Library Hotel

Library Hotel Lobby

The Library Hotel, located in Manhattan, is the hottest luxury boutique hotels in New York. Created from a early 1900 brick and terra cotta structure, this hotel offers modern elegance to guests of New York for a weekend trip, a business meeting or a wedding.

Madison and Vine Restaurant at the Library Hotel

What makes the Library Hotel so different from its counterparts is the method of choosing rooms. Each of the ten guestroom floors is dedicated to the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System: Social Sciences, Religion, the Arts, Philosophy, Technology, General Knowledge, Math & Science, Literature, and Languages. Each of appointed luxury rooms are individually adorned with art and a collection of books that relate to the room’s unique theme.

Astronomy Room

Love Room

The Library Hotel is conveniently located on Madison Ave and 41^st Street, a few feet away from the New York Public library, Bryant Park, Grand Central Terminal, and Pierpont Morgan Library. 

Elva Fields

Elva Fields best exemplifies statement piece jewelry. Started in 2003, designer Emily Wheat Maynard sought out to create jewelry that is timeless yet unexpected. All three of her jewelry lines, Elva, June and Deb, are named after her great-grandmother, grandmother and mother and they serve as her inspiration. 

Maynard both French and Art History at Hollins University and quickly discovered a passion for the history of jewelry in her graduate work at The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in New York City. Here, she acquired metalworking skills in the ancient tradition and, simultaneously, a recognition that it might be possible to combine interests in the study of jewelry and the creation of it.

Maynard searches through local and far markets, auctions, and shops for vintage and antique pieces. These finds are then reconfigured and incorporated into her designs. Elva Fields Jewelry are made in the designer’s studio in Kentucky and can be found in boutiques throughout the States or online at Elva Fields.

Love Cafe

Love Cafe

Located on the historic U Street in Washington, D.C., Love Cafe is the ideal place to grab a quick coffee, sandwich and of course, a delectable cupcake. Sister to the bakery Cake Love (and located across the street), Love Cafe is owned by Warren Brown, former attorney turned pastry chef.

They have classic deserts such as yellow cupcake with chocolate frosting, brownies, and chocolate covered strawberries. As far as their cakes, the variety on the menu includes Strawberry Shortcake, Lemon Swirl, New German Chocolate Cake and Toffee Crunch.

Love Cafe and Cake Love now has expanded to locations throughout the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area. Make sure to look at their website Cake Love and Love Cafe.

alkemie

Seahorse Ring

Alkemie: the art of transforming something common into something precious.

Elephant Tusk Necklace

Made from the hands of husband and wife duo, Alkmie is a jewelery line that is made from 100% reclaimed materials. 

Ram Torc Cuff

Before working together, both parties had successful jewelry lines working with metals. They chose that working with eco-friendly materials after learning more about the harmful social and environmental effects of mining. They draw inspiration from daily lives, their love for culture and planet as well as their strong beliefs to do no harm.  Some inspiration pieces are seen in the jewelry such as sea urchins, leaves, shells and burds. All designs are manufactured by hand in downtown Los Angeles, California.

Thank Jesus for Mac and Cheeza

How can you improve on a classic Americana dish like Mac and Cheese? Well, the people down at Mac & Cheeza have figure it out. This small restaurant is known for one dish and one dish only, you guessed it, Tuna Fish Salad.

Jalapeno and Hot link Mac and Cheese

The menu is divided into pricing, size, add-ons (including veggies and meat) and toppers for any size mac and cheese dish. They even offer rice noodles or soy base cheese. I was brave and tried my dish with jalapenos and hot links. It is definitely worth the extra crunches and run on the treadmill.

Theophilus London

Yes, that is really his name.


Theophilus London is on the up and up and has the talent to maintain a top position. Close friends with artists and DJ Mark Ronson, his rapping flow is a mix of hip hop, electro and indie genres.  He made his label debut with a couple mixtapes: Jam! (2008) and This Charming Mixtape (2009). London made his album debut in 2009 with This Charming Man, a stylistically wide-ranging full-length effort featuring an eclectic cast of vocal guests and production work by Normrex beatmakers Machinedrum, Jimmy Edgar, and Letherette. His next album, A Lover's Holiday, is dropping on February 1. 

Below is his song "Flying Overseas" featuring Solange Knowles and Devonte' Hynes. 

Cast of Vices

Got Problems?

Created to exhibit human addiction, Cast of Vices is an accessory company that centers its designs from pop culture and their obsession of "self-medication and addiction". Made here in the good ole U.S.A., all metals are made with solid .925 sterling silver, semi-precious stones and 14k gold. 

Their most recent collection focuses closely on the "popping pills" phenomenon with necklaces that have Percocet, Xanax, and of course, Vicodin. And their signature fly is seen consistently through the jewelry collection.