July 22, 2009

On the Rocks: Southside Lady.

Looks like the pine needle fresh flavor of gin has finally met its perfect partner in lemon. But that’s the Southside Lady for you, a bit of a matchmaker.

Ingredients:
• 2 basil leaves
• 3/4 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 1/2 oz gin
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 1 oz club soda

Gently muddle 1 basil leaf with the lemon juice in the bottom of a mixing glass. Add the gin and simple syrup and shake well. Pour over crushed ice in a cute glass. Top with a splash of soda and garnish with a basil leaf. Serves 1.

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July 21, 2009

All the Wrong People Have Self Esteem.


All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem: An Inappropriate Book for Young Ladies or, Frankly, Anybody Else is the mouthful-of-a-title of illustrator and author Laurie Rosenwald’s latest book.

It’s geared toward teens (although she’s never raised one) and full of rants, witty observations, anecdotes, handmade collages (of course), photos, flirt cards, fill-in-the-blanks and random games. If I had a teenage daughter she would definitely own a copy of this wisdom-filled bible of adolescent knowledge. In fact, I sort of want to own it myself. I’m sure I could use an update on a few of the chapters covered!

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July 20, 2009

Sony Webbie HD Camera.

My boss, Jeff, surprised all of us this morning with Sony Webbie HD Cameras! We’d been talking about flip cams for months around the office and he decided to get us each our own as a thank you for all of our work.

I’m pumped to figure out how the little guy works and to put him into action in as many ways as possible. And of course that will include video making its way over to Design Crush as well. Any ideas on how you’d like to see video put into action around here?

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