[ROUND-UP] Valentine's Gifts for Your Stupid Relationship

The internet plays host to a million billion holiday gift round-ups, and Valentine's Day is no exception. 

But, really, I am sick  and tired of these douchey "personality based" gift guides that pretend to know you. 

1. No one will ever know me like my Netflix account knows me (coming-of-age gay and lesbian dramas? HOW DID YOU KNOW?) 

2. Coming up with vague categories for potential gift receivers like "Tech addict" or "Silly mom" don't even attempt to understand what this person is really like.  Hey, news flash: everyone is a tech addict.  Did you know that the tech addict I'm shopping for is also a meth addict?  YOU DIDN'T.  All of these iPhone cases and kooky USB ports are USELESS.  THANKS FOR NOTHING.

So, we've put together a round-up of Valentine's Day gifts based on the condition of your relationship.  Hanging on by a thread?  Awkwardly new? We've got you covered.  

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[Interview'd] David Bromstad of Color Splash

I'm going to be honest: I had a list of legitimate questions that I was going to ask HGTV's David Bromstad when I interviewed him.

I even sent them to him ahead of time, so he would be prepared. 

But I got on the phone with this guy and all of that went out the window.  We ended up talking about our love of vodka and our love/hate relationship with the iPhone much more than paint swatches.  

I wouldn't have had it any other way. 

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How to Read Rue Mag Step-by-Step

1. Stop what you're doing
2. Click on over to Rue Mag issue number three.
3. Skip to page 100.
4. Yes, I know there's some other good shiz in there, ppl but who's in charge here, me or you? THATS WHAT I THOUGHT, SUCKAZ!
5. Stare at all the amazing photos of Nicole from Sketch 42 Blog's amazing apartment...and her amazing family...and, yep, even her amazing leather jeggings.
6. Realize your space sucks a dizzle.
7. Cry
8. Read the article I wrote about Nicole's amazing space.

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[GIFTED] Drunk Dogs

You know how sometimes you're just sitting around doing sudoku puzzles-n-stuff, and then you say to yourself out loud: OMGZ, MY DOG IS SO CUTE! IF ONLY I COULD GET HIS HAWT ASS ON A BOTTLE OF WINE!?

Just me?

Anyway. YOU CAN!

A Dog's Life wine allows you to send in pics of your dog (or pics of friends' hawt dogs), and then they print em, and stick em on a friggin bottle of wine! No clue if the wine is actually good or not, but who the hell cares! YOUR DOG IS ON THE BOTTLE! You can even customize it further with your own caption. i.e. MY DOG IS WAY HOTTER THAN YOURS, like just for example.

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[REVIEW'D] The Alt Design Summit

Hey all you ppl who didn't go to the Altitude Design Summit (aka #altsummit) in Salt Lake City last week: SUCKKKKKKAAAAZZZZZZ!

Yep, it rawked that hard.

In it's second year, the Altitude Design Summit brings together the best of the best in the world of shelter/design bloggers for 2 days of kickass panels, inspiring keynotes, and down-n-dirty networking. I didn't attend last year so I didn't really know what to expect. But I was super impressed with their list of speakers, and thought the sessions sounded killer, and oh yeah, full disclosure: the company I work for, Squarespace was one of the sponsors.

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