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New York City is a terrible place to summer. Whereas some water-bound towns have cool breezes rolling in off the ocean all day, we can better rely on the hot exhale of garbage trucks. Offices are set to roughly the same temperature as a polar ice cap, but subway platforms are so unfathomably sweltering that on my first day in NYC 14 years ago, I — adorably, like the wee baby New Yorker I was — uttered the words, “Is this even legal?” It’s a rare day that you don’t walk down the sidewalk and have a window a/c unit drip you-don’t-want-to-know run-off on your head. Flip-flops may cool your feet outside, but you may never recover from seeing the new color of your toes at the end of a day, and it always seems like everyone but me has Summer Fridays. The city tries, it really does, to make things more livable: the 14 beaches are free, there are dozens and dozens of free public pools, something like a zillion sprinkler parks, and you know all those endless photos you see of children frolicking in spraying fire hydrants? Hardly a symbol urban decay, it’s actually legal and encouraged. But the fact is that from July 4th on (and possibly earlier this year), anyone that has the means to be elsewhere is, and the rest of us plebes schvitz it out on the pavement.

And this summer, we’re going to do it grandly. We are going to embrace the heat. We are going to pretend we are someplace tropical and glamorous. Our summer house awaits… uh, in the blender.

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photo by Nico Gees

Reflexionen Drei series by Matthias Heiderich

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Prince

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this blog will make you laugh your ass off!

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The 1922 German expressionist movie Nosferatu is a classic horror film, but it’s an hour and a half long. Of course, everyone should see it all the way through at least once, but if you’ve seen it before, you can relive the experience by watching this four-minute version. And, sadly, if your busy schedule and/or attention span is too short to ever get around to watching the original, this may be the closest you’ll ever get.

Mario Wienerroither condensed the whole movie using a few illustrative clips, and added some rather odd (and often comical) sound effects, which will be appealing to those folks, like my kids, who can hardly handle black-and-white, much less a silent film. Wienerroither calls this a “silentless film.” Don’t bother turning the lights off, as you’re more likely to laugh than to scream. -via Laughing Squid

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don’t forget these

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I will NEVER not reblog this. ONE OF THE BEST SNL SKITS THEY HAVE EVER DONE!!!

the ending gif, I can’t

Drew Mandel Architects completed the renovation and addition of a 100 year old semi-detached family home in Toronto, Canada.

Project description

Prior to its recent renovation and addition, the clients lived in this 100 year old, semi-detached, Beach-neighbourhood house for twelve years. Their work as fashion photographer and model took them around the world to stylish architectural sites which served as inspiration for this well-worn residence. While wanting to update the house to better reflect who they are and how they live, the clients also wanted the house to re-inforce the existing fabric of the street by respectfully re-inventing both the exterior and the interior. Although it lacks a classic beach charm, the house has an elusive quality of heart and soul which the project team tried to uphold.

Looking closely at the brick lines relative to the right angle of the new box window in the image of the front facade, the house leans to, or yearns for, the lake. It is that sense of an ideosychrotic personality that defines this custom home renovation, as opposed to merely emulating a generic boutique hotel-like space.

Small moments strive to accommodate and celebrate the personality of the owners, the history of the house, and the process of its re-making: the open shelving for rotating personal objects of affection, the mobile kitchen island on wheels, the exposed steel support brackets at the junction of new and old structure, shop notes on the raw steel custom fi replace surround, old brick piers incorporated into the new entry assembly.

The scope of the project involves a new entry, re-invented façade, and a ground floor plan opened for access to light and space for contemporary family life. The basement is finished as useable space and occasionally acts as a suite. The second and third floor bedroom and bathroom spaces are also re-finished. A small rear addition on the ground floor allows for a new space with natural light, a distinct ceiling height, and a previously-absent
connection to the rear yard.

