Isabelle’s Curly Cakes at The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English
The Pursuitist Recommended: Isabelle’s Curly Cakes available exclusively at The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English. Quite possibly the best cupcakes in NYC are just down the hall from Eloise. Within The Plaza Hotel is the amazing The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English. English is a four-time James Beard Award winner and inductee into [...]
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Gucci Suede-Crocodile Lace-Up Shoe
There’s nothing like Gucci. Going through the Fall/Winter Gucci Menswear collection, this brown suede-crocodile lace-up caught our eye. It is stylish and eye-catching as only Gucci can do. Made in Italy, this shoe has a leather sole and a wonderful cap toe lace-up with embossed Gucci script detail. Cost is about $750-800.
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John James Audubon’s First Bird Engraving Discovered
A long-lost engraving from noted artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) of a drawing of a running grouse has been discovered. The engraving was used in the design for a New Jersey bank note. The artist mentions the drawing and the resulting engraved paper money in two separate diary entries, but no one has [...]
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Madonna Launches Material Girl Collection featuring Taylor Momsen
Madonna is set to launch her Material Girl fashion line. The pop star will launch the new created junior brand in a joint venture with Iconix Brand Group, Inc. The line will be available exclusively at Macy’s. To kick off the campaign, Madonna has gone with Gossip Girl star / singer Taylor Momsen. The collection [...]
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Daily Dream Home: Annapolis, Maryland
Extraordinary waterfront property on 9+ manicured acres! Deep water sailboat access from boat house/dock. Exquisite 11,000 square foot custom designed Tudor style manor home: beamed ceilings, home theater, chef’s country kitchen, billiard and fitness rooms, two bedroom guest cottage, three-car garage w/studio, pool, tennis, horse barn. Located 50 minutes to Washington, D.C., and short hop [...]
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Travel Destination: Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah
Stein Eriksen Lodge provides guests with a year-round luxury destination, offering world-class skiing during the winter, and biking, golfing, shopping, horseback riding, swimming, tennis and fishing during the summer. The hotel is located mid-mountain at Utah’s Deer Valley ski resort, a magnificent alpine setting. Stein Eriksen Lodge offers access to some of the best skiing [...]
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Jealous of Apple’s iPad
“They’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to sell, let me just be clear about that,” Steve Ballmer said after raising the topic of Apple’s iPad during a speech this afternoon at the company’s Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond. “We have got to make things happen. Just like we had to make things happen [...]
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National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin
In Middleton, Wisconsin, a suburb of Madison, there is a museum devoted to mustard. People drive in from near and far, even farther than Minnesota, to this very yellow shrine to mustard called the National Mustard Museum. The National Mustard Museum is located on Hubbard Avenue in downtown Middleton, Wisconsin. Formally in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, [...]
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Nikon AF-S 24-70mm Lens Thermos Coffee Cup
We’re kind of in love with the Nikon travel coffee mug. At the Pursuitist, we’ve Nikon fans — and we’re always looking for a new Thermos. Thus, the Nikon Thermos, based on the Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 camera lens, is Pursuitist Recommended, from only $23: A fantastic gift for every camera lover! This is a [...]
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Proenza Schouler One Shoulder Bubble Dress
Proenza Schouler offers some great contemporary designs. This One Shoulder Bubble Dress falls in that category – imaginative, unique, innovative, exciting and fun. You’re bound to stand out no matter where you go with this look. The dress features an asymmetrical neckline, one shoulder strap, wrapped along waist and bubble hem.
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Dolce & Gabbana to Dress the Chelsea Football Club
Sports is getting more fashionable everyday. Italian design house Dolce & Gabbana has inked a three-year fashion partnership with the famed Chelsea Football (soccer for us Americans) Club. The deal means some of the finest soccer stars in the world will be clad in exclusive, dark blue, three-piece suits, with matching shirts and ties, designed [...]
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Prade Calf Stud Boston Bag
We’ve found some great Boston bags lately, and here’s another from Prada’s Fall Runway collection. This Glace Calf Stud Boston Bag comes in black shiny calfskin with stud detail. It has double top handles, a detachable shoulder strap with stud detail, and suede lining. Like all Prada bags, it comes from Italy. You can get [...]
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Thor Comic-Con Trailer – Watch!
Here’s the Thor Trailer as seen at Comic-Con. Starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, and directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor is coming to theaters 6 May 2011. Based on the Marvel Comic, the powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, [...]
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Dom Pérignon Andy Warhol-Inspired Campaign
Dom Pérignon pays tribute to Andy Warhol with an exclusive collection of three bottles by the Design Laboratory at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art & Design. The project was inspired by a March 8, 1981, diary entry in which Warhol wrote: “Went to the gallery where they were having a little exhibition of the [...]
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Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid official
Stuttgart. In its session today, the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, gave the green light for series development of the Porsche 918 Spyder. Reflecting the overwhelming response from the public and customers to the Concept Study, the Supervisory Board gave Porsche’s Board of Management the mission to develop a production [...]
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Amazon unveils new $139 Kindle
Kindle’s revolutionary wireless delivery and massive selection of content-now in a 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter design, with 50 percent better contrast, 20 percent faster page turns, up to one month of battery life, double the storage, and more-only $189, and still with free 3G wireless Amazon also introduces new Kindle family member: [...]
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Gilt Expands Gilt Children
Gilt Children to now include more than 150 coveted brands ranging from apparel, footwear and furniture, to gear, toys and books. Here’s the news: Today Gilt Groupe announced that it is expanding its offerings for Gilt Children. Now the site will provide more than 150 top brands in new product categories including apparel, footwear, room [...]
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Elle’s Joe Zee Braves NYC Summer In Chanel Fur Suit
Watch what happens when Elle’s creative director Joe Zee wears one of Karl Lagerfeld’s fur suits from his F/W 2011 collection and wander around New York City in the middle of a heat wave.
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Great Drinks: Glenmorangie 18 Scotch Whiskey
Glenmorangie 18 years old Highland Scotch is a specially aged, rare, single malt scotch whisky of distinction. It has a rich, full, rounded flavor, sure to please any Scotch lover. It is matured for 15 years in the finest ex-bourbon oak casks, and then a proportion is transferred to Spanish Oloroso sherry casks for the [...]
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BlackBerry Touchscreen to be Unveiled Next Week
The makers of the BlackBerry smartphone, Research In Motion (RIM), are reportedly ready to unveil their long-awaited touchscreen handset. The new phone will plunge into a market dominated by the popular iPhone from Apple. The phone, the slider 9800 BlackBerry, will reportedly be launched next Tuesday. RIM’s marketing share has eroded over the years in [...]
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