Friday, July 31, 2009

Los Angeles!




Diamonds will be posting new updates from Los Angeles. Stay Tuned.

Monday, May 11, 2009

This Cat...


..........................................is Amazing.

Inspiring..

Giselle.
Via: Vanity Fair, May 2009 Issue.

God


The new age of FRESH, Always.

Rihanna: Fashion


hmmmm?

Fresh


Hats off to em'.
p.s. Fresh Rast Jeans..

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Lovers City









Photos by: Drea Elzy
San Francisco

Deckhouse! Alto Rungue, Chile


Via: Niki Omahe

City Inspiration










Photos by: Drea Elzy
San Francisco

Flashback...

The First Gap....ever.

HUF: San Francisco






I LOVE Huf! They have the hottest sneaks, and some hot menswear. My only issue is that the store has decreased 50% in size, and they do not carry any shoe size under a mens 8!
women love sneakers to ya'll!!


Don;t miss out: There is a HUGE HUF SALE happening @ the Sutter St. location in Downtown SF. .Are they closing out? I hope not!


Hundreds Vs. Huf?..
I'll let you know in when the season changes.

Somali Pirates: The Saga Continues




Via: CNN

Pirates off the coast of Somalia seized two freighters Today, proving they remain a force to contend with just days after the U.S. Navy dramatically rescued an American captain held by other pirates.
More developments to come!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Helmut Lang: Saks



via: saksfifthavenue.com
Helmut Lang for Saks.
There's something so crisp and refreshing about HL.
Slouchy Vest
&
Oversized Voile Shirt

Blank Denim

Blank Denim
The Skinny Black Jean

They are getting crazy press! Hot jeans, though!

Shepard Fairey, you are a genius..

Via obeygiant.com

The man behind one of the most iconic pictures in history, also runs a pretty Fresh sticker and poster company. Maybe you've heard of www.obeygiant.com? if not, check it out!
Shepard Fairly describes the campaign of his company:
The OBEY sticker campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. Heidegger describes Phenomenology as “the process of letting things manifest themselves.” Phenomenology attempts to enable people to see clearly something that is right before their eyes but obscured; things that are so taken for granted that they are muted by abstract observation.
Wondering where the famous original of Barack Obama is now?
....hanging in the Smithsonian....Nice.


Obama + Bunny

Via: TMZ

This picture is so cute.

Yeezy's in Court

Via: TMZ

Kanye West's lawyer went to court today and won a delay for West's arraignment for smashing a photog's gear..

Good for him. There's almost nothing kanye can do to make Diamonds mad at him..

Except: Hurt Animals, Hurt Women.

WE DON'T LIKE CHRIS BROWN!



WICKED

4.11.09 – San Francisco
Show Review



Total waste of time.

JUST KIDDING! Wicked is so delightful! My favorite is the gal that plays Glinda. She is so Molly Shannon-esque hilarious! Go see it. It’s in San Francisco till September!

Britney Spears


4.12.09 – San Jose
Concert Review



I call this: Britney Spears verson 69.0.




Before the hate mail comes flooding in, I will preface this review by saying that once upon I time, I truly enjoyed the music a la Britney Spears. The best music from the show came from the remixed versions of old tunes that played between set changes. Her dancers put on quite the dance battle that proved to be the most entertaining part of the show. I felt a bit duped at the end, as though I could have received the same pole-humping, gyrating, bouncing, lip-syncing performance from a local strip club or anywhere in the Castro where at least my drinks are 2 for 1 instead of getting stepped on by pointy hooker shoes, and choking on feather boas in the sea of gays and slutted up girls at the venue. I spoke too soon, that happens in the Castro too, but there’s no $50 ticket requirement to get into the Castro. The set was amazing, and the stage in-the-round ensured the entire venue had a good seat. Light shows, trapeze performers, and pyro were all state of the art. What I had the biggest problem with was looking around and seeing 12 year-old-girls mimicking the pop-star sensation by thrusting their hips into the metal bars in front of their seats while singing along to “lets get naked, lets get naked, take it off take it off!” Then again, I should be blaming their parents and not the media-manufactured “singer” that really has the last laugh in her multi-million dollar profession. There was barely any interaction with the audience, however they did turn her mic long enough for her to give a shout out to Sacramento… though the concert was taking place in San Jose. Joke’s on me though, I’m fifty dollars down and she is $2123493582793842934.00 up.

I miss Britney 2.0.


