIVOLI AUDIO

Check out these electronic items for you to appreciate your music or radio in high style. To see more details, click on the title above.

KRAKOW FOOD DIARY

I just blogged below about my trip to Krakow to meet Lucas friends and Family. We were there a few days ago for a 6 day trip.
We had so much fun eating, drinking, shopping and sightseeing. I LOVED POLAND. Its a old world city with amazing food. I kept a food diary of Poland to remind me of some of the fantastic food that I had, so that I could look up recipes and make some of the meals when I got back to the states. Favorite include Perogies, stuffed cabbage golobki, grilled polish sausage, polish bread is amazing especially Obwarzanki, grilled trout with fries, split pea soup called grochowa, and pork cutlets.

SHARON SUH IN KRAKOW

I went to Krakow a few days ago to meet some of Lucas' family and to check out the city he grew up in. We stayed in the the city for a few days and I fell in love with this city.nKrakow was filled with european tourists but not too many of them, amazing art, food (Heavy...but delicious) and an old world charm but without the crowds like in Paris or Florence. The people are very nice, very hip and good looking! Supermodels everywhere...hot girls.
We were visitng with Radek and his brother Bartek Rogowiec, and their girlfriends Heather and Fabianna. Check out some of the moments.

When I was planning this trip to Europe, I was more excited about Paris than I was Poland. However, after spending 6 days there, I like it better than France. The history is fascinating, and despite the hardships and all that this country has been through, this city is thriving and hopeful, and very hip!

Poland's turbulent and violent past is now part of the past. In 1989 Poland became the first of the eastern European countries to overthrow Communist rule, following years of demonstrations, strikes and underground political movement. Despite strong Russian objections, Poland joined Nato in 1999 and has been formally invited to join the EU in 2004.

THINGS TO DO IN PARIS

This is a list of things that I have compiled of things to do if you are going to to go Paris anytime soon.


Museums and Operas :
The musée d'Orsay : http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html?S=acc
near from it, The musée Rodin : http://www.musee-rodin.fr/welcome.htm
Le grand Palais : http://www.grandpalais.fr/en/Homepage/p-617-Homepage.htm
Beaubourg, Pompidou center : http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/Document/HomePage?OpenDocument&L=2

The Louvre : http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
Expo Annie Leibovitz : http://www.mep-fr.org/us/actu_3.htm
The Opera Garnier : http://www.operadeparis.fr/
La place des Abbesses : Metro Abbesses, http://www.lepic-abbesses.com/
Les catacombes : http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm
Le musée des egouts de Paris : http://www.egouts.idf.st/visite.html
Le musée de la photographie http://musee-photo.voyaz.com/
EXPO RICHARD AVEDON http://www.pixys-design.com/spip.php?breve13 (just till mid-Sept)

The gardens :
Le jardin des plantes, in the 5e arr., there's a door Rue Linné, m° Jussieu.
Le jardin du Luxembourg : ReR Luxembourg
Buttes Chaumont : from home take bus 60, in direction of Montmartre. http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/parc_des_buttes_chaumont
Père Lachaise Cimetary : M° Père Lachaise, http://www.pere-lachaise.com/

Shopping and drinks :
Les Champs Elysées
Le Boulevard St germain
M° Odeon
M°Place du Visages
M° Rue St. Honore (must got to COLETTE!)

Gifts to bring home:
Honey from Pain De Epice in the 13th arrondissement
Coffee from La Brulerie de Gobelins in the 5th arrondissement ...same coffee that Yves Camdeborde's Le Comptoir du Relais)
Olive Oil and seeds from Etablissement Lion in the 18th...items made from monesteries
Wine from Nicholas in 13th arr. or Chapeau Melon in the 19th (my new favorite is Bordeaux's...I think I am ready to move on from Pinot Noir's and Syrah's)
Cheese Pascal Trotte in the 4th, Coop.Latte Cisternino in the 9th, Alleosee in the 17th, Laurent Dubois in the 5th, Joel Meurdesoif in the 14th

NAUGHTY BETTY CARDS

I was laughing out loud by myself reading these cards online at 1:30am in the morning in Paris. I saw this on a random European blog and then figured my friend Lizzie Garrett from DesignWatcher.com, must have blogged about these cards cause they are out of Chicago. Hysterical for all of you that are old enough and know better, but young enough to remember it wasn't that long ago.
Check more of them out by clicking on the title above.

