Since i've been a bit behind while traveling, here's a super roundup of some of the most popular 100 from NOTCOT, TasteSpotting, and NotCouture from the last few weeks...
The Lush Life ~ cocktail bars are all the rage in manhattan (we popped by a few ourselves on the recent trip!) ~ check out this nice list that Mike Arauz has put together
Polyface Farm ~ once you hear how they run their fully sustainable farm, and you taste their chickens/pork/eggs/etc ~ i dare you to try and eat industrially farmed animals again...
Mike and Maaike have taken on Charcoal and the old messy bbq process with their new product for Lazzari, where the packaging for the coal becomes a part of the process, and is completely recycled!
Frying pans and Blini pans just for the vegetarians... cast iron pans with leafy textures for everything you make in them ~ discovered during Hardcore Exhibition at ICFF featuring Finnish design
TAST.ES ~ incredibly gorgeous designer catering ware... really, you will never look at party throwing the same way again, the soup/shot/dessert bowls are my favorite by far... check out the whole collection
Tina Tsang of Undergrowth Design gives tea parties that needed edge, while maintaining the dainty details... gorgeous handmade tea set with legs wearing golden shoes to grasp.
I found the Egg Soldier Eggcups by Reiko Kaneko at the ICFF designboom mart! And they are even more adorable and ready to wage war on your bread egg soldiers in person!
Hands on review with Activate Drinks ~ really a packaging close up of these "vitamin drinks" where the vitamins are in the cap until you release them into the water, and then it changes colors... see my video!
Jose De La O ~ has this gorgeous Anti-Fly Sphere Device - alternative to a plastic bag full of water hanging from the ceiling of several taco kiosks, a traditional way to scare flies away in Mexico.
MOTHER'S DAY is Sunday! I just panicked, but Delight saved me, and has extended a discount for you guys as well ~ with their gorgeous gift wrapping, and great service, i totally trust them for mom gifts.
Not cool Cynthia Rowley/TARGET ~ what were you thinking?!?! Ripping off and cheapening an already affordable product - Fred's extremely popular Ice Kabobs???
Izona by Fisher & Paykel - Beautiful CookSurface! - When not in use, the burners sit virtually flush with the sheer ceramic surface, giving you large and easy-to-clean work surface