[THINGS IN HIS HOUSE THAT MAKE ME SAD] Weird Candles

There are many things in his apartment that make Anna Goldfarb from Shmitten Kitten sad (sometimes glad, but mostly sad). She's promised to tell us all about them (yay!).

Why does it smell like a locker room filled with rotten apples in here? Oh, that's his candle? He's trying to make his house smell like this on purpose? Oy vey.

I don't hate all candles, just stinky, old, dusty, disfigured ones that punch me in the face with their stench. Who wants to smell spiced apples when it's practically summer? At least make your shitty candle seasonally appropriate. Throw me a clean linen or sea breeze, dude!

Where did he get it? Maybe it was a present from a co-worker at last year's Christmas party? Or, maybe his sister gave it to him for his birthday? Who knows?

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[WHERE I BLAHG]: My Favorite & My Best

Each week we'll pull back the curtain, and give you an insider's look into the lives of some of your favorite bloggers with 'Here's where I blahg.' This week: Jenny from My Favorite & My Best.

In the world of design blogging, you will find loads of peeps with great taste, pretty sites, beautiful photography and killer ideas...but much to my dismay, almost none of them have a filthy mouths. Which is why I was happier than Lindsay Lohan with a 40 of of Mad Dog and a cocaine spoon when I discovered MFAMB. Jenny is a craigslist ninja, a Design Star recap superstar, and a non-apologetic proponent of the word fuck: "I don't trust people who don't cuss. They are weird" [COSIGNED]. Go read her site now or else.

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[COOKED] Brooklynese Cawffee Tawk

Cooked: where obnoxious foodies can revel in various kitchen gadgetry porn.  

When I was in college, I had a bunch of roommates who were Italian.  And by "were Italian," I mean, they were American and lived to castigate people for not saying Italian words correctly.  It's not "moz/er/ella" it's "MUTZARELLLLLLLLLLLLL."  Bitch, please.  Have you ever even been to Italy?  YOU'RE A FRAUD. 

Anyway, making fun of accents is fun, faux or not, and this Brooklynese Cawffee Tawk set from Fish's Eddy does all of the work for you. 

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[GIFTED] Father's Day

True story: my family calls me the "gift whisperer." If you need to buy a gift for someone, here's some shit that might actually work (you're welcome).

Ok, look: I could put together a whole thoughtful, creative list of shit you could potentially get for your Father's Day gift from a crapload of interesting, unique well curated stores online. But let's get real: IT'S WEDNESDAY.

And since Father's Day is Sunday, unless your ass is shelling out $40 for express shipping, you need some crap you can buy locally. So if you're as lazy as I am, sit back and peep some ideas for quick, easy, non-sucky Father's Day prezzies that you can all find at your friendly neighborhood mall.

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[HANGING TOUGH] Louella Press Prints

Hanging Tough! Where we feature cool shit you can hang on your walls—from original paintings from young artists to crazy tapestries that we find on some sketchy site that outsources from India, we want to ensure that your walls will never go bare.

Celebrate your city pride with these cool (and at $32, crazy affordable!) prints from Etsy shop, Louella Prints. 

Admittedly, they've got some douchey, preachy prints that I can't get behind (I will NOT ever hang prints that say "Be Nice and "Say Please" anywhere in my home— EVER), but the ones that are location-specific are pretty awesome. 

People who are into typography as art—rejoice!

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