KAIJU STUDIO DESK ORGANIZER

I saw this at one surfing the web. Its pretty cool. The design uses natural materials that are ecologically responsible to house some of our favorite items... its refreshing to see this new i/o Desk Organizer from Kaiju Studios that is made of walnut wood and felt. This modular system allows for constant reorganization depending on your needs, with everything from cable wraps, dividers, picture holders, and more.

MR. JONES WATCHES

This is a clever watch that is a hip item in London at the moment. The watch comes in a MJW presentation box with a specially commissioned illustration by Nadine Faye-James.

The Mantra watch alternates a very positive statement (e.g. "you are amazing") with a very negative one (e.g. "nobody likes you"). Every hour the watch displays one positive message and one negative message (the wedge that you read the statement through is also the hour hand)... inspired by the psychological theories of Émile Coué who promoted the practice of conscious autosuggestion, that is the repeition of positive statements to heal the body or mind.
The watch is 70 euros and has just been restocked after being sold out for a few months. Check it out by clicking on the title above.

THE ORIGINAL APPLE SAC

For $30, you can have this eco-friendly functional sleeve is made from burlap is one of the coolest covers I have seen.
The inside is a soft, scratch free fabric for the safety of one of the most important items in your life.
To purchase this, click the title above.

TIINA HAKALA

I have been looking for a new office desk. This one seemed interesting. This young Helsinki designer resides in London. I LOVE one of her designs called MY TABLE. Its made out of plywood and stainless steel.
She designed this ultra simple and practical desk cause she believed that it is important that your workspace is always clean and tidy...a girl after my own heart. She thought about storing solution for the endless items, lamps, pens, paper folders, etc, we keep on our desks. Check out her multi-functional chair as well!

TIMOTHY SCHREIBER

One of Timothy Schreiber's designs is a digitally designed and manufactured. The PAN_07 chair has often been described as the the first cantilever chair epitomizing the 21st century post industrial age. First introduced during last year's salone del mobile it won a red dot design award in 2006 and numerous other awards. Check out his website...pretty impressive. Click on the title above.

EERO AARNIO

Eero Aarnio is an amazing designer who designed The Copacabana Guitar . The Copa is built with the highest standards in materials and workmanship and with best accessories available. Check it out by clicking the title above which will connect you to the designer's website. Pretty radical creations.

CRESCENDO C2 DESK

Check out this Cresendo C2 desk by stilvoll. Art. Click the title above for more info.

KAWS DESIGNED GUITAR PICKS

Musician John Mayer (slut) got together with NYC artist Kaws to make these cool guitar picks. On one side they carry some of Kaws's signature designs and on the other side signatures by both artists. Check out his work by clicking on the title.

I PHONE WALLPAPERS

i Phone and iPod Touch wallpapers from a selection of designers and illustrators from around the world are purchaseable on POOLGA. Check them out by clicking on the title above.

MAC BOOK TOUCH

According to a MacDailyNews source, we can expect a sort of "MacBook touch" in October. Check out the 411 by clicking on the title above.

LOUIS VUITTON CITY GUIDE BOOKS

For about a decade, the Louis Vuitton City Guides have been navigating the sophisticated and stylish in cosmopolitan cities.
Now with the new 2009 edition, there are many new destinations, a new design, and sections have been edited.

To celebrate ten years of traveling throughout Europe, the new collection of Louis Vuitton City Guides will appear in a revised format on 15 October, available at LV boutiques worldwide. Asia, Europe or just a quick getaway to Miami...if you can afford it, or need an excuse to spend money...Prices range from 25 Euros and up.

CRAIG WARD GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Craig Ward is a London based Graphic Designer who completely rocks my world. Working predominantly in the editorial world, He See’s himself as a typographic illustrator; creating new typographic treatments and continuously exploring the notion of word as image He graduated in 2003. Possibly a new young Fabien Baron to be? I think he is amazing.