Today we continue to remember Elizabeth Taylor, we watch President Obama get locked out of his own house, and we drink our beef jerkey over ice. Plus, there’s an artist making masterpieces out of her vomit, and people are going around taking naked photos of themselves in the snow in NYC.
1. Elizabeth Taylor was on the front page of every NYC newspaper today: [Terry'sDiary]
2. Last Friday, @Lock and some other Montauk folks were discussing the Shagwong which recently hit the market. Who should buy it? etc. So, it came with no surprise to see this news item a week later in the NY Post. Ha. Oh the poor Post. Anyway, really though, who should snatch up this hot piece of property? IMHO it almost has to be a burly local. For some actual cutting edge real estate news stories, skip the Post and go here: [Curbed]
3. Ew. Check out this artist Millie Brown who is making Pollock inspired paintings out of her VOMIT (yes you read that correctly) [Animal]
4. It’s chilly in LA but I’m happy to be missing the snow (!) in NYC. [@patkiernan]
5. 11 retailers giving back to Japan. [HighLow]
6. Walgreens announced that it will acquire online retailer Drugstore.com in a transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $409 million. [TC]
7. Even President Obama gets locked out of his house sometimes:
8. I’m in Los Angeles this week so I don’t get my news in the same cycle as my East Coast friends. I may have been 3 hrs behind you guys, but I still spit.out.my.morning.coffee upon reading about the $41 million invested in a photo sharing app named “Color” today. I’m officially on bubble burst watch. Read all about Color at top of Tech Files here: [TECH]
9. Crazy things go on in the Midwest. For instance, people are drinking their beef jerky. Seriously, I’d like to see some hipsters in Williamsburg top that. [Chicago]
10. Taylor Swift is in her hotel room in Dublin writing a song RIGHT NOW. How exciting. I hope it’s about Jake, or John, or something.[Twitter]
11. Ten Romantic Comedies that ruined love in NYC. [Gawker.tv]
12. Erica Simone shovels in Snowed on 4th Street. Her self-shot Nue York series — which never got her arrested, thanks to speed and guts — also features the photographer jogging on the West Side Highway, getting a haircut at a Little Italy barber shop, and browsing books in the NYU library. All nude. [Flavorwire]
13. “OMG” and “LOL” have officially been added to the Oxford Dictionary. OMFG. [Today]
14. 10 female entrepreneurs to watch: [Forbes]
15. Come 2012, environmental regulations will restrict the sale of light bulbs, specifically that 100-watt incandescent. What does that mean? The end of the Easy-Bake Oven. [Today]
16. Google launches a magazine. “Think Quarterly,” which calls itself a “a breathing space in a busy world” is, as the name implies, a quarterly online magazine. The design feels somewhat reminiscent of Wired, with a strong focus on infographics and large photos (but without ads). [NewsGrange]
17. It’s a really good time to be young, female, funny, smart – and a little bit weird and awkward. Meet the members of Hollywood’s unlikely new in-crowd. [PaperMag]
18. Most Americans have regrets about romance a new study finds. Bummah. [LAT]
19. Scientist grow sperm in a lab. Japanese researchers have grown sperm cells from mice in a laboratory—a breakthrough that could lead to fertility treatments for infertile men, down the line. [Guardian]
20. Sylvester Stallone thinks he knows what real men want when it comes to fashion. The superstar has created a new business to develop Stallone, a men’s lifestyle brand, for launch in 2012. [WWD]
21. This totally looks straight out of a scene from Lost: [WaPo]
“Drill, kleinkind, drill. A miner climbs on excavated rocks yesterday after a giant drill machine broke through along a Swiss stretch of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel, which crosses the Alps and will become the world’s longest train tunnel when it opens at the end of 2016.” Photo by Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters)
22. We are, basically, the ONLY country not using the metric system (See map). [zmescience]
23. A good long read: Labor, big business, and the forgotten lessons of a disaster that happened 100 years ago this month. The story of the Triangle fire from 1911 is riveting. [TheNewRepublic]
24. Spring Cleaning. Gadgets you should get rid of (or not). [NYT]
25. This Hermès iPad case costs more than the iPad it protects (Retail: $820). Swoon. [CLC]
26. WWD reports that Barneys New York has chosen Carine Roitfeld as its muse and inspiration for Fall 2011, and she will serve as the store’s guest editor and stylist for the season. [StyleCaster]
27. I love this. For his series Mirrors, Dallas-based photographer Tom Hussey paired images of elderly subjects with reflections of the “younger versions” of themselves. The results were so impressive that they were used in an award-winning ad campaign for an Alzheimer’s drug. [FlavorPill]
28. Ever wonder what former Page Six columnist Jared Stern has been up to? Well, he’s basically just chilling up north in Maine, launching car sites and stuff like that. [WWD]
29. This is just sick. A mother in the UK proudly admits to injecting her 8-year old pageant daughter with botox. [Fashionista]
30. Anna’s Army (left). I really enjoyed this article on Anna Wintour from the [WSJ]
31. Twist and Brush. It’s a toothbrush. It’s a tube of toothpaste. It’s on my want-list. [Inspireme]
32. Will leave you with this video of Chloe Sevigny declaring her love of Spring. You may or may not find it as funny as I did:
Well, that’s all for me today, do you have something to add to tomorrow’s list? Email me: Rachelle@guestofaguest.com!