The existing house is a very common Toronto house type: A semi-detached, three-story residence with a finished basement, front pad parking, and a private backyard. While wanting to update the house to better reflect who they are and how they live, the home-owners did not necessarily want an unrecognizable or unreasonably large new house. Refreshingly, they cherished the idea of a small, stylish and cozy home where the family can scrunch up on the sofa to be together.

Architect (& drawings): Drew Mandel Architects
Project team: Drew Mandel, Rachel Tameirao, Jowenne Poon, Caroline Howes

Photography by Shai Gil Fotography and Chris Nicholls

Cuteporter Holly H. spotted this Sloth-Tacular on The Telegraph. (Well, it turns out The Furrtographer was down at the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica two years ago, but The Telly is just now on it. They must not have seen this post!) His comments are below.

“In 2012 I was lucky to be accepted as the “artist in residence” at the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, also known as Aviarios Del Caribe. My primary goal was to take photos of the sloths, as I had never seen one in the wild or at a zoo, and was curious to find out what they were like.”

“Over the course of my two week stay at the sanctuary I took many pictures, but also served as a volunteer alongside several other visitors from all around the world. The sanctuary has since discontinued its visitor and artist in residence program in order to focus its energies full-time on the sloths in its care, so I was extremely lucky to be able to experience the sloths up close like I did.”

“We were able to feed them twice a day which included preparing their meals, then delivering plates of food to them inside their roomy enclosures.”

“In the mornings after breakfast we’d take some of the younger orphaned sloths and train them to climb on a small jungle gym the sanctuary created out of large sticks.”

“Since these sloths were without a mother to show them the ropes, they had to learn on their own, and with the help of other sloths.”

“After some jungle gym time, we’d put the sloths back in their areas, then take a break for lunch. We’d repeat the process again in a few hours for dinner, which usually consisted of a plate of vegetables all freshly prepared by the volunteers and staff.”

“All in all it was an amazing trip, and I got to know many of the sloths on a personal level through spending a lot of time with them over the course of two weeks. They are sweet, curious, and have very sharp claws and a few sharp teeth as well.”

“I learned the females have a high-pitched mating call, and that most sloths only defecate about once a week at the bottom of whichever tree they are currently using for shelter.”

“Overall it was an amazing trip, and Judy and the rest of the staff were extremely hospitable.”

“I’d love to go back someday, and the sanctuary offers tours and lodging if you want to experience the sloths for yourself. I highly recommend it!”

All photos by The Furrtographer/Caters.

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by Emma Carmichael

I have a tendency, which I think is good, to just sing from my heart. I want to feel it myself. Pops taught me that, to sing from my heart. I can’t just sing from the top of my head. I gotta get into the song. I see it like a movie, in my head, when I’m singing. I got Chester, I know what he looks like. And when Pops says, “Go down, Moses,” I know Moses. I took it as Moses in the Bible, you know. I just make up my own vision to make the song feel good for me, and make it my own.

—Elon Green talked to the great Mavis Staples about her Last Waltz performance of "The Weight," filmed by Martin Scorcese on a soundstage after the 1976 concert. At the very end of the clip, as Elon notes, you see Mavis mouth the word, "Beautiful": "It wasn’t rehearsed to go like that," she says. "It was just a feeling that brought that on." [TNY]

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This…is a Piglet Squid.

Now, this Jolly Little Blorp is rarely seen, or so says The Telegraph, so get a good look while ya can. And get this: “This squid species has light producing organs to help it navigate the depths.”

(So they’re their own flashlight!!)

From KB.

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by Jia Tolentino

A wave of disease has devastated your high school: it's just you, four girlfriends, and your shapeshifting long ponytail left running the place. (Previously: MØ's excellent Spice Girls cover.)

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My guinea pig is walking the dog

by Jia Tolentino

Teddybears are back! This song has everything: pop, funk, rock, dancehall, Moby-esque breakbeat, go-stupid summer vibes, crotch rainbows in the video and my dream bike.

