Every week, I have some things outstanding on my to-do list, and I have to balance to that with client work, blogging, meetings and events. Time flies by so fast that a recap is needed just so I remember what happened. Howwever, I am lazy, so it’s best to just give links to the people, places and things related to the week ending October 31.
My new favorite words/terms/quotes : followcost, cloudworker, and “Flat is the new up”.
iPhone: Checkerboard Chic, originally uploaded by Dyna Moe.
If you watch “Mad Men” then you know about Sheila, the cashier from New Jersey who was Pretentious Paul Kinsey’s girlfriend this season on Mad Men. Now that the season is over, I thought about their short-lived relationship. If you didn’t watch the show, then you may find all this boring, but bare with me.
The interesting thing about the relationship was not just that it was both an interracial and interclass relationship. Paul worked as a creative in advertising agency and Sheila probably made even less than whatever minimum wage was in 1962. They went to Mississippi together to participate in the Civil Rights Movement, but Sheila broke up him with not longer after. [Smart girl] Even though it is 2008, it is still rare that people date both outside of their race and social class. I have dated men who were both, and it can work as long don’t solely identify yourself by your race, ethnicity or how much money you make. I may be rambling on about a show that is fictionally set at a time before I was even born, but it just seems that things have not changed that much in 46 years. It is comforting and disturbing at the same time. Are we ready for change? I really hope so.
Sunday, Cupcakes Take The Cake had a bake sale at the Brooklyn Flea and raise $700 for Cupcakes For A Cause. If you want to contribute, go buy a cupcake today at either Baked, Crumbs, or one of the many bakeries across the country.
Tuesday I ate well thanks to Foodbuzz, learned how to make risotto thanks to Chef Brad Steelman from River Cafe and learned about induction cooking thanks to Electrolux.
Wednesday, I drank champagne, got some free Jo Malone performe samples and listened to jazz musician Marcus Goldhaber.
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I saw this letter “N” in a lot in my neighborhood and just had to have to take a picture.
Earlier this week, I was asked “What are the ten most important thing women, 18 to 34, need to know about to remain culturally relevant.” I thought about it and here is my list in no particular order. Add your ideas in the comments.
The things that make a great conference is learning new things, meeting cool people and not feeling overwhelmed with both. Today I went to All Day Buffet’s The Feast at The Scandinavian House.
Presentations included:
decline of men by guy garcia, originally uploaded by nichellest.
Last Friday, I stopped by the book party for Guy Garcia’s new book, The Decline of Men: How The American Male is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future.
This book is really interesting with a mix of anecdotes, biology, statistics, and recent pop culture references. It is a critical of men in America today. I hope the Y-chromosome survives. Even though, I sometimes suffer from manesia, I think men are kinda super.
Nato, Matt, Niche and RKB, originally uploaded by nichellest.
Tonight, I went to the book party for Baked at PowerHouse Arena in DUMBO. Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, the owners of Baked in Red Hook, have written their first cookbook, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking, which is full of delicious recipes for cakes, brownies, whoopie pies and cupcakes. The Chocolate Malted cupcakes pictured above are so yummy!
Before going to the Baked event, I stopped by the FreshDirect event at Union Square Wine and Spirits. The event was to promote the FreshDirect’s new online wine store partnership With USQ Wine Store. There was cheese and wine pairings, sake with edamame, a few Spanish wines and a really spicy ginger cocktail made with Canton. I especially liked the Llopart Rose Brut Cava so I may get some for the holidays since they will be here soon. At the event, I met a couple of writers from Crain’s, a very cool former model who is a foodie, and actress Robin Mattson who played Heather on General Hospital back in the day. Plus, I talked to fellow foodbuzz blogger Miss Ginsu and the very nice publicists at MWW.
“We’re taking the “W” back this year” said Matt Mullenweg of WordPress. Despite the fact it was a rainy Sunday, I went to Sun Microsystems office’s near Grand Central to attend Word Camp New York. The room where Word Camp was held packed with people who crossed the wide spectrum of blogging. Some were old skool and there were a few who just started out. There were tech bloggers, non-profit bloggers, corporate bloggers and personal bloggers.
There was a lot of information given out today, so I just note the highlights.
I didn’t stay for the end, but I learned a lot in a short amount of time. I also ran into Marshall, Margaret, Jane, Sanford, and Janera.
