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Your dj will be experiencing the relaxing beach culture and up-tempo urban vibe of Hyatt The Pike Long Beach when we escape to a refreshing hotel in Long Beach, California, where we will embrace warm Southern California hospitality and a vibrant coastal lifestyle because it is my Birthday Week!!!  Chat amongst yourselves until my return and thank you for your support.

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Lancia warmt zich op als hoofdsponsor van de negenenzestigste filmbiënnale van Venetië van 29 augustus tot 8 september. Dit jaar wordt Lancia zoals we al eerder vertelden, in de meest letterlijke zin van het woord onderdeel van de filmwereld. Regisseur Gabriele Muccino werkte de afgelopen maanden aan 5 verschillende spotjes en een korte film, waarvan we op het festival de première mogen beleven. Alles staat uiteraard in he teken van ‘La Dolce Vita’ tegen een Romeinse achtergrond. Lancia heeft met deze entourage reeds de Delta, Ypsilon, Thema, Voyager en Flavia gepromoot onder de titel ‘A date in Rome’.

New York Magazine
Design Director: Thomas Alberty
Photography Director: Jody Quon
Photographer: Pari Dukovic

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Robin Good: Wisemarkit is a new web service which allows anyone to create a personal online boutique and to stock it with his/her favorite items while earning a commission on those actually sold. These items need not be from you, though they can, but can be brought in from Amazon or ShopSense to populate your boutique even if you are not a designer.

From the official site:

a) Open a shop in 60 seconds

b) Fill it with products you believe in

c) Share across your network

d) Make commission off what you sell

Mashable reports: "Individuals don’t need to own the stock to put it in their shop and make a commission on the sale,” Salah says. “Etsy is all user-generated products. So, if I make a desk, I can sell it on Etsy.

In Wisemarkit, I can sell the desk without owning the desk.

...Members can curate products from Amazon and ShopSense, which aggregates products from online retail destinations including NET-A-PORTER, Shopbop and Neiman Marcus."

To be noticed, is the curation attitude that pervades this online shopping strategy.

”Currently, Wisemarkit users are limited to 10 Wisemarks — recommendations on the platform.

...Only 10 products show up in your main shop at a time. Older items remain in your stock room and commission can still be earned on referrals.

For example, I might have a shop of swimsuits, as the winter approaches I change my shop into a winter coats store. The swimsuits go into my stock room,” Salah says. “The following season I might dip back into my stockroom and Wisemark the swimsuits again, and now the winter coats are in my stockroom.”
(Source: Mashable)

Find out more: https://wisemarkit.com/ ;  

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For the love of Haute Couture Street Style outside the VALENTINO Winter 2012-2013 the venue in Paris cars, buses and scooters came to a stand still.

Op enkele 100m van mijn deur vond een tijdje geleden een oldtimer meeting plaats.
En deze sprong er voor mij toch wel uit.
Uit de foto zou je kunnen denken dat de eigenaar aan het nadenken is over een eventuele verkoop.
Niets is minder waar. Deze wagen is zowaar een soort familie erfstuk. De man zijn oudere broer had ooit de Fiat aangeschaft. Voor onderhoud en herstellingen ging hij echter niet naar een garage, maar naar zijn jongere broer die best handig was met een sleutel. Zo gingen de jaren voorbij en stierf de eigenaar. Zijn wens echter, was dat zijn Fiat Topolino niet verkocht zou worden, maar geschonken  aan zijn broer die jaren lang met liefde en plezier de Fiat onderhield.
En zo geschiede. Een fantastisch verhaal over een fantastische wagen.
En als je nu naar de foto kijkt zie je niet een auto en een man, maar 2 broers, genietend van de middagzon...

Too Cool For School A showcase of new projects and experiments in Industrial and Product Design, Photography, Graphic Design and Media & Interaction Design from…...

Branca, something of how they are made. Branca is inspired by wooden branches that turn, twist, meet and branch off.

