AYFKMWTS?: Why I Think The Whole Photo Exclusivity Thing Is Stoopid

You know how some blogs and magazines have this policy where they won't post any projects that have ever, ever, ever, ever been included in any other mag or blog? Right, well I think that that whole policy is completely retarded.

Here's why:

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[I'M OBSESSED] Holy Shit, I Love You Linda Rodin

I clicked through this little ole slideshow with my jaw completely on the floor--Linda Rodin is one stylish lady.

If you've never heard of her before, Rodin is a NY stylist who has recently made a big splash with her skin, body, and hair oils: Olio Lusso. I've seen these bad boys written up in just about every chic gift guide on the planet, and I'm dying to give em a whirl. But in the  meantime, I'm glued to this slideshow from Refinery 29 like whoa. 

Click your ass on over if you want a sneak peek of Rodin's NYC apartment, in all of its pink, girly, cluttered, quirk-tastical glory!

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The Dictionary of Cliched Design Speak

Whenever I think about the decor in my imaginary weekend house, I think "hunting lodge chic meets warm, vintage modern."

Like, I swear...those are *actual* words that go through my head, right before I realize that I want to punch myself in the face SO HARD.

Cause these design-y phrases that we all use ad nauseum are so cliched...and soooo annoying. And after awhile they seldom mean what they were intended to, as everyone is constantly reinventing these imaginary styles and they're morphing into variations of variations. And yet we ALLLLLL use this bullshit to describe interior design, on our blogs, in our tweets, on our soon-to-be-canceled talk shows, in our brand-new, I wanna be just like Domino online mags. EVERYWHERE. And truth time: we all pretty much use em like it's our J-O-B.

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[AYFKMWTS] Mountain-Top Estates

So remember how I'm kind of obsessed with getting a weekend "country house" up in the Catskills?

Right, so this obsession manifests itself probably once a week or so, and when it does, it generally results in one to 9 hours (oopsie...I couldn't sleep that night) of online real estate research. During my latest real estate porn bender, somewhere between drooling over a cute little cottage in Phoenecia within walking distance of Sweet Sue's and a cabin in Woodstock that was only 45k but had no bathroom, I came across this place.

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[AYFKMWTS] Real Estate Websites

Ok, yeah: so I got some crazy idea in my head that me-n-Greg should maybe look into buying a vacation house in upstate NY.

Will we *actually* be able to do this? Based on the fact that I can't stop buying shit on Gilt,who the hell knows. But thanks to the internet, any chump like me is given the keys to kingdom with a plethora of helpful, well-designed, gorgeously photographed real estate websites that you can access online to easily and seamlessly seek out the property of your XXX-rated real estate fantasies wherever you want! Only, uhm....NOT. LIKE NOT AT ALLLLLLL.

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