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Lake Manyara Tree Lodge- Tanzania
I love this spot, I love this spot, I love this spot, Far away from my city, i have imagined me being so turn on that it could only led me the edge of abandon.A Wali wa Nazi (Rice in Coconut Milk) for lunch then i would plunge in the sofa pictured above...
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Liked⇒What Is Good Design Now?
Listen in on Slate 's panel featuring Adam Gopnik, Jonathan Adler, Ahmad Sardar-Afkhami, and Paula Scher. Last night, Slate hosted a panel on the state of design at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. Adam Gopnik moderated, quizzing potter Jonathan...
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African Art : When i last Wrote to you Africa
Today Alexi Worth of the New York Times published an article entitled "A Thousand Bottles" about El Anatsui in the Style Section. You can read it here. The Museum for African Art is presenting the restrospective El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about...
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Salvatore : "Mitteleuropean bourgeois vibe"
Salvatore Ferragamo Men's Fall 09 Despite some " high fashionable journalist"s critics labeled him as " a distinctly Mitteleuropean bourgeois vibe in the cape paired with rust velvet pants or the fur-collared blue velvet jacket".As for me ,fashion observer...
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Vaga-bonding with Michael Bastian
by Christopher Barnard 1. Designer Michael Bastian. 2. One of our favorite looks from the season: Kerouac jacket and chinos with cotton shirt, knit tie, cap, and sweater. 3. Army Navy boots Bastian found for $30. The fall ’09 Fashion Week held in New...
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Protests Rock London
As 4,000 anarchists, anti-capitalists, environmentalists and others jammed into London's financial district for what they called "Financial Fool's Day, gave me the idea of picking the men fashion designer who would the fittiest to this siuation.What would...
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War next Door...Is United States the Problem ?
A great article, one of the better ones i have ever read on the subject.It's clarifies what many people in the united states dont understand is that what's happening in Mexico is because of the united states.If there was not a high demand for drugs in...
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High above the Sunset
9362 Nightingale Dr, Sunset Trip Los Angeles A n EPIC modern architectural masterpiece soaring above Los Angeles, flawlessly designed and crafted with the highest quality materials and accoutrements by renowned European designer Marc Canadell. This home...
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The Masters Are Dead -- Long Live the Masters
These seven creative powerhouses are transgressing their traditional training and reinventing their fields for the future. And they look good doing it. Anthony Mackie Too many actors make the whole playing-another-person thing look as exciting as long...
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2654 Eden Place, Beverly Hills - Los Angeles
2654 Eden Place Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Perched above a long private driveway is this stylish designer remodeled contemporary by Waldo Fernandez . Walls of glass open to panoramic views, sexy pool/spa, outdoor entertaining kitchen, fire pit off secluded...
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Style : Go Religeous !
Dutch designer Francisco Van Benthum has created an elongated, clerical silhouette for next winter. Black dominates the collection which consists of apron skirts worn over trousers.Another variation of trousers comes in the form of jodhpurs, worn with...
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1831 Marchetta Place- Sunset Trip - LA
1831 marcheeta place Sunset Trip Los Angeles Like the clarity of a white diamond, this jewel of contemporary art, designed by Beverly Hills designer Roy Sklarin, sits high above the street below and located in the prestigious "Doheny Estates" neighborhood....
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NYC lofts
Thrown off from an online conversation with a promising grown-sexy e-date when the power went suddenly off, I couldn’t find any to do but reading one of my design’s book- New York Appartements- after a chain-smoking round up. “ New York apartments offers...
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1407 Tanager Way- Sunset Trip
Experience the thrill of flight from the moment you ascend the cantilevered stairs of the entrance gallery.You’re awed by sweeping views of city lights and sprawling coastline.As conceived by Mark Schomisch Design, the museum modern architecture is a...
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A Sunset Trip based Danish Beauty padget
Beyond the walled and gated entry lies a modern oasis rarely seen in Los Angeles. Gleaming white terrazzo floors and walls of glass unify the interior and exterior. Open floor plan; sumptuous master suite & three additional en-suite bedrooms; kitchen...
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Outasight makes you fall once more for your once lost love
B orn and raised in New York, Richard Andrew widely known as OutSight grew up in a suburban creative atmosphere.He recalled his mother decorating walls with records, a father always tackling the chords.May he has found there a musical -peace- of -mind...
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Must Do : Symphony Ochestra rocks Divinity
About 3,000 musicians — students, professionals and amateurs — from 70 countries sent in videos. More than 90 were selected by a jury to take part in the project. So far the orchestra’s channel on the Web (YouTube.com/Symphony) has received more than...
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Mandela Day Concert Live in NYC
Queen Latifah, Will.I.am, Josh Groban, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Lil Kin, Aretha Franklin, Loyiso Gloria Gaynor, Cyndi Lauper, Sipho Maduse, Baaba Maal, Soweto Gospel Choir, Suzanna Owiyo, Jesse McCartney, Carla Bruni, Dave Stewart Whoopi Goldberg,...
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Lack of creativity ? Head abroad...!
The Economist.com spotted a study reported in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology which measure the creativity of people who were either living abroad or had spent time doing do. They had not merely discovered that creative people are more...
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Tao of Dating Experiment: The Brazilian
This is the second installment of Phoenix’s Tao of Dating experiment : I had lunch with the Brazilian today. He called around 11am just as I was about to head out the door to grab lunch in Santa Monica. “Sure, I’ll meet you for lunch”.We met sometime...
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How I Went From Prep School to Prison
Being accepted into Exeter allowed me to escape my violent, crack-ridden neighborhood in Brooklyn. And yet, I somehow ended up in prison like so many other young black men. I never dreamt about being in prison during my incarceration. Every once in a...
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Dr. Doom: Nationalizing Banks is 'Market Friendly'
Nationalizing insolvent US banks is the best solution to avoid a Japan-like scenario in which 'zombie' financial institutions would eat up public resources while the US economy would teeter on the brink of depression, Nouriel Roubini, economics professor...
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Death of the Dream
California has come back before, but 'hysterical greens' aren't helping. Joel Kotkin NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Mar 2, 2009 For decades, California has epitomized America's economic strengths: technological excellence, artistic creativity,...
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3 Recession Proof Jobs
Since the recession began in December 2007, 4.4 million jobs have been lost; more than half of that decline occurred between November 2008 and February 2009, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The only industry to add...
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War on Rich
Daniel Gross (business columnist for Newsweek) wrote a good piece recently well explaining how much taxes would rise under the Obama’s administration.For those who still dont get it , here is a sum up…. 1) over 250 000 a year you would pay 36 % on each...