A Portuguese military site, reimagined as a coastal conservation center, has taken top honors in this year’s Architecture for Humanity Open Architecture Challenge. The theme of the competition, [UN]RESTRICTED ACCESS, called on architects and designers worldwide to identify retired military installations in their own backyard, and to collaborate with local stakeholders to reclaim these spaces for the greater social, economic, and environmental good. The Challenge Winner in the competition, announced on August 1, is the Ocean & Coastline Observatory (OCO) slated for Caminho da Raposeira Estrada Militar, a decommissioned battery in Trafaria.

Trafaria is is located on the estuary of the Tagus River, on the opposite shore from Lisbon, once a strategic area for the military protection of the Portuguese coastline. Trafaria’s Coast Artillery Regiment 5th Battery was built back in the days when heavy cannons were the weapon of choice, and battery’s concrete walls and iron slabs — with simple stonework in the eaves, stairs, windows and doors openings — were built to last.

The battery also happens to be located in the Costa da Caparica Fossil-Cliff Protected Landscape, 1570 hectares extending along the coast — which led the Lisbon Architecture Collective to re-interpret this military installation as a battery for coastline protection. By imagining it as a center for defending the coast against against environmental threats, the design aims to supervise the sustainable preservation of the coast while helping to preserve heritage.

“More than an economic asset,” the design team said, in their statement, “the ocean…defines our identity.” The designers reimagine the old military compound as a place where different area communities (including residents, scientists, researchers, fisherman, sportsmen and students), can meet and share their concerns, plans and ambitions for the coastline...

Dehydration is paramount if you want perfectly prepared slices of eggplant with a neat crisscross grill pattern.

For years my relation with grilled eggplants has been strained. In fact, I’d more of less given up trying until I made a final attempt following all the rules for preparing eggplant to the letter. And guess what. It worked.

Seems like the dehydration that I’ve always considered a waste of time is of paramount importance if you want perfectly prepared slices with a neat crisscross grill pattern. At least it works for me. And you won’t find a better or easier antipasti starter or side dish.

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The VILLA CASABIANCA 1573 is situated on top of a small hill on the border of the old territories of Castelraimondo and Castel Santa Maria, nestling in a landscape characterised by warm colours, gentle hills and evocative sunsets.
Recently renovated into a stunning country house, its unique location in the centre of Italy provides an ideal base to make numerous excursions into the Marche, and to explore the neighbouring regions of Umbria and Tuscany.

Inside the house it is possible to relax peacefully in the Sala Raffaello on the second floor, whiling away the hours with your nose in a favourite novel, or to sample some of the very best traditional dishes typical of the Marche region in our well appointed kitchen…Surrounded by panoramic views in which your gaze inevitably becomes lost, the two roomsLa Calla and the Suite Lago are furnished with every comfort that your heart desires, while the four appartments ( S.Vicino, Il Cassero, Tre Finestre, Monti Sibillini) have their own kitchen, private bathroom and indipendent entrance and private outdoor area with tables and chairs.
The former stable of horses were recently transformed in other 4 apartments (Le Betulle, Gli Ulivi,La Quercia, I Cipressi), equipped with every comfort.

Alternatively, the swimming pool, a patch of blue in the midst of the mountains, allows you the perfect opportunity to enjoy a completely relaxing break, far from the maddening crowd.

In the height of tomato season try this light and refreshing summer pasta sauce of raw uncooked tomatoes with lemon infused olive oil tossed over fresh pasta. The lemon compliments the tomatoes creating a bright & flavorful dish that's quick & easy. On a hot summer day all it takes is to boil the pasta & you're done!

We first tried this pasta at our friend Daniela's house for lunch in Cassero, (Le Marche) and have been making it with our bounty of tomatoes ever since!

Tomato Lemon Pasta Sauce
Pasta di Daniela
serves 8

1 cup (250 ml) of extra virgin olive oil zest of 3-5 unwaxed lemons, depending on the size 1 kg or 32 oz, passed tomatoes, the best fresh tomatoes you can find or canned salt and chili flakes to taste handful of aged pecorino (sheep's milk cheese) or parmesan freshly grated Click for directions

Devo dire che questa volta le sfilate di Haute Couture non mi hanno entusiasmata come speravo. Anche se non posso dare giudizi affrettati e la mia non è un'opinione da esperta , visto che non ero lì a toccare con mano e ...