Wrestling with cell phone housing and destroying two buttons is worth it. Especially when the housing doesn’t work as well as you thought, and is designed so poorly that a third button becomes a casualty, all for the name of style.

My phone blows for now, but getting rid of the 2 inch crack across my screen makes it all worth it. Check the semi-pimped, urbanebloc-brand-inclusive phone that I’m now toting.

Does anyone know a good cell phone repair man?

So I shouldn’t be taking fashion advice from a 15 year old pop star, but I really loved the ruffle top that Miley Cyrus donned in some random photo that I spotted online. I’ve never given much thought to the combination of something as feminine and delicate as ruffles, and the idea of burly-lumberjack inspired plaid wear, but something about it makes it work for Fall ’08.

Some good options (pictured above):

1. Victoria Secret - Ruffle Front Shirt in Plaid
2. Nordstrom - Fire Ruffle Plaid Top (tunic style)
3. Kimchi & Blue – Ruffle Blouse

> images courtesy of victoriasecret, nordstrom, and urbanoutfitters

If you’re a hardcore Torontonian (that can’t help but complain about the city on an ongoing basis, but still love it), then you’ll know what kind of relationship we have with the transit here. This past Friday some orange friends and I hung out at the Distillery District. While for the most part the boutiques there weigh in at the hefty price-tag end of the scale, we managed to happen across distill gallery and I purchased a resin-based bracelet with subway stations etched into it, by the artist Leslie Jones. Kitschy? Yes, but I love it.

Let me know what you think.

200 posts, one undergraduate degree, a new camera, a new job, and a new perspective later, makes me think that July 28th is a fine day to be born.

Thanks for coming to this site, and still, hang tight for some more goodness because it surely is coming in leaps and bounds.

PS: Do me a favour – de-lurk yourself and leave me a little note, so I know you’re there. Thanks!

If you ever dreamed about having an element of Kurt Cobain on your feet, well now you have that option. Converse has launched a Kurt Cobain edition of Chuck Taylors which have the artist’s writings and blatherings all in a nice black and white form. Grab them for $50.00-ish in low or hightop form.

> images courtesy of converse.com