Barneys plans to dress up Union Square
Enough said.
Yay!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
it's hot
OMG. It's freaking 100 degrees out there. My car thermometer says it's 107 to be precise, but I think my car is like me - we overheat easily.
So as I was walking to my favorite PA boutique (god, how yuppy is that?) I stumbled upon this totally shishi gym VIVRE - it looked really nice and they have all these cool classes, like Funky Cardio Grooves, Abs&Arms, Pilates etc - so I let them take me on a tour so I could get free passes. And while I was checking out their posh bathroom, I saw a postcard for their florist. As I had walked into the gym, I thought to myself, "Wow, those flowers in the lobby are gorgeous" -- and as I picked up the postcard advertising wedding flowers and event planning, I realized that the florist was the same florist I'd worked for in college! Check it out. Now that is the life. This woman, her father funded her intial fower and wine shop in downtown menlo park. I worked there for about two years while I was still at Stanford, and a few years after I graduated, I wanted to see if it was still around. Turns out that Amanda had shut the store down to have babies - she didn't really need the money anyways. And now that she's had her kids, she's back at it - but this time from home, and only weddings and special events. There's no address on her postcard, just a P.O. Box - and her husband, I remember meeting him, clearly didn't care what she did with her time. What a life. She makes beautiful arrangements though, I tell you. Just the way I do. ;)
Another thing: the boutique I ended up at? They expanded upstairs. The upstairs room? An entire room of $50 t-shirts. Seriously, every t-shirt in there is at least $50. Super soft, but super ridiculous. That's California for you.
After I went shopping through the sale rack and found nothing to my liking, I decided to walk to Whole Foods and get a smoothie. Walking over there, I realized that I was literally mosying down the sidewalk. Funny thing is, when I first moved back from London, my roomie was telling me how fast I walked. And here I am, basking in the sun, window-shopping, mosying down the sidewalk to pick up a smoothie, blueberries and an acidophilus drink at Whole Foods during my lunch break. This is home, as I know it.
I'm wearing spectacular shoes today. Sergio Rossi ruby red patent leather platforms. That may sound trashy, but let me tell you, they're beautiful. I'm so glad I went against my mother's advice and bought them last Christmas.
Some pics of FunBuns and the Cho sisters when they visited Memorial Day.
So as I was walking to my favorite PA boutique (god, how yuppy is that?) I stumbled upon this totally shishi gym VIVRE - it looked really nice and they have all these cool classes, like Funky Cardio Grooves, Abs&Arms, Pilates etc - so I let them take me on a tour so I could get free passes. And while I was checking out their posh bathroom, I saw a postcard for their florist. As I had walked into the gym, I thought to myself, "Wow, those flowers in the lobby are gorgeous" -- and as I picked up the postcard advertising wedding flowers and event planning, I realized that the florist was the same florist I'd worked for in college! Check it out. Now that is the life. This woman, her father funded her intial fower and wine shop in downtown menlo park. I worked there for about two years while I was still at Stanford, and a few years after I graduated, I wanted to see if it was still around. Turns out that Amanda had shut the store down to have babies - she didn't really need the money anyways. And now that she's had her kids, she's back at it - but this time from home, and only weddings and special events. There's no address on her postcard, just a P.O. Box - and her husband, I remember meeting him, clearly didn't care what she did with her time. What a life. She makes beautiful arrangements though, I tell you. Just the way I do. ;)
Another thing: the boutique I ended up at? They expanded upstairs. The upstairs room? An entire room of $50 t-shirts. Seriously, every t-shirt in there is at least $50. Super soft, but super ridiculous. That's California for you.
After I went shopping through the sale rack and found nothing to my liking, I decided to walk to Whole Foods and get a smoothie. Walking over there, I realized that I was literally mosying down the sidewalk. Funny thing is, when I first moved back from London, my roomie was telling me how fast I walked. And here I am, basking in the sun, window-shopping, mosying down the sidewalk to pick up a smoothie, blueberries and an acidophilus drink at Whole Foods during my lunch break. This is home, as I know it.
