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Entries from November 2007

Hanukkah Gift Guide: Day 4 or T minus 5 days

November 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Five days left until Hanukkah and four amazing ideas for your gift giving pleasure:
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If your man is anything like mine, then he likes his products. A lot. My only complaint - and believe me sharing an exfoliator with your husband is not necessarily a bad thing - is that the brands he [...]

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Tags: Babies and Kids · Design · Fine Art · Gift Guide · Home Decor · Prints and Drawings

Hanukkah Gift Guide: Day 3 or T minus 6 days

November 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Six days left until Hanukkah and four incredible ideas for your gift giving pleasure:
(clockwise, from top left)
Does your man always seem to be forgetting something at home? Or worse, locking himself out of the house on a frequent to regular basis? If so, then Israeli designers Monkey Business have the solution you need: the door [...]

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Tags: Babies and Kids · Design · Fashion · Gift Guide · Home Decor · Jewelry

Hanukkah Gift Guide: Day 2 or T minus 7 days

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Seven days left until Hanukkah and four more incredible gift ideas at your disposal:
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* Please note: all items are available for purchase online. Links provided below.
Just because your man has a jobby job these days, doesn’t mean he’s no longer cool. Remind him of his hipper, younger times with this vinyl [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Babies and Kids · Design · Entertaining · Gift Guide · Home Decor

Blue and White Sparkles Over Copenhagen

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

As I mentioned before, Israel has advanced into the quarter finals of the international street fashion tournament over at Street Clash. Normally, I would turn to you, dear readers, with a plea to vote for Israel well, simply because supporting Israel is cool. But now it turns out, you should really go vote for Israel [...]

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Tags: Events · Fashion

Hanukkah Gift Guide: Day 1 or T minus 8 days

November 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Eight days left until Hanukkah and four incredible gift ideas at your disposal:
(from top left, clockwise)
Tell your man he’s electrifying with this cityscape-inspired tee from Israeli clothing designers 220VOLT. Ironically, I’ve seen more of these electricity poles in the US than I have in Israel, but trust Tel Aviv artists to make street fashion [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Babies and Kids · Ceramics · Design · Fashion · Gift Guide · Home Decor

Get Your Hanukkah Gift On!

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Get ready for the only Hanukkah Gift Guide featuring Israeli designers and Israeli-made products exclusively. 8 days of Hanukkah, 9 days from now. 4 categories of presents: For Him. For Her. For Them (Kids and Babies). For Home.
This holiday season, show your love for Israeli design. Support Israeli designers and artists. And most importantly, wow [...]

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Tags: Gift Guide

Art in Motion

November 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well a two week visit to the States traded blogging time for fun with family and friends. One of the highlights of our NY trip was a visit to the American Folk Art Museum to see the exhibition “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: From the Synagogue to the Carousel”. With an amazing array of artwork [...]

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Tags: Exhibitions · Fine Art

Don’t Do the Hoki Poki

November 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Sorry I’ve been AWOL lately, visiting family stateside has been a welcome vacation. My little baby doll is enjoying playing with friends new and old, while Harry and I rack up the Starbucks coffee treats.

With a few fun posts underway for when I have some more time and access to a computer, below is [...]

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Tags: Accessories

Seize the Dei

November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Recently spotted on Design Milk is this new credenza/bookcase from Israeli-born designer Ilan Dei. His new Namibia Line, “where the desert meet the sea” (sic), was launched just this week as part of his Art.Nature.Technology (A.N.T.) concept. The wooden table and detail featured above demonstrate Dei’s talent for combining mid-century Modernism with Japanese-trained woodworking. The [...]

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Tags: Design · Entertaining · Furniture · Home Decor

DJ Suity Suit

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Internationally renown Israeli tailored fashion company Bagir recently revealed a new green line of their expensive fabric perfect for upscale, smart looks. The line, called EcoGir, includes organic components, all natural cottons, and recycled fibers all not normally associated with high-end suits - because having Post Consumer Waste on the labels doesn’t exactly appeal to [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Design · Fashion