The New 520 Bridge

I’m excited that Seattle’s famed 520 floating bridge is being replaced by a modern, safe 6-lane span. Here’s my composite rendering of what opening day will look like:

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Appearance and Respect

“Mr. Greenfield first grasped the importance of appearances while trying to survive the Holocaust. When he was 14, he and his father, mother, two sisters and a brother were taken from their home in Pavlova, in what was then Czechoslovakia, and later delivered to Auschwitz.

He was assigned to wash clothes in the camp’s alteration shop, and one day he accidentally ripped an SS officer’s shirt, an affront for which he was beaten. The officer threw the shirt at Mr. Greenfield, who mended it and started wearing it instead of the uniforms the other prisoners wore. From then on, he said, the guards and prisoners began treating him with respect.

“He looked like a somebody,” said Jay Greenfield, 52, Mr. Greenfield’s oldest son and the executive vice president of the company, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, explaining that his father attributes his survival to that shirt. The rest of Mr. Greenfield’s family perished in the camp, though he did not find that out immediately and spent two years after the war looking for them.”

A Tailor, Called Upon by Designers and Politicians – The New York Times

Wow. (Lacoste S/S 2011)

Simple, classic, elegant. Lacoste knows how I like my runway shows (all you avant-garde fashionistas be-damned!). Also, I’d like to make it known that I would marry this model in a heartbeat.

Photo by The Cobrasnake.

Do you have this in baby blue?

“All of those guys are maniacs…It’s a matter of style, design, and art taking precedence over physical constraints and money. I once described [hotelier] André [Balazs] by saying, ‘If he was drowning, and you threw him a life preserver, he’d catch it, look at it, look up at you, and say, ‘Do you have this in baby blue?’ ” – Hotelier Richard Born

The Hotel-Nightlife Complex – NYMag

Artist in the Spotlight: Winston Chmielinski

The fine folks at The Society Global highlighted an upcoming New York artist, Winston Chmielinski. Instantly, he’s one of my favorites. Culturites, you have good taste!

Artist’s Website: www.wi-ch.com

SAM Remix Recap

The sold out SAM Remix on Friday was phenomenal. Everybody seemed to enjoy the Kurt and Warhol exhibitions upstairs, and there were so many other things that were going on, it would’ve made your head spin.

I really love the photos taken at Remix by Flickr user SheSchemes. Here are some of my favorites of hers taken on Friday:

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Here are some photos I shot of the event:

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Le 21eme Arrondissement and Needle + Thread also have some great shots from Remix. Click on over to see their shots.

At The W Hotel, Hollywood

My boy Reza always sports the choicest whips.

I love this photo of his Rolls parked at the W Hollyhood…there’s something about the screened overhead canopy and its visible effect on the hood of the car that makes me love this shot.

Michael Jackson: Alien vs. Predator

Purple drank, skateboarding Ewoks, and Michael Jackson as the venerable Predator (from Alien vs. Predator). Awesome.

Via Goods.

DB Longboards

No doubt inspired by Amazon.com’s famous Three Wolf Moon tee, DB Longboards has launched the Wolf Prowler for this season’s collection:

Maybe the coolest skateboard graphics I’ve seen this year.

Yesterday, I got a new Hello Kitty Skateboard. Here’s a shot of David Cantu holding it:

I’m pretty psyched about it.

Tigerbeat and DJ Marty Mar – HollyHood Mixtape Vol. 1

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Checkmate.

Via Brittany Bohnet.

Phone Home

If you can identify what Chiara is holding above her head, you get two points.

Facebook Profile Photos in Latin America Are Unintentional Hilarity

I’ve just come across perhaps the funniest yet-undiscovered thing on the internet. It seems that young people in Latin America are stylizing their Facebook profile photos, and with predictably hilarious results:

Those sunglasses are boss, but the fierce nickname, ‘El Calen’, really adds to the coolness factor.

Classy. Bonus points for the stars in the background.

How could she still be single with that money profile pic?

Killin’ it with those shades! Don’t mess with this muchacho.

DANGER! Skinny dancers! Yay-yo!

Adding insult to injury, many of the accused joined the ‘Panama City, FL’ regional network–instead of their native Panama–by mistake.

I’ll let y’all find the rest.

Porcelain Dolls

These PNB danseuses look like porcelain dolls that are about to fall over and break into pieces:

PNB dancers Margaret Mullin, Kaori Nakamura, and Laura Gilbreath rehearsing Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort. Photo by Bill Mohn.

Director’s Choice runs from November 5th-15th at McCaw Hall.

BMW EfficientDynamics Concept

Pretty cool concept. A diesel-electric hybrid that goes 0-60 in 4.8 seconds:

BMW’s New Vision: 155-MPH Plug-In Hybrid – Wired