Comendi. It's a good....

Did you ever see The Social Network?

So I liked the movie when I first saw it...

however, when I learned the Winklevoss twins 

were in Oxford's MBA class a year ahead of Tyler,

I liked it even more.

Because I'm ridiculous like that.

Apparently, I feel cool being 14+ degrees removed 

from cute Nordic-ish twins 

who lose lawsuits to Facebook.

Unfortunately,

I can't hook you up with the Winkleviii

(the plural for Winklevoss, silly)...

our paths never crossed.

But the good news is,

 I can hook you up with Comendi.

Yeah, it's a basically website that is going to be huge.

I figured you all hear about it soon enough...

but I wanted to tell you first

because, well, my friend, Daniel, kinda started it.

I know... I'm shameless...

but it's true.

I got on Comendi.

I flipped out on how cool it is.

I wanted to blog about it, like, immediately.

When I emailed Daniel,

he kindly humored me 

by giving us bloggers a little group of our very own.

The very first group on Comendi ever.

{Basically, we're all famous!}

It's like our own little clubhouse that we can go play in

and tell each other our secrets...

... like where we buy our discounted plane tickets...

.... how to find good sources for couch recovering...

and the best place to eat fried chicken near our house.

You think that sounds awesome? 

I know. Me too.

So This Is What You Do...

When you're in the site, it will automatically feed your facebook contacts in.

Editor's note: The site is just opened to the public

so you may not see anyone yet...

except for all your fun blogger friends, like me!

Then follow cities you are interested in...

And then start requesting/ giving advice.

Being that these boys have Ivy League educations 

& have work histories including places like Google,

the site is super smart. 

As you type in suggestions,

Comendi will feed suggested google matches for you.

It will also give you pictures, too...

because pictures makes it pretty.

So someday, when people start getting dis-pinterested

and everyone is going crazy about how cool Comendi is...

you'll be able to say in your most hipster voice:

"Yeah, I was one of the first people on the site. It's whatever."

And it'll be true.

More true than the courts found the Winklevoss' claim of inventing Facebook, at least.

Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle.

David Beckham.

Jude Law.

There's no denying that this tiny island is packed with talent.

So it comes as no surprise

 to watch the twitter world go crazy

after yesterday's announcement 

of the UK's first shelter e-zine,

 Heart Home.

Led by a stunningly clever and cute trio

from the centre of London's design community

Arianna, Carole, & Daniel

are announcing the premier issue for this September.

After tonight's dinner with Arianna & Carole 

(and my darling friend, Helena),

 at the always delicious Busaba Thai,

now having to wait the entire summer 

for the launch issue in September seems a bit painful!

Heart Home is going to have tons of gorgeous British homes,

loads of quirky & unique features,

and most importantly?

It will have an unabashed, cool, British vibe 

that will inevitably leave you tingling.

Can I get an "amen?"

Why I Love: Cannon Lewis

I love cannon lewis jewelry.

It's modern,

it's ornate,

 it's absolutely luxe...

and seriously- how cute is Cannon?

I can't stand it really.

Between her three collections

{capitvate, trouve, & life}

Cannon offers an array of 

gorgeous jewelry

that is fitting to any personality.

{...well, any awesome personality.}

I've been watching her line grow for several years,

and felt completely validated when

Reese Witherspoon was spotted wearing her own piece

from Cannon's collection

earlier this month.

So go on,

all you non-student, 

successful-in-your-career ladies...

Go on and buy one of

Cannon's lovely pieces in my honor.

{Just let me borrow it sometime?}

The Perfect Setting.

Some combinations in life are pretty obvious:

... truffles & cream sauce...

... short skirts & over-knee-boots...

... Posh & Becks...

But what do you get when you combine

a luxury-display-stylist-turned-calligraphy-queen

+

 NYC-fashion-illustrator-gone-Texan-stationery-goddess?

Well, I actually don't know how to articulate all that awesomeness...

but fortunately, 

Antiquaria

speaks for itself.

The polished duo behind the new site,

 Bailey Amon & Emma James, 

claim that their brain child 

was born out of a love for vintage items.

But it takes more than love to create a business like this.

It takes talent,

...and an inherent nature of being adorable.

{Because regular people couldn't be this charming, could they?}

At Antiquaria,

you'll find bright and colorful pieces that merge 
traditional hosting & modern living 

in a gorgeously approachable way.

The coolest part of Antiquaria's vintage collection

is their bridal registry.

These talented ladies will curate china settings uniquely for you,

and will send you a link for your guests to shop these specific pieces for you alone.

Then the gifts get  pristinely wrapped, 

stamped with a custom calligraphy stamp,

{that is later a gift to the bride & groom},

& sent to the happy couple!

Which makes me think that this may be even a better combination

than these chocolate cookies with oreos baked inside.