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The Treasure Chest

My Psychiatrist cites this image as the reason I had to go back on antidepressants.

by kara on April 7, 2012

admit it, you want to live here.

by kara on April 6, 2012

RIP, Thomas Kincade, who will be welcomed into Middlebrow Paradise, where he will be greeted by the Archangel Meh-chael. Serenaded by Muzak, he will stroll through vistas of not-altogether-unpleasant pastoral views, and everyone will be more or less satisfied for all eternity as they walk the streets of Pleather. Finally, he will be welcomed into [...]

by kara on August 21, 2011

I love this story, from Cool Hunting , about a real life Geppetto  - in countenance and craft – named Lou Nasti, a Brooklyn animatronic engineer and fantastic Christmas Coot who designed and built displays for everyone, including Coney Island’s Astroland, B. Altman’s to FAO Schwarz. Behind-the-scenes video of Brooklyn’s animatronic master, Lou Nasti For [...]

by kara on August 15, 2011

A gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car on a test drive in Nanjing, China. China is predicted to overtake the US as the world’s largest luxury goods market by 2020.

by kara on July 29, 2011

    candy colored phones from Sweet Bella

Rapture Watch: 4 Ponies of the Apocalypse

by kara on May 20, 2011

“Tramp Clown”

by kara on February 28, 2011

When 77 year old Sarasota hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel left a disingenuous suicide note and went on the lam for two weeks before his arrest in 2010, he drove off grid in a pale green 2006 Subaru with fine leather interior. That Subaru was put on eBay with a “getaway car” label, hoping to [...]