“Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.”
Give me elbow patches and blazers over turtlenecks and new yorker fiction with so much spunk, and fresh coffee, steamy like an exhale in the Boston winter.
SKIN by Thi Nguyen
In this de facto time capsule, amiable strangers discovered on the streets of home are photographed and invited to contribute a short scribble of 3 lines at most from which an opinion of “young” is inferable. The result is a crafted skin - one whose cryptic emphasis imbues the archive with an open game quality founded on semantic eclecticism and a literary playfulness.
Lichtenstein wallet. brilliant.
our beauty advisor poppy king on how to do a cat eye and colorful lip combination. read more on the blog: http://bit.ly/10PVPtS
It’s been a year since the publication of Green’s acclaimed The Fault in Our Stars. To mark the anniversary, Green and his brother will be performing at Carnegie Hall—and everyone is invited, via live streaming video! Find an event near your hometown and you won’t have to miss a second of it. Be sure to check your local event, as some are first come first serve (no tickets), and some require reservations.
You can also host your very own meetup, and watch the Vlogbrothers livestream with Nerdfighters near you! Register at tumblr.com/meetups/organize and include the phrase ‘John Green Meetup’ in the venue field to receive a special Tumblr Meetup kit, while supplies last. 15 lucky people who sign up for a meetup kit will come with extra goodies, including a signed copy of the exclusive poster above!
Updated post! We’ve added events from all across the country (even one event in Vietnam!) for the anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars! Check below for a live streaming or trivia (or both!) event near you. We will be adding to this list as we receive more details about new events, so check back!
Tip Sheet: Tea (via Utility Journal)
“you have to be tougher. you have to learn the way to beat your path through, to make yourself felt, and make yourself necessary”
watch this.
The reverse of our casual Fridays…
WSJ says there’s a new trend in Silicon Valley: “Formal Fridays.”
The Nights of Wine and Roses | Japandroids
If I ever got a tattoo (not that I would), it might be this.
albert camus
“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.”
sparklers.
#tbt our first ad campaign from fall 1998 shot by georgia kokolis (we loved sparklers just as much back then!) (at kate spade new york)
Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out (Benny Benassi Remix)
Soft Drink Recipes
via Kurt White
Harder Than You Think — Public Enemy (Featurecast remix)
so. damn. good.
turn it up.
out of order
Starbucks today with a good friend from high school. She is studying for step 1 of the Boards and I am working on med school applications. Never have I felt so very far behind, and yet, I don’t regret a minute of this real life experiment.