BRICK


BRICK

Restaurant Review: San Francisco. CA.. Nob Hill


Located in the tenderness of Nob Hill, Brick “is a restaurant specializing in internationally influenced, modern American cuisine.” The interior is chic, the ambiance is romantic, and the live jazz almost makes you feel like you aren’t two steps away from the loin. Big ups for quick turnover for orders! Plates came out quickly, though the small portion sizes may attribute to the less time needed for preparation. The tuna tartar was scrumptious and refreshing. The pan seared scallops were large, fleshy, and dripping with lemon/basil infused butter. The roasted pork loin was tender and light. The skirt steak was perfectly charred and coupled with finely roasted fingerling potatoes and brussel sprouts. Though initially delicious, the salt concentration sucked every ounce of moisture in my body dry. Luckily, the servers keep a large carafe of water on the table at all times, but alas the lovely Kate was not there to refill my carafe at 3:00am when I awoke with what can only be compared to a ganja-induced cotton mouth. (Salt) Brick should come with a disclaimer: consult a doctor before eating if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems, and/or less than 1 kidney. Great for the young folk with healthy bods, but bringing grandma here may inadvertently trigger a heart attack.

Satisfied the inner tapeworm: Err, yes… 2 appetizers and 2 entrees later.
Repeat visitation: maybe only for appetizers & drinks

Amazon.com...lets get it together shall we?


So.. I was doing my usual perusing through the news and what do I see? Amazon should be ashamed! Theyve been pulling LGBTQ related books off of their shelves due to content ratings?

Because I'm sure that Ellen Degeneres' autobiography is so distasteful, right?


"In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.

Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us.

Best regards,
Ashlyn DMember ServicesAmazon.com Advantage"


Can you say BULLSHIT?

Saturday, April 11, 2009

William Rast Leather Jacket Co/2009










The Hundreds



Urban Street Wear. The Signature BOMB.


The Hundreds store in Union Square SF.


Post St.

Those in Glass Houses...

Via: Niki Omahe

Project Name: Malibu 5*
Client: Georgia Goldfarb and Walter Zelman*
Project Type: Architectural design*
Principal Designer: Stephen H. Kanner,*
Design Team: Stephen H. Kanner, Damian Le Mons, David Ellien and John Mebasser*
Year of commencement of project: 2003*
Year of completion of project: 2006*
Location of site: California, USA*
Built up Area: 3300 square feet*
Cost of Construction: USD 1,300,000

Barbie's real life dream house created in Malibu!



Via: Laist.com

On the eve of her 50th birthday, interior decorator Jonathan Adler has decked out a real-life 3,500-square-foot pad overlooking the Pacific Ocean to look like the blond doll’s outrageous home.Adler, who was commissioned by toy maker Mattel Inc. to decorate the house for Monday’s party, said outfitting the sleek mansion (a property that’s frequently rented for film and photography shoots) took six months of planning and a few weeks to install.“Barbie was a dream client because she doesn’t exist as a person,“ Adler said. “She exists as fantasy and is the perfect client because she’s always happy and fun and loves everything. I thought to myself, ‘How would Barbie live?‘ What I thought was Barbie would have a house that is glamorous, kittenish, chic, colorful and happy - as well as functional.“Adler lined Barbie’s bedroom with wall-to-wall pink carpeting emblazoned with her initial. The closet is filled with 50 pairs of pink peep-toe heels while her kitchen is stocked with cupcake-making ingredients. An in-house museum features 25 vintage Barbie dolls on display. In the garage? A pink Volkswagen New Beetle with a motorized pop-up vanity in the trunk.“I think this really is Barbie’s Malibu Dream House because the setting is so incredibly dreamy and ethereal,“ Adler said. “We’re perched on a cliff in Malibu overlooking the ocean. It’s a fantasyland for anyone. It was difficult to find the house to celebrate Barbie’s 50th birthday because it had to be the ultimate Malibu house, and I think we found it.“Decorating Barbie’s real-world dream home, which will be the site Monday of a star-studded soiree celebrating the doll’s birthday, was a dream for Adler, the potter and decorator who has served as head judge on Bravo’s “Top Design.“ He said Mattel gave him access to the company’s archives, including a look at all of Barbie’s various dream homes over the years.Following the festivities, most of Barbie’s custom decor will be shipped to the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to furnish a special pink-tinted Barbie Suite that will be available for bachelorette parties, birthdays or anyone who wants to live like Barbie. Other items will be available from the “Jonathan Adler Loves Barbie” collection launching in September.

Innovative? or just ugly?


