Slinks

3 Sheets 2 the Wind: New Cincinatti designer of pillows, and we particularly LOVE the chair

Name that modernist!: DWR is having a contest to see who can name the designer of the 1952 house above. L&L ain't giving any clues...

WaterDream: The Bouroullecs are back with a new line of water fixtures for Hansgrohe

Kohler HiRise Pot Filler: New deck mount gives cooks the ultimate wet dream

Key Slit: Better than a hook? From Floz Design

Kaiserflex Muffin Baking Cups: Good for up to 1000 bakes

Flip-flop coasters: Tacky in a way, but a simple, creative solution

Poker-Playing Robots Battle For $100,000 Pot: We just wish there were pictures

Writer's Almanac:

It's the birthday of the poet John Clare

POEM: "Water-Lilies" by John Clare

Comments (9)

Had a nice chuckle when I saw the Flip-Flop Coasters. Here are my questions. Who is the targetted consumer for this product? (And are they of legal drinking age?) Is this for indoor or outdoor use? Do you dress it up with a kicky little wineglass charm? Do you match it to a handbag? And finally... Do you really need this--since any condensation would occur on the bulb portion of the glass (and not the stem or base)? I dunno--maybe it would work for a wine-and-cheese mixer at Barbie's Malibu Beach House. But that's probably the only reasonable context for it.

posted by Enrique on 2005-07-13 10:55:32

Barbie's Dream Rehab Center

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2005-07-13 11:52:46

I MUST have that chair!

posted by Frank on 2005-07-13 12:26:28

I love the Midwest -- you have great chairs -- now send them to NYC where they belong!

;-)

posted by Frank on 2005-07-14 13:20:28

Um, 95% of New York City is from the Midwest. Why do you think New Yorkers hate the Midwest? We may hate the way some Midwesterners vote, but not the Midwesterners themselves. :)

posted by lola on 2005-07-14 15:13:41

Please people, respect the midwest a bit - I know it's hard for New Yorkers who think they are so cool, but try. It's got happenin' new award-winning museums and some of the best art deco architecture in the country, and it is spelled C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I!

posted by becky on 2005-07-13 20:42:50

Who's hatin' on the midwest? Most of the "new yorkers" I know are from the midwest (or at least not from here) We don't all think NYC is the center of everything.

posted by rr on 2005-07-13 21:22:26

Oh, I'm just complaining about the spelling of Cincinnati near that cool chair...

posted by becky on 2005-07-13 23:14:47

As for this post:

"It's got happenin' new award-winning museums and some of the best art deco architecture in the country, and it is spelled C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I!"

It's also home to an enormous amount of racial tension (witnessed each day on my bus ride), a nearly abandoned downtown (where I unfortunately live), and rednecks whose Gods include that stupid UC bearcat, the Bengals and the Reds. Oh, and the Chili sucks.

Cincinnati, I hate you and I can't wait to move out.

:)

PS Do we live in the same town? Or do you live in Hyde Park?

posted by Fred Astaire on 2006-10-02 21:58:29