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America Has a Serious Eating Disorder | Michael Ruhlman

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:32 -0500

America Has a Serious Eating Disorder | Michael Ruhlman:

See that white stuff raining down from my fingers? It’s salt. And it’s the way you should salt the food you cook on your stove top or the chicken that’s going into your oven. But if you listen to the ABC Nightly News reporting about The Dangers of Salt, aka ABC News acid reflux, and then read today’s NYTimes page one story saying that salt is not bad for you, you must be wondering who to listen to. Well if you are, just stop listening and think for your fucking self.

And this is why I <3 Michael Ruhlman

thefrogman: yeahiwasintheshit: come and play with us

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:43 -0500

thefrogman:

yeahiwasintheshit:

come and play with us

knowledgeequalsblackpower: kronosinasuit: Kerry Washington...

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:21 -0500

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

kronosinasuit:

Kerry Washington being amazing as always.

Understand colorblinders out there. Please get it.

ashleyeleigh: howto-kissdistinctly-american: This is relevant...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:29 -0500

ashleyeleigh:

howto-kissdistinctly-american:

This is relevant to pretty much all of my interests.

Dead.

maxistentialist: Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:16 -0500

maxistentialist:

Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things in the sky.” I backed this project.

archatlas: Rothko Room The intimate Rothko Room, located at...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:22 -0500

archatlas:

Rothko Room

The intimate Rothko Room, located at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, holds four paintings by abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, and reflects the artist’s preference for exhibiting his art “in a scale of normal living.”

ofakind: Let’s pour something summery into these Up in the Air...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:41 -0500

ofakind:

Let’s pour something summery into these Up in the Air Somewhere cups and drink up, shall we? —erica

Oh man. Is this going to turn into a home design blog now? We (hopefully) close on our house next...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:58 -0500

Oh man. Is this going to turn into a home design blog now?

We (hopefully) close on our house next week. I am so excited I can barely stand it.

A week off has done wonders for my anxiety, and even though I’m still tempted to worry about what could go wrong, I’m kind of at a loss for coming up with things that could go wrong as pretty much every single step except for the actual closing is done. My therapist would say, “what could you be thinking about if you weren’t worrying?”and the answer would be decorating.

I think I tend to be quite obsessive and find it difficult to focus on more than two or three hobbies in my life. For the past year it has been movies and makeup. But lately I haven’t been able to watch any movies, and all I’ve been thinking about is the house. I’ve been researching the shit out of fridges, washers, sofas, curtains, and subscribed to every home design blog ever. It’s a lot of fun and only slightly overwhelming.

We are very lucky, very privileged to be in this position. I am willing myself (and allowing myself) to be really happy about it and enjoy it.

I don’t plan on posting a lot about the house, but if I do I’ll use a tag so you can tumblr savior the posts.

itscolossal: This chandelier from Hilden & Diaz projects...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:33 -0500

itscolossal:

This chandelier from Hilden & Diaz projects the shadow of a forest into your room!

Photo

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:17 -0500

Free.

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:34 -0500

Free.

We just got back from a magical trip where, once we got past the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:18:11 -0500

We just got back from a magical trip where, once we got past the comedy of errors of travel there, I was able to pretty much totally let my nervous system have a break and recover and to do nothing but look at that ridiculously turquoise water and read five (five!!) books and eat good food and welcome my impending thirties. I’m not even going to try to catch up on the world I missed for a week, so if there’s anything you want me to check out or think I should know about or whatever, drop me a note.

elvaah: skoolmunkee: donutrabbit: Here’s my 2nd year Calarts...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:00:30 -0500

elvaah:

skoolmunkee:

donutrabbit:

Here’s my 2nd year Calarts film!

I am not a reblogger but this animation is one of the best things I have seen in a while, and I think that everybody who likes my stuff should also watch this.

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen.

emmyblotnick: The section of Whole Foods where they lay out all...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:45 -0500

emmyblotnick:

The section of Whole Foods where they lay out all the whole fish looks like what a rich cat would show you during his MTV Cribs episode.

“These are my fish. Yeaaah. And over next to the Costa Rican snappers is my Scarface DVD.”

sirenspiercetheblackveilbride: For some of their films, Disney...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:22 -0500

sirenspiercetheblackveilbride:

For some of their films, Disney would film real actors so that the animators could watch them for reference.

THIS.IS.AMAZING.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:30 -0500

pgdigs: Circa 1955: “Pittsburgh at Night” Pittsburgh hasn’t...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:22 -0500

Unidentified Pittsburgh steel mill on Dec. 31, 1939. (Photo credit: Unknown)

Time exposure of the Civic Arena, July 4, 1962. (Pittsburgh Press photo by Dale Gleason)

The J&L steel works on the South Side, 1946. (Photo credit: Unknown)

Pittsburgh, from the Hill District, near the Connelly Trade School on Bedford Avenue, Jan. 9, 1955. (Pittsburgh Press photo)

pgdigs:

Circa 1955: “Pittsburgh at Night”

Pittsburgh hasn’t always been beautiful in the harsh light of day. In her industrial years she was described as smoky, dirty, gritty and filthy. In fact, our lovely city once endured the reputation of being “hell with the lid off.”

But by night, Pittsburgh has always been spectacular. The industrial fires that sent smoke into our air and blackened our stone buildings also created stunning displays of light. Darkness provided a stark backdrop while concealing the city’s less appealing characteristics.

And of course Pittsburgh’s abundant hills served as fantastic viewing platforms.

The city’s business district, with its buildings clustered into a small triangle of land, has always gleamed in the night. Even in our dirtiest days, rivers poisoned with waste appeared as shimmering plates of glass and potholed streets emerged as ribbons of light. Above it all rose the Gulf Building, regal in its glowing crown.

Photographers took notice. The ugly city they knew by day magically transformed itself every night into a beautiful metropolis. Many set out to capture that beauty with their bulky cameras. Here are a few of the results.

The earliest picture was taken in 1939, as the country was climbing its way out of an economic depression. It shows what appears to be a church steeple silhouetted by the light of an unidentified steel mill. The optimistic caption in The Pittsburgh Press read, “A sure sign of better times in Pittsburgh is this nighttime scene on the industrial front, the sky lighted by belching furnaces.”

In an image made in 1946, the J&L steel mill on the South Side is so ablaze with light that it appears to harbor something angelic.

And at the official opening of the Civic Arena’s dome on July 4, 1962, Press photographer Dale Gleason was moved to shoot a time exposure of the event. As the great roof made its “epic journey,” Gleason opened his shutter a number of times, thereby “x-raying the Civic Arena,” declared the caption.

Much has changed since these pictures were made. The mills are gone, the Civic Arena is gone. We still have the Gulf Building, though, and the lights. And Pittsburgh has emerged as a city that looks great even on the brightest of days.

— Steve Mellon

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Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:41 -0500

soniasaraiya: open-ended-insanity: This is what people see...

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:33 -0500

soniasaraiya:

open-ended-insanity:

This is what people see as they commute to work in Philly.

Hollaback Philly is absolutely doing it right.

want these in nyc

descepter: Ever wonder what happens if you cry in space?

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:00:30 -0500

descepter:

Ever wonder what happens if you cry in space?