Popular in the Netherlands for over 700 years. Can easily be hosed off if working in the garden, and allowed to air dry. When syncopated with foot taps, they form a special kind of dancing. The clog has a great deal of versatility as a form of footwear, but this summer it has become more [...]
Some people are naturally equipped to deal with heat, others do not have this God-given facility. I am one of the latter. When it gets hot, I am perpetually melting. The only place where I become human once more is beneath a cold shower or in a lovingly air-conditioned building. When humidity strikes, and neither [...]
What is it about the Ray-Ban that makes everyone from the Men in Black to Sarah Jessica Parker slide a pair up their celebrified noses? And aside from the celebridoodles, a pair of Ray-Bans have become indispensable to the non-famous. Take a stroll around your nearest city and you’ll outcount your fingers by the number [...]
Admittedly, I’ve not heard about many monasteries in Australia. I’ve never seen a monk on any Australian soaps. Monks down under are more into t-shirt design perhaps. That’s the impression you get from t-shirt designer specialists Das Monk, anyhow. Das Monk is a graphic clothing label, the creative collaboration of husband and wife team Marc [...]
Sometimes it’s a drag wearing tights, but you’ve got to shimmy them on. Especially if you’ve got legs like mine that are whiter than The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.A. If it ever gets warmish in the summer, passers by need shades otherwise it’s hazardous to look directly at my pins; they could blind you. [...]
Yes it’s April and it’s still snowing. It should be warm. Instead, it’s snowing. But you know what we should do? Instead of complaining we should roll around in the snow, go sledging, look up at the sky and stick out our tongues to catch cold drops. We should take a leaf out of this [...]
If you find yourself a loose end in LA, but have a cup, some ink, and a brush, then you should make your way to the Sumi Ink Club. Sumi Ink Club is a drawing collection based in LA, established in 2005 by Sarah Anderson and Luke Fischbeck. Their favourite style of drawing is topsy-turvy, [...]
By Kate | February 14, 2010 What’s the first thing to spring into your mind when I say ‘cavern’? I have to admit that for me, it is Aladdin. You know the big tiger’s head made out of sand, and its gravelly “diamond in the rough” voice, which I’ve often tried unsuccessfully to replicate. That was one cavern to give you [...]
By Kate | February 2, 2010 Returning from the Netherlands, you realise just how much the Dutch love their bikes. The streets everywhere are lined with them, and they’re not just for show. These are real bikes for real people. But in the world of cycling there are some important considerations to make. Are you going to be a practical biker, [...]
If you’re getting colder in these winter months then you might want to think about getting some hoodies for you and your employees. Supplying your employees with branded hoodies, will stop them wearing jackets inside and will advertise your company more, as they will tend to keep them on when they go out on lunch! [...]
