Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Chic

I’m not really one to troll the blogosphere for things to buy. Don’t get me wrong, I like purchasing beautiful things. But I also like making them, staring at them, and eating them (a beautiful cupcake or cookie that is). I get to do all of these wonderful things, and so will you, when you visit Eat Drink Chic. This is delightful blog by Amy Moss a Graphic Designer turned professional blogger. This blog is a combination of DIY, art, furniture, fashion, food, stationary &c. If you’re looking for beautiful, stylish things to buy, look at, eat or do..then Eat Drink Chic is one of the best places to stop.

An Aesthete’s Lament

http://aestheteslament.blogspot.com

Learning Personal Panache from the People who have or had it.

The Aesthete’s Lament: Dolores (left) and Gloria Guinness (right)

It is so very easy to want to be and live like others. It seems that it starts in middle school and transverse our upper school years straight through adulthood. However, the ones we so want to emulate, the ones whose lives, looks and breeding we desire have something we refuse to duplicate, because it cannot be. Individuality. An Aesthete’s Lament is a testament, a how-to, and nudge to creating a life uniquely designed and authenticated by…you. The premise is clear, never seek to duplicate what is on its pages but use the muse (whether a person, concept, or thing) to innovate your life…all portions of it. You are the creator, not the copier. But you must have the mindset for such, as so eloquently put by the Lamentor. Therefore, if you possess this all too rare knowing I suggest you get very uniquely inspired and acquainted with the people and places shown by An Aesthete’s Lament.

Femme Femme Femme

http://femmefemmefemme.wordpress.com 

Blogging Art for Art’s Sake  

Femme Femme Femme blog image: Self Portrait by Julie Heffernan 1956-

Hello all, I hope you had a Happy Christmas and survived the whirlwind prior to, I know that I did.

 

Christmas for most evokes an inner eye for the beauty of life, people and their surroundings. I would argue that art provides that opportunity on a daily basis. One of the best ways to see beauty on a daily basis, created by people, based on life and surroundings, absent going to a museum, is Femme Femme Femme.  This blog provides some of the most beautiful paintings, sculptures, photographs &c. in one place encompassing a cornucopia of styles and artists from different time periods and countries throughout the world. While the commentary for each post is in French, it is not necessary to be able to read French, and still enjoy this blog. As a long time lover of art, Art History major and Docent in a previous life, art is really about what you see and what feeling it evokes in you. Yes, the history and circumstances of a particular subject is interesting…but it’s cursory. Art exists to illicit a response…many responses, from the many individual observers. This is the depth that art should evoke. What is so fascinating, is that this depth has no social, political, economic, gender or age barriers. It is simply for the masses to be interpreted by the masses. Yet, we often forget this. So visit Femme Femme Femme and enjoy art for art’s sake.

A Chichi Life

http://achichilife.blogspot.com

Chichi: That is what this blog is

I don’t know about you, but I never heard of, nor did I know what the word chichi meant,  until I ran into this

A Chichi Life blog image

fantastically smart and chichi blog (you’ll have to go to the blog to find out what chichi means), called A Chichi Life. This blog has some of the best Haute Couture pictures I’ve seen (click on the image and it get’s bigger and lovelier), but that is not the smart part. The blogstress, Tawney, has an extraordinary artistic, historical, and cinematic grasp which she uses as a comparison with the fashion before out eyes. Take the A Chichi Life blog image used in this post. The similarities between the Degas sculpture and the Giles Spring 2010 dress are uncanny. Does she have the direct line to the designer to ask what the inspiration was for the collection, or is she just that smart? I’m banking on smart. In some of Tawney’s post we get a brief (and not boring) fashion history lesson (see the similar styles between the Gossip Girl’s fashionable tights and Louis XIV’s-even my husband found the similarities amusing). While A Chichi Life is a new blog (since June 2009) and posting could be more frequent ( I only say that because it’s worth looking at everyday), it’s worth perusing because it’s simply chichi.

Paris Breakfasts

http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com

Toutes les choses parisiennes (translated: All things Parisian?)