P.Diddy's Protoge, Cassie, and her new Do'. She needs to stop getting weird
haircuts and make a new record.


Hopes dim in search for survivors of Italian quake




Via: Reuters



L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy prepared to end the search for survivors of its worst earthquake for three decades, which killed at least 293 people and made nearly 40,000 homeless.


A fire department spokesman said rescuers might call off the operation on Saturday night or Sunday after a search beneath the ruins of a four-storey building in the mountain city of L'Aquila failed to turn up anyone alive.

"We said from the start hopes were very slight and unfortunately it looks like we won't find anything," he said.

No survivors from Monday's 6.3-magnitude quake have been pulled from the rubble since Tuesday, and rescue efforts had not been expected to continue beyond the weekend.

Violent aftershocks continued to shake Italy's central Abruzzo region overnight and into the morning, terrifying survivors a day after a state funeral for the dead. The youngest quake victim was a five-month-old boy, killed with his mother.


With Easter around the corner, the thousands of people made homeless by the earthquake tried to find some normalcy in tents and borrowed quarters.

TENT CHAPELS
At the main tent city, where some 2,000 survivors are sheltering, makeshift chapels with Bibles and rosaries were set up in plastic tents for people to pray and an Easter mass will be celebrated on Sunday.

"I always used to go to church, and tomorrow I'll do the same," said 75-year-old Carmelina Ciocca, tears in her eyes. "It will help me feel a bit better after all this devastation."

Residents pleaded with security forces at roadblocks to let them recover personal effects from their crumbling houses. "I just want to get some clothes, I've been wearing this tracksuit for five days now," said Melina Giandomenico, who used to live in a central street in L'Aquila where three more bodies were unearthed on Saturday.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said around 24,000 of the homeless were living in emergency camps and 15,000 had been given shelter in hotels or private homes.

The billionaire media mogul, has offered to put up homeless people at three of his own properties.

Attention is starting to turn to the reconstruction of a region that relies on tourism, farming and family firms. More than half the companies in the Abruzzo region are out of action.
One estimate put the damage at up to 3 billion euros ($4 billion), but its impact on Italy's economy, which is worth nearly 2 trillion euros a year and is already mired in recession, is expected to be limited.


So very, very sad.

China congratulates NKorea's Kim on re-election

Via: http://www.breitbart.com/




Chinese President Hu Jintao congratulated Kim Jong-Il on his re-election as leader of North Korea, state media said Saturday, amid widespread international condemnation of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

Hu said in a message that Kim's re-election on Thursday as chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission is an "expression of sincere support and profound trust", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

"I believe that the fraternal Korean people will surely register steady fresh successes in the construction of Korean-style socialism... under the leadership... headed by you," Hu was quoted as saying.

"It is the consistent policy of the party and Government of China to consolidate and develop the Sino-DPRK (North Korea) good neighbourly relations of friendship and cooperation," he said.
Hu noted this year marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the communist neighbours.

China remains the North's staunchest ally, keeping it afloat with economic aid and helping it diplomatically.

Last Sunday, North Korea fired a rocket over Japan in what Pyongyang called a satellite launch, while Washington, Tokyo and Seoul say it was really an illegal test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Beijing has defended North Korea's right to peaceful use of space, refusing to allow a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the launch.

Ethical questions over harvesting dead son's sperm..


Via: Associated Press


DALLAS (AP) - Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist.
Missy Evans has harvested her dead son's sperm and hopes to find a surrogate and one day raise her son's child. It's a decision that ethicists say raises troubling questions; one called the potential offspring a "replacement child."

Evans isn't concerned about what others might think. She says she is only doing what her son would have wanted. "He would love me so much for doing this," she said.

Austin police say Nikolas Evans was punched during a fight on an Austin street early March 27 and then fell to the ground, striking his head. He died April 5. Police are still trying to identify the person who hit him.

After a doctor told her that nothing more could be done for her son, Missy Evans came up with the idea of harvesting his sperm. She discussed the idea with her ex-husband, her older son and other family members, and said all supported her wish to help a part of Nikolas live on through his future offspring. She said her son once told her he wanted three sons and had already picked out names. She described Nikolas as an "old soul" interested in filmmaking, politics, music and old movies.

"My son wanted to graduate from college. He wanted to have children. And someone took that away from him," said Evans, 42, of Bedford, located between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Evans had to go to court to get permission to harvest his sperm. On Tuesday, a Travis County probate judge granted her wish - ordering the county Medical Examiner's Office to keep her son's body chilled to at least 39.2 degrees and allow access so an expert could take the specimen.
Evans' attorney Mark Mueller said no one opposed the plan.

