November 2008
93 posts
“It’s a monumental challenge, but “New Beginning” isn’t a...”
– Barack Obama: They’re Not Bailouts, They’re ‘New Beginnings’
“This seems to sum up what a trip to the barber’s entails: painless, possibly...”
– The barbershop - Times Online
“That model still holds for particular clubs in particular places for particular...”
– Country Clubs Fight an Exodus - WSJ.com
“Wine sales remain strong, especially at dinner, except for one noticeable...”
– FT.com / Companies - Wall Street drowns its sorrows
“The titans of Wall Street have taken a battering in the financial markets...”
– FT.com / Companies - Wall Street drowns its sorrows
“To Rita Clifton, director of branding consultancy Interbrand, the lust for...”
– FT.com / Weekend / Style - Classic pieces rule over fashion fads
“Pinault thought this giving-in-to-the-id was going to go on for a while, and he...”
– FT.com / Columnists / Vanessa Friedman - There’s sense in irrationality
“Watching him work was like watching a film of a tornado run in reverse; he...”
– The Holidays Downsized - Having a Holiday Party on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
“Instead, the dependency of foreign oil producers on their customers plays...”
– An Ode to Oil - WSJ.com
“The institutions of modern economic life – a strong central bank to print and...”
– The only way is down - The National Newspaper
“The women’s apparel market, at $22.3 billion in sales last year according...”
– Retailers Target Men for Holiday Sales - WSJ.com
“Pierre du Pont lobbied his fellow plutocrats to support repeal in the vain hope...”
– Celebrating Cinco de Drinko - WSJ.com
“Kent, speaking at the Luxury Briefing conference in London last week, said with...”
– Going to LaChapelle… Peaches Geldof Dresses Up… Claire’s Crystal Ball… - WWD.com
I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger...
In this economy, buying drinks for B&T girls is like short-selling love itself.
ericnelson:
While stock-brokers and CEOs need the pretty ladies to keep them up.
I already pay for the FT, WSJ, and WWD. If the NYT had a subscription service that pushed to my iPhone every morning, I’d happily pay for that, too. Quality of content and convenience of consumption are both value adds, in my book. Checkbook, even.
“If we do some highly crude back-of-the-envelope calculation, that would mean The New York Times has a penetration rate on the Kindle of...
“Kingsley Amis wrote three short books on drink, which are collected for the...”
– Review: Everyday Drinking by Kingsley Amis | Books | The Observer
Re: Ties
ericnelson:
Update: asked and answered. Thanks Phil.
No problem! It’s all based on science, anyhow.
304. If you choose to wear a tie, commit. Button...
It’s actually much more complicated. There are rules, people.
Unbuttoned with jeans, except you should never wear a tie with jeans. But, if you do, unbuttoned. Except, I’d always button it with a knit tie, since that’s already one strike against formality.
Unless you’re drinking. An unbuttoned top button looks hip after one drink, but sloppy after two or three....
“UES girls, the B&T, the Eastern Europeans models—they all knew one thing:...”
– Layoff Season : The Leveraged Sell-Out
“It’s just like, you know, part of the title” said one trader confidently....”
– I think I’m going to miss this site most of all :(
“The white marble bar of the Meatpacking District hot spot Bistro Bagatelle is...”
– Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies | Page Six Magazine | The New York Post
“This study includes some good news for charities in these difficult economic...”
– Bank of America Announces Initial Findings of 2008 Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
“Remember that “going green” media-trend from a while back? This is...”
– Trendspotting: Going Poor
“1.“We wanted to create an environment where the bar completely dominates the...”
– Tomorrow Museum » Archive » “Translation of Architecture gibberish”
“Online retailing will continue to grow, but not as quickly as offline purchases...”
– The world in figures: Industries | Industries | The Economist
“Williamsburg’s restaurants and markets have become so international that some...”
– Old Europe and New Brooklyn in Williamsburg - NYTimes.com
“This fall the Museum of Modern Art was able to buy a sculpture by the Arte...”
– Inside Art - Auction Slump has Silver Lining for MoMA - NYTimes.com
“The winter months will be a lot chillier at Condé Nast. The Condé Nasties are...”
– MEMO IS A TIME BOMB - New York Post
“That said, art sellers of all stripes are refocusing their marketing on the very...”
– How to Survive the Art-Market Crash - WSJ.com
“This truly will be an administration that looks like America, or at least that...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Insider’s Crusade - NYTimes.com 