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>> I’ve had a range of creative answers come through people, as to why they should attend the Hermès Silk Ball in London on 26th June and you’ve got one more day to keep them coming.  Hermès has been keeping me in the loop and I wanted to share a few more details with you – so you know more of what a silk ball actually involves.  We know it will be at Koko in Camden  - albeit entirely transformed from the music/clubbing venue that I remember from my going-out days.  We know what the dress code is – eauty or Beast // masks and headdresses // silk scarves // fantastical make up – make of that what you wish.  I can reveal that if you’re ill equipped to don yourself up as beauty or beast, there will be a Salon of Transformation, where make-up artists and hairdressers will transform guests into the creature of their dreams. You will be able to adorn yourself with Hermès temporary tattoos – such as this one that spells out H E R M E S in cute animal letters.

Much is still shrouded in mystery but that’s all part of the surprise of attending a mysterious Hermès Silk Ball. For now, with the nod of approval from Hermès, I’ve come up with a mood board of images that should give you more of a visual idea of what we can expect in all facets of the ball…   For a more dreamer girl take on Hermès silk, see the latest video that prodigal teen photographer Olivia Bee has made for the French house.  “Sacred Heart” comprises solar territories, wild forests and tales beneath the stars. Bee stages modern day blonde nymphs adorned with Hermès silk.  Below the video are some of the beautiful images that Bee shot for Hermès back in 2012.  Her interpretation of Hermès silk definitely gives you an inspiring taster of how the house sees silk and how a new generation of silk lovers could take to this infinite world of print and colour in motion.  This spirit will definitely be present at the Hermès Silk Ball.    

Just to reiterate the gist of the ball, the dress code and the terms of competition…

It’s time to metamorphose

Extravagance and elegance

Magic and make-believe

Finery, sequins and flashes of folly

Dress Code: Beauty or Beast // masks and headdresses // silk scarves // fantastical make up 

- You can either leave a comment here on the blog or tweet me @susiebubble. I will also be hosting the competition on Instagram in a series of posts so that people can enter there if they so wish.

- Just complete the following sentence “I would like to go to the Hermès Silk Ball because… “

– Obviously on Twitter you’re limited by 140 characters but if you’re leaving a comment, feel free to go word wild. – If you’re commenting, please enter a real email address in the comment field so that we can contact you and on Twitter, please follow me so that I can DM you if you are chosen.

- I’ll be picking out the answers and you’ll be notified either by email or DM if you are chosen as a guest. All guests chosen will be free to bring a plus one to the ball.

T’s and C’s: You have to be over 18. Obviously don’t enter if you know you cannot attend the ball on Thursday June 26th. Please be aware that you would need to be in London on the night and obviously you’ll need to get yourself to the ball.

You must also have a verified UK address to enter as Hermès would need to mail a physical invite to you. TODAY is the last day to submit answers either on the blog or on Twitter so please don’t be shy with answers!  I’ve had a few curveball replies come up on Instagram here and here so honestly, anything goes!

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30 оригинальных фотографий — Интересное — Релакс!

The Surgeon

Chini the Chinese Crested dog has done everything! Here are her many professions and lifestyles photographed by Irina Werning. You may remember Werning's recreations of childhood photos with adults. Her latest photo series is the Chini Project.

Werning hadn't spent a lot of time with dogs until a friend asked her to take care of her dog, Chini. Werning found that Chini was a great model for scenes from human life. If these photos are shown in right sequence, you could tell quite a story from them!

The Prisoner

The Chef

The Casino Dealer

The Cleaner

-via 22 Words

…without Kleenex. It’s THAT cute. OK, you’ve been warned. Go ahead and click. If you dare.

From Viral Viral Videos.

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by Jia Tolentino

Grab two friends and a mirror, you got this, you all look amazing.

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In this video and photo montage, the Whittington family chronicles the young life of their transgender son, Ryland, through not only his transition, but also through the recovery of hearing prior to his transition. It's a powerful statement about the normalcy of transgender individuals. Ryland is a typical child in all ways that matter.

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