Archive for February, 2011

As a big fan of Wendy Brandes’ swear rings, I told her about six months ago that if she ever came out with a “<3″ ring, I’d be the first in line to purchase. I’ve always wanted one as I feel it’s the ultimate accessory to represent someone who loves fashion and all things digital.

Well, she did it and it became available a couple of weeks ago. She even went as far as saying it was inspired by me in her launch blog post. I wasn’t the first to purchase, but I just got it in the mail this morning, Valentine’s Day. What a perfect first day to wear it.

You can purchase your own for $150 via her online shop.

P.S. Notice where my thumb and ring finger are pointing on the keyboard in the photo? That was on purpose. #nerdalert

Mario wants to know. Not really, but a friend of mine asked this on Facebook today and I thought it’d be interesting to open it up to others. If you recall my post over the holidays about the top 10 gifts a guy should never by a girl, every gift sends a message. When it comes to women, sometimes it doesn’t matter how pure a guy’s intentions are. SO…what do you think?

Is it socially acceptable to give a Groupon printout as a Valentine’s Day gift?

I haven’t decided on my answer for this yet. Convince away…and I’ll make sure to pass on your wisdom to Matt, the person who asked. Oh and those of you “it depends” peeps – please be specific.

Photo credit: david_a_lea via Flickr

If you are the type of person who likes to explore and discover new things (aka trend-spotter or trendsetter), but once something hits the mainstream you begin to grow bored with it…you’ll get this.

Ever since moving to New York in 2009, I’ve noticed so many changes in my interests, preferences and priorities. First of all, the content I publish on Clutch22 has evolved from a personal style/fashion blog to more of a “whatever I feel like right now” blog (hence my last post). Fashion and shopping, of course, still come through in my writing because my passion in those categories hasn’t gone away. However, I’ve grown tired of letting the privileges and access I have to amazing brands and events in NYC depict what I choose to write about. Fashion blogs have blown up and marketers can’t get enough of them. For the most part, the same groups of bloggers all get invited to the same events. A lot of us have become friends in real life and spend time together outside the bloggy world. I have no complaints. PR is evil. Just kidding. I can say that because I’m in PR. I just don’t want to write about the exact same topics as everyone else, especially since I’m lucky if I can post a couple of times per week.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this, trying to figure out why it’s so hard to find inspiration…then I realized what it was. Fashion blogs, like many other Read the rest of this entry »