Friday, March 2, 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

How to Dress a Giant

The USA Olympic Men's Basketball team will try to bring home the gold again at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Naturally this is a task that requires the a very special uniform.

Nike recently released photos via Twitter of the new uniforms, which are made almost completely from recycled polyester - a nod to environmental friendliness. According to Gizmodo, each jersey top is made with 22 recycled plastic bottles. The shorts weigh only 5 ounces and are comprised of %100 recycled polyester.

The USA Roster features 20 superstars (with one more round of cuts coming towards the end of the NBA regular season).

Guards: Chauncey Billups (Los Angeles Clippers), Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers), Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), Eric Gordon (New Orleans Hornets), Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls), Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat), Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder), Deron Williams (New Jersey Nets).

Forwards: Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks), Lebron James (Miami Heat), Chris Bosh (Miami Heat), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder), Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies), Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers), Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves), Lamar Odom (Dallas Mavericks), Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers), LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers).

Centers: Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) and Tyson Chandler (New York Knicks)

Too cute

Just a bunch of single girls drinking tea :)



















Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

High Fashion Hashtag


Vogue Italia has put a hashtag on their March cover - #OVERTHETOP

Also thrilled to see Joan Small posing on the cover sporting brow-high shadow, bold earrings and some wild nail art. Somehow, Joan makes it work.

According to Fashin, the last time Vogue Italia put a model of color on their cover was back in 2008 (in the famous "all black" issue) -- its about time and she looks fab!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Starbucks Trenta: Challenge Accepted.



Starbucks has introduced a new size for iced beverages - the TRENTA! Clocking in at a whopping 31oz, the Trenta is not for the casual iced coffee drinker. This is the "Big Gulp" of coffee. It is for the iced coffee fanatic - so I had to try one.

I have to say that my first impression was that anything containing 31 oz of fluid is really more like a bath tub than a plastic cup. It is a small bucket. I felt like an Olsen twin holding that massive Starbucks cup. Truth be told, it was actually a little heavy so I went to work.

The thing about trying make the cup lighter through consumption is....I ended up consuming about 16 oz in 10 minutes. And was WIRED!

The new addition to Starbucks' lineup is 325mL larger than Starbucks' previous largest size, the 20 oz Venti, and only costs an extra 50 cents. But I have to say that nobody needs this much coffee. In fact, the Trenta (916mL) is actually larger than the average capacity of the adult human stomach (900mL). Even for me, this is a little outrageous!

Total consumption time: 2 hours, 40 minutes

Saturday, February 25, 2012

JAM #allbigfaces



"Rack City (Remix)" (feat. Young Jeezy, T.I., Meek Mill, Wale & Fabolous)

Oooh You're an Angry Elf!

Funny man Kevin Hart gets ejected from the 2012 NBA All Star Celebrity Game :)

Friday, February 24, 2012

Is this racist or is this racist?



Available only at their Harvard Square location, Ben & Jerry's is offering a limited edition flavored inspired by LINsanity.

"Taste The LINsanity," features vanilla frozen yogurt with lychee honey swirls and includes delicious little crumbles of fortune cookie.

I feel like this is racist for two reasons.

1) Besides being Asian, there is no real connection between Lin and fortune cookies
2) Lychees are native to Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is not where Jeremy Lin is from. He is from Northern California.

#inbadtaste

After a bit of backlash, Ben & Jerry's is rumored to be replacing the fortune cookies with bits of waffle cone - although they claim its because the fortune cookies were getting too soggy.

Again, this flavor is only available in the Harvard Square location, presumably since Lin attended Harvard University.

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