An Austin urologist volunteered her services and collected testicular tissue from the body Wednesday night. Missy Evans said she's been told much of the sperm is viable and is making plans for it to be stored.

Decisions such as Evans' must be made quickly, and allow little time for a grieving person to reflect on the choice, one ethicist said. Using the sperm brings up more issues.

"That child's biological father will be dead. The mother may be an egg donor, anonymous or gestational surrogate," said Tom Mayo, director of Southern Methodist University's Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.

"This is a tough way for a kid to come into the world. As the details emerge and the child learns more about their origins, I just wonder what the impact will be on a replacement child," Mayo said. He said the desire to replace a deceased child is a classic scenario that, in this case, took a nontraditional turn.

"The underlying desire would be very strong, even if she wouldn't describe it that way," he said.
Art Caplan, chair of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said that in the past decade there have probably been about 1,000 such requests by spouses, mothers, girlfriends and others in the U.S. - but most "don't wind up using it."
Caplan said hospitals may have protocols for dealing with such requests, but there are few laws or regulations regarding the practice. It's usually up to a urologist to decide whether to perform the procedure, he said.

It would be rare for a child to be born from sperm retrieved from a dead person, said Melissa Brisman, an attorney on the American Fertility Association's legal advisory council.
"This is an unexpected death in which there are tons of emotions and you don't even know if you want to do it," she said. Mark Vopat, a professor of philosophy and religious studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio, questions whether the court should have granted the mother's request. He said that while Nikolas Evans may have told his mother he wanted children someday, it's wrong to assume he also would have wanted to father a child posthumously if he died prematurely. "This is a disturbing sort of case," he said.

Missy Evans said she is unsure when she'll be ready to seek a surrogate to carry her son's child. But she added that she has no second thoughts about the plan.

"This is probably going to bankrupt me and I will do whatever I can to make it happen," she said.

What do you think?

Amy Adams...W Magazine...


Via W Magazine

Before Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar, the redheaded actress could be found folding shirts at the local Gap. In a candid interview in the May issue of W, the Doubt star dishes about life before becoming famous and the changes that stardom brings. And while she has since worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Leonardo DiCarprio, Kirstie Alley, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, landing the Gap job at age 18 was a dream come true. “[It was] a huge deal, because with the 40-percent-off discount I could finally buy things that weren’t on sale!” the star tells W. And for a girl in high school, that meant a lot. “We were defined by the clothes we bought at the mall,” she says. And while Amy now has her pick of labels like Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, her teenage years were more about making do. “I would make fake Guess jeans by buying a cheaper brand with a triangle label and then cutting it off so you could still see the triangle outline. It’s so sad that I did that! But I really wanted to be one of those girls,” Amy recalls about trying to keep up with the cool crowd.

Goodbye King, We'll miss you..

King Magazine has gone belly up...But Here's Keyshia Cole on what is believed to be the
final issue.

Kanye "Murdered" on South Park!


South Park did an amazing spoof on Kanye and his ego. This was his response:

SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT……AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!

Sigh. I love this man.

Conservatives Upset Over Obama Bow to Arabs


Via Fox News

It was the bow seen around the world.
Last week, President Obama greeted King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with what appeared to be a bow, outraging conservatives who say the leader of the free world has no business bending over to foreigners. But the White House denies that the president bowed.

A video of the greeting shows Obama significantly stooping before the 84-year-old monarch. The alleged bow left a bitter taste with many conservatives.
“By bending over to show greater respect to Islam, the U.S. president belittled the power and independence of the United States,” the Washington Times said in an editorial.
“Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king’s subjects, not his peer.”
State department protocol prohibits presidents from bowing to any one. But other presidents have flirted with breaking it. President Clinton apparently semi-bowed to Japan’s Emperor Akihito but the White House said it was a slight tilt. And while President Bush never bowed to King Abdullah, he famously held hands with him in 2005 while walking on his ranch in Texas. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed the issue Thursday when he denied that the president bowed.

“I think he bent over with both hands to shake his hand,” Gibbs said before asking why the incident was being raised a week after it happened.When a reporter said people were still discussing the incident, Gibbs used his signature sarcasm to dismiss the claim. “I can only imagine it is of great cause and concern for many people struggling with the economy,” he said.
Don't we have more important issues to worry about?

Vicky B. Hot Hot Hot.

The new issue of Elle Magazine. Must have accessory for Spring? ...Suspenders. Hot.