Strangers With Craftsrooms

I think that Amy Sedaris is just the gosh-darned coolest person in the universe. Her Harriet Nelson-meets-Pee Wee Herman persona is infinitely entertaining and inspiring. Just when I thought that I had enough reasons to admire her, I saw a photo of the craftsroom in her Greenwich Village apartment. Wow! Her design sense only makes her more awesome, in my book. Speaking of books, check out her new one, Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People!

The creatives at Kate Spade do it again.

Doom and gloom is all around these days, but the creatives over at Kate Spade always manage to make me smile. Check out Flirt With Adventure here.

A Single Man

Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, looks absolutely amazing! With the help of the design crew from Mad Men he has created a 1962 I long to live in (without all the isolation, of course.) Can't wait until February to see it!

Summary of the Christopher Isherwood novel upon which the flick is based:

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.