Archive for June, 2012
We’re On Open Sky
It’s an expansion of sorts.
As you Dear LVER Reader know all too well from reading this site, Andy and I enjoy life to the max. With that in mind, we are expanding our offerings on the retail level by becoming one of the 150 “curators” on OpenSky, a curator-driven marketplace allowing users to select from a tightly selected group of experts in the fields of lifestyle, food, kids, beauty, health, home and other categories.
[…]Be On My List: Dwell On Design This Weekend
Who doesn’t like a free pass?
If you didn’t receive the A+R newsletter inviting you to this weekend’s Dwell On Design show, then do yourselves a favor and sign up now so you don’t miss another one. […]
Posted in Current Affairs, Design, Interior Design, Los Angeles, Media, Style, Web/TechLiving High On Black Hogg
Enjoyed a divinely decadent meal tonight at Black Hogg, the self-styled gastropub here in Silver Lake, opened four months ago by Eric Park, a chef who truly paid attention working the trenches at New York’s celebrated Eleven Madison Park and The Spotted Pig. […]
Posted in Design, Food and Drink, Los Angeles, StyleThinking of You, Daddy Oh…
My sister Blanca and I lost our dad, David Apodaca, in 1991. But he is still with us.
In my case, he’s with me every time…
I speak to an audience—my dad was an accomplished member of Toastmasters International and even took me to a few meetings when I was still in elementary school. […]
Posted in LoveLast-Minute Dad Day Gift Ideas From A+R
Yes fair LVER Readers, this is Father’s Day weekend. What have you got for Dear Ol’ Dad?
Here are a few of my quick picks from A+R, all approved and coveted by my other half in life and retail, Andy, the best dad ever. […]
Posted in Current Affairs, Design, Style, Web/TechTo The Max For Mini Cooper
As the morning faithfully reaches 102 degrees in Palm Springs (making it the coolest of the week), we wrap up our three-day shoot for Mini Cooper Magazine, a publication with a global circulation of 375,000 and the incredible Tyler Brûlé-helmed agency, Winkreative, driving its new look. […]
Posted in Design, Film, Media, Photography, Style, Transportaion, Travel, Web/TechIn Seventh Heaven: Nolan Miller’s Next Gig
Has Street Art Finally Jumped The Shark?
Was nothing sacred? Had Banksy slipped into a Fjellse bed with Ikea? As we stood at the entrance of the Ventura Lambrate subway station during the recent Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, I interrupted my eye roll at the rough black-and-white pasted figures on the granite walls with the realization this was probably just another mainstreaming of street art. […]
Posted in Art, Design, TravelOut Of The Closet On StyleLikeU
When Elisa Goodkind and Ramona Canino appeared on my porch late last summer, I had a little trepidation. I’m not about hanging out my laundry for the world to see, let alone opening up my closet or my home—especially as I was in the midst of construction and changing up some of the furnishings. […]
Posted in Beauty, Books, Costume, Craft, Design, Fashion, Interior Design, Style