Hello 4th of July!

Hi everyone! I apologize for being such a bad blogger this week. I've been super busy with work and getting ready for a trip to the east coast - I'm heading off to NYC & Delaware to spend the 4th of July with Sam's family. I'll be back blogging next week.

Have a happy 4th of July!

(photo by Cori Kindred)

Hello Weekend!

Have a great weekend!

(photo by distinguish)

Glass Rings by Orfeo Quagliata

Born in 1972, Orfeo Quagliata began working with glass at age 12 as an apprentice to his father, acclaimed glass artist Narcissus Quagliata. His early influences include his is grandmother, Herta Jalkotzy, an award winning jewelry designer in the Vienna Workshop collective founded by Gustav Klimt.

Originally from San Francisco, Orfeo now lives and works in Mexico City. In 2000, he founded the crystal and glass design company Phuse with his father.

More designs by Orfeo Quagliata here.

Overheard (by Sam) in Manhattan

Location: Japanese restaurant in the West Village.

Subjects: Two middle-aged, very New Yorky ladies. Woman #1 looks a bit haggard and is slightly overweight. Woman #2 is hunched over and thin. Both are wearing fanny packs and baseball hats. Both look like they just stepped out of a New Yorker cartoon.

(Must be read with thick New York accent.)

Woman #1: Listen, there is something I have to tell you. It's not very easy to say. I spoke with Janet. Janet wants to punch you in the face.

Woman #2: Janet wants to punch me in the face?!

Woman #1: Janet told me she wants to punch you in the face.

Woman #2: When did she say this?!

Woman #1: About a week ago. I've been meaning to tell you. It's been very difficult. I knew you'd be mad.

Woman #2: A week ago?! Why hasn't she punched me?

Woman #1: She doesn't want to be arrested.

Woman #2: When did she say this?

Woman #1: On Sunday.

Woman #2: You're lying. What did you say?

Woman #1: I said, "Janet, I'm shocked. This is horrible. This is terrible. I don't know what to say."

Woman #2: Men fight each other. Men fight each other all the time and no one says a thing. But when women fight, oooh nooo.

It was at this point that Sam had finished his meal, paid the check and, unfortunately, had to leave.

Sex and the Forbidden City

Anna Sophie Lowenberg is rad. She's a filmmaker, a journalist, a punk rocker and the host of one of China's most watched soap operas. Sexy Beijing, inspired by Sex & the City, is an online series that focuses on love, lust, youth culture and street life in the capital city.

As many Chinese have adopted English names, Lowenberg has adopted a Chinese name - mainly because her given name is nearly unpronounceable by many Chinese speakers. Unfortunately for Lowenberg, her chosen name, Su Fei, is a well known maker of maxi-pads.

In this episode of Sexy Beijing, Su Fei, looks for love in the big city.

Sexy Beijing offers a lighthearted and honest peek into daily life in Beijing. Check out more episodes, and more of Beijing, here.

Hello Weekend!

Relax. Cool off.

(photo via Flickr)

Living Room Fort

Come over and we'll build a fort in my living room.

(photos via FFFFOUND!)

Union Jack

Union Jack pillows by Karen Hilton. She makes them in lots of other colors too, like...
For more of these beautifully handcrafted pillows, check out her Etsy site.

Freelance

I'm a freelance television producer. Today I start work on a new documentary project. I can't say too much about it just yet, but the subject is something that has interested me for a long time, and if I get lucky I might get to meet this guy.

This job will certainly be busier than my last, but I'll do my best to keep up with my daily posts.

Have a great day!

(photo by Jen)

Hello Weekend!

Relax. Loosen up. Maybe get a little crazy.

(photo by Philippe Halsman via Paul Pincus)

Graffiti in China

Not long ago, graffiti in China was limited to revolutionary slogans, propaganda and personal defamations. Graffiti as an artistic means of self expression is a budding phenomenon. At first simply copying Western styles, Chinese artists are quickly developing a form unique to their own experiences.

(via Wooster Collective)