I'm wearing spectacular shoes today. Sergio Rossi ruby red patent leather platforms. That may sound trashy, but let me tell you, they're beautiful. I'm so glad I went against my mother's advice and bought them last Christmas.
Some pics of FunBuns and the Cho sisters when they visited Memorial Day.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
schmilicon valley
sometimes i hate the bay area. no, i take that back. sometimes i hate downtown palo alto. take lunch today, for example. i had lunch with the guy running DFJ's new late stage fund. at lunch, we run into his ex-boss, head of broadview investment banking. at the table around the corner, CEO of analog devices. table next to us? someone mouthing off about summit partners. i drive out of the parking lot, and who do i see in the bmw next to me on hamilton ave? an associate from NEA. and to top it all off? the plant watering guy for our offices is crossing the street to water the plants at some other venture firm.
welcome to the all incestuous white boys club.
welcome to the all incestuous white boys club.
Monday, June 19, 2006
back home
So I've been gone for two weeks. Actually, more than two weeks - two weeks and a day. Back in Europe, some for work, most for pleasure. At first, it was a bit weird, walking around my neighborhood, seeing friends, going to the old office - but after day one, it's just as if i were living there all over again. Bizarre how adaptable your mind is, isn't it?
It was fab weather almost the whole time I was there. My goal? To run in Hyde Park. In my almost two years there, I never once even attempted to run anywhere, let alone Hyde Park. So this time around, staying at a hotel directly across the street from the park... success! I did a little jog one afternoon, wearing my Stanford butt-shorts and listening to Wicked. I feel so accomplished.
A few park pictures, one of them is from a park in Paris - can you tell which one? And by the way, all of these photos were taken from my cell phone. Amazing how advanced technology is. And apparently, we're invested in a company that makes camera module chips for cellphones. Like super high quality stuff. I want one of those.
So this picture is horrible, but on my way to the bathroom at Heathrow, I came across the multi-faith prayer room. It's great. In Europe, they're so liberal, everywhere. At the airport? Smoking room. Non-smoking room. Internet room. Multi-faith prayer room. Duty free whisky buying room. Bath room. It's awesome.
It was fab weather almost the whole time I was there. My goal? To run in Hyde Park. In my almost two years there, I never once even attempted to run anywhere, let alone Hyde Park. So this time around, staying at a hotel directly across the street from the park... success! I did a little jog one afternoon, wearing my Stanford butt-shorts and listening to Wicked. I feel so accomplished.
A few park pictures, one of them is from a park in Paris - can you tell which one? And by the way, all of these photos were taken from my cell phone. Amazing how advanced technology is. And apparently, we're invested in a company that makes camera module chips for cellphones. Like super high quality stuff. I want one of those.
So this picture is horrible, but on my way to the bathroom at Heathrow, I came across the multi-faith prayer room. It's great. In Europe, they're so liberal, everywhere. At the airport? Smoking room. Non-smoking room. Internet room. Multi-faith prayer room. Duty free whisky buying room. Bath room. It's awesome.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
money money money
Dude, there is a lot of money out there. And it's going to some freaking weird places. Look at NEA's most recent investment in China. Baihe.com. I want to be like that couple, so so much - don't you?
Now check this out. Tutorvista.com: a startup that screens Indian tutors and then offers their services online to Americans and Brits. Pricing? $19.99 per hour or $99.99 per month for unlimited tutor access. Sequoia invested in their Series A yesterday. So much for extra spending money from tutoring off Craigslist.
And now, one last gadget that got $7m of financing this week as well. An outdoor sink/garden house winder. The company has 88% market share of the US automatic hose rewinding market. Sweet.
Ohohoh! One more thing. I feel super Web1.0 for opting for Wine Spectator Online, when I found corkd today. Oh well. Now we can use both. Audrey is better at documenting our wines than I am anyhow. But their traffic? Corkd is outgrowing Wine Spectator by leaps and bounds.
No more talking shop for a while. Back to my typical ditzy girl stuff.
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So I just went and browsed around corkd. They don't have nearly the database that WS has. So now I don't feel so bad for being suckered into paying my yearly subscription.
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