Paris Breakfasts blog image

 If you are interested in seeing the real side of Paris, and all that encompasses: food (out of this world pastries); people (not glamazons); dinner tables (with Parisian flare of course); restaurants; regular stores with hordes of shoppers off the charts about the sale (b/c everyone loves a good deal) &c. then look no further than Paris Breakfasts. This enthralling blog is created by a New Yorker who makes the most frequent guest appearances in The City of Lights. It’s a quirky look at Paris from an outsiders point of view…who clearly loves the city. Moreover, the blogstress commentary is very honest and regular (like you and me real). Some of my favorite entries are when she talks about taking pictures of people on the street like the Sartorialist but given her personality she takes pictures of the gentry from behind (because seriously, that’s what we all would do). If you’d like to see the best pastry porn of your life, look no further. It is here!!! And the readers of Paris Breakfasts get the pleasure of viewing and commissioning the blogstresses beautiful watercolor renderings. Here is my suggestion, everyone needs food, why don’t you start out your day with a Paris Breakfast(s).  

The City Sage

www.annesage.com/blog

The Complete Inspirational Lifestyle Blog

The City Sage blog image: L.A. Look

Where can you find: inspiring interiors (with links for item purchases) with made up commentary from the blogstress as if she is showing you her home; put together outfits (ala In Style magazine) and accessories with more links for purchase; inspiring city looks; apparel images along side seemingly similar inspired interiors; and a weekend list to keep the most ardent net surfer afloat…The City Sage of course. This fascinating blog has much to offer as indicated above. But its most endearing quality is the blogstress, who I imagine is Ms. Anne Sage (given the web address). Read her About section and you’ll instantly know what I mean. And it goes without saying,

The City Sage: Artwork to Room

of course, that The City Sage has captivating photography, posts almost daily during the week (only), and is always coming up with new innovative images to love and inspire. I really like The City Sage, if I didn’t I wouldn’t be telling you to give it a “Click.”

UnemployedDad

http://unemployeddad.com

Unemployment is all that it is cracked up to be

UnemployedDad blog image

I am always worried that Blog Revue does not appeal to men enough. I have the female demographic down and what appeals to them, but men (like during my dating years) seem illusive and/or hard to figure out. But I believe UnemployedDad has taken me out of my Mars/Venus conundrum. In fact, I sat with my husband by my side as we laughed (out loud) our way through unemployment (so really the site appeals to men and women). UnemployedDad is a blog cartoon strip about…you guessed it an unemployed dad created by Michael Freed. Mr. Freed’s drawings are perfect for this genre. His wit, insight, humor and creativity (catch unemployed dad’s psychiatric session with Lucy of Peanuts fame) are welcoming before, during or after a long day. While, Mr. Freed does not post often some months more then others (which I will ignore due to the fact creativity takes time), most posts are worth the wait. Besides the monthly archive section (isn’t this just a standard, do I need to discuss this anymore?) you can search unemployed dad by most recent cartoon (usually 10 in all). So if you’ve been secretly longing to be fired from your job, first look at UnemployedDad, because either way it may make you get down on your knees and pray for something regarding your job (once you stop laughing).

By the way, UnemployedDad is best for mature audiences due to some content and humor clearly above a child’s head (like the Simpsons). Use discretion.

Drawn!

http://drawn.ca

Draw Yourself Over Here

So here is the 411. This post will be short. I was an art major in college (history of; sculpture; painting; drawing; etc…), so I love all things art, including…most importantly illustrators. Thankfully, I have found my fix in a blog called Drawn! (don’t you love the grammatical emphasis). It is a multi-author inspirational weblog for illustrators, cartoonists, artists ( are not artists illustrators and cartoonists?) and anyone who likes to draw, as indicated in its About section. I like this blog for really only one reason, okay maybe three. The illustrations are superb.  It is like a candy store for the professional, amateur, aspiring, or simply dreaming of being an, artist. I also like the blog for the fact that it is really just a showcase for fabulous artists, naturally with links to their own individual blogs. Okay…and I also love the fact it post daily. A daily fix, that is what I need. While the commentary leaves something to be desired, the rest of the blog does not since it is also searchable by month and categories. So please, please draw yourself in the artistic talent that is present throughout the world, who knows you could be inspired.