Elle Decor Loves Brooklyn Too

Photo: Courtesy of East River Ferry; Rebecca Ashley Photography; courtesy of Tom Fruin and Wythe Hotel

 I've got some major love for my Brookln borough, and so I was so flattered to be included in Elle Decor's recent round-up of their fave BK spots. 

They asked a bunch of Elle staffers, as well as some Brooklyn bloggers, which places in the borough they just couldn't live without. Some of my blogging buds also contributed: Brooklyn Limestone, Remodelista and Curbed.

Thanks, Elle Decor! Me love you long time. 

And if you ever feel like immersing yourself in the insanity that is my neighborhood in Brooklyn, Park Slope, hop on over to my other blog F'd in Park Slope for a good laugh...or cry.

WHO GIVES A SHIT: Do You Still Read *Actual* Magazines?

So, for awhile I was on this kick where I was getting all of my magazines on my iPad. Here's why I loved that: MAGAZINES ARE HEAVY AS SHIT. I live in NYC, so everything I need has to get shlepped around in my purse. But on my iPad, I always had all of my mags with me, all of the time (and they were light as a feather). 

But somehow lately I've fallen back into my buying actual physical magazines habit. First I had some time to kill before an appt the other day, so I dropped 10 large on a fancy shmancy European design magazine. Then I was sitting at Hunan Delight the other night and waiting for my Chow Fun when some chick handed me a Fast Company on the way out to see if I wanted to read it while I waited.

Well, yes...yes, I did. 

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BREAKING: I Found An Online Mag That I REALLY Like!

Ok, stop the motherfucking presses, ppl: this news is big, and I mean gigantasaurus big. I found an amazing online mag! That's designed well! And doesn't have 8 billion unnecessary pages! Or read like it was written by an 11-year-old! Or feature 56 pictures of it's "founders" in all different pouty poses!

It's called Collected and you should all be reading it right the hell now.

Started by two LA-based interior designers and bloggers, Krista Schrock and Jessica Comingore, the mag is gorgeous, and chock full of killer collections of all sorts of fab products, and beautifully shot features, and fonts that don't make my eyes bleed.

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How to Read Rue Mag Step-by-Step

1. Stop what you're doing
2. Click on over to Rue Mag issue number three.
3. Skip to page 100.
4. Yes, I know there's some other good shiz in there, ppl but who's in charge here, me or you? THATS WHAT I THOUGHT, SUCKAZ!
5. Stare at all the amazing photos of Nicole from Sketch 42 Blog's amazing apartment...and her amazing family...and, yep, even her amazing leather jeggings.
6. Realize your space sucks a dizzle.
7. Cry
8. Read the article I wrote about Nicole's amazing space.

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Tavi And Jane Pratt To Start Sassy Magazine 2.0, Only Not

Ok, *this* is the sort of magazine news I can actually get behind: former Sassy Magazine editor Jane Pratt and 14-y-o fashion blogger superstar Tavi Gevinson are starting a magazine inspired by Sassy for "wallflowery teenage girls."

Ok, despite the fact that I am way the fuck too old to be reading a mag for teenage girls, Sassy was pretty much the first magazine that "spoke" to me in a real way. And kind of made me, a little bit, think that maybe I could actually be a writer too. And that probably makes all y'all want to barf, so I have happily provided a motion sickness bag along with this post [just scroll to the bottom and print out the pdf that says "barf_bag_001.pdf...ok, KIDDING, PPL. Totally just kidding).

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[REVIEW'D] New York Mag's Design Issue

As soon as the annual New York Magazine's Design Issue hits newsstands, you can basically hear the tornadoes of jealousy whirring up all over the city.  Because unless you have a job where you make mannny millions of dollars a year, you're basically guaranteed to live in a way shittier apartment  than any of those shown in the mag.

Featuring seven unaffordable apartments that are all like 1500-6000 square feet (my first apartment was 280 square feet so I'M NOT JEALOUS OR ANYTHING), this magazine that allegedly covers all five burroughs could apparently only find acceptable apartments in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Go fuck yourselves, other burroughs!

For some reason, they decided to give this year's issue a theme (families!) even though they almost completely ignore it.

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Online Design Mags: Some Thoughts

1. Holy shit I miss Domino Mag SO VERY HARD.

2. Here are some things that I enjoy more than the experience of reading an online mag:

• Getting a pap smear.
• Reaching my hand into Oliver's mouth after he's picked up a random, nasty-assed chicken bone on the street and I gotta retrieve it.
• Preparing my tax returns.
• watching the Nate Berkus show.

You get the picture. I'm sorry, but it's just true: the format of that shit does NOT translate online. Reading a magazine is FUN! Reading an online magazine is ANNOYING (though, I will say, I do not feel this way on the iPad. That shit is dope). That pdf flippy thing just sucks a dizzle. And if I'm on my little laptop at home its impossible to see anything. And that page-turny mechanism makes me suicidal. And that weird thing that goes down when you zoom in and the page shifts in the opposite direction makes me want to stomp on a baby's face. I just H-A-T-E the format.

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BREAKING: Country Living Mag Does Not Suck!

Does everyone know this? Or am I the only loser left in loserville who didn't get the memo? And if so: WHY DIDN'T YOU PPL TELL ME THIS SHIT BEFORE??

I mean, how long has this been going on?? Cause I swear to gawd it's true! Country Living Mag does not suck...like not at all!

I mean, if you think that you're gonna see all sorts of lame ass pics like...

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