quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

I will now that I am aware of it

kind of wondering what the ipad version is like. Ability to read a device-optimized version over coffee or w/e in the morning would be nice.

I didn't dl it on ipad yet but the iphone app is nice

it'd be nice if I could make it default to international edition stories like the website

the one thing I want is the ability to auto dl the whole thing for offline reading, which is only relevant for me for 10 mins of my commute but its a very read-my-iphone 10 mins

so do you have to get a separate sub from the nyt to use nyt now?
these tiered things always suck tbqh

really throwing down the gauntlet today http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/fashion/hanley-mellon-clothing-line-fashion.html

The walls of the pad he and Ms. Hanley Mellon share at the Pierre are lined with paintings by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Peter Beard and, Mr. Mellon said, “Taylor Swift.”

“You mean Sam Taylor-Wood,” Ms. Hanley Mellon said.

Hah I know a Mellon

“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,” Ms. Hanley Mellon said. “I’ve read every Hemingway, we collect Peter Beard, I’ve watched ‘Out of Africa.’ It touches your soul to visit and smell the smells, and you can’t recreate the experience without immersing yourself.”

Of course, being mobile has many connotations in the age of new media, which Mr. Mellon feels ambivalent about. “In the old days you’d have to travel to India or China for inspiration, and these days you’ve just got Pinterest boards and you can create looks from home,” he said. He does have an Instagram account, asliceofmellon, despite believing that “technology has made us lazy.”

i know a melon

http://nutritioncheckup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cantaloupe.jpg

But Mr. Mellon is an unabashed fan of embracing new technologies, including Bitcoin, which the company accepts as payment and to which he was introduced by the venture capitalists Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

“Now we just need a hashtag,” Ms. Hanley Mellon said.

sometimes its unclear if the reporter despises the subjects but not today

http://i.imgur.com/F3CGzRb.png

trustfund cokehead layabout recommends u buy fake money

hanle y mellon

Fun fact: It's actually pronounced Mey-on

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/04/13/fashion/13MELLONS/13MELLONS-master675.jpg

Amazing pants.

My brain is slow, I was thinking "man those are some horrible jeans, and..." my eyes traveled to the right and my brain just glitched

it looks like someone photoshopped a garter belt and stockings onto him

“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”
“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”
“I’ve never been to Africa, but I feel like I have this deep affinity for it,”

THANK YOU

lol

also, cross-post from rolling hipster studies, but this needs to have a home in this thread:: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/realestate/new-york-boomers-on-hipster-turf.html?_r=0

A few weeks later, the Berners moved from a two-bedroom apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which they were renting for $4,500 a month, to a 39th-floor waterfront rental in Long Island City, Queens — the price tag a more modest $3,850.

barf, new york is gross guys

The people in that article really great. "I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I'M NOT HIP ENOUGH FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD" stfu.

haha I mean really GRATE

Aldo Sampieri, who is in his 50s, ventured even deeper into hipster territory. After 16 years in a loft near New York University, Mr. Sampieri, a painter and graphic artist, moved to Williamsburg in 2010. And last August he paid $760,000 for a renovated century-old townhouse on Moffat Street in Bushwick, a couple of subway stops farther along Brooklyn’s hipster trail. And he has only good things to say about the perks of living in a youth-oriented part of town.

“It helps you be looser, not so uptight,” Mr. Sampieri said. “Your mannerisms change. You feel comfortable wearing more eccentric clothing.

“I’ve always had a very funky life,” he added. “I was married, divorced. I have no family. I can do what I want. And when you’re in a neighborhood filled with people of different ages, you feel like you’re not that old. Seeing young people walking around makes you feel happy, more alive. You find yourself playing bass with some guys in a studio, leading a life that a person my age usually can’t do.”

cue sienfeld bass

something about the way the light reflects off Mr Mellon's hair and face in that pic above. he's wearing a mask, right??

also those are some weird-ass pants

all I keep thinking of is Andy's stockings in the Erasure Oh L'Amour video

I used to sew ties in a neck tie factory and we made a lot of woven silk patterned ties, some of which looked a lot like his pants.

I actually really do like those pants. They seem like horrible people, but those pants are fine by me.

the rest of his look is so staid that i literally did not even notice his pants until now. fun pants!

they look kind of like leggings

I wonder which part of his path in life led him to put that outfit together

they're not even sitting on the couch, they sit on top of the couch because fuck rules man fuck your 501s i'm gonna paisley this shit and let god sort it out

I doubt there is any rebellion in their souls, but probably a lot of cocaine use in their pasts

Creepy plastic surgery face. On HIM, surprisingly.

yea he looks like the abercrombie ceo dude

for extra distress, go to his instagram profile

nope

lol

"4. Going places

The stand for my computer is a small, old suitcase, which we bought with a bunch of other suitcases on Etsy.com. We have a stuffed bear I also bought on Etsy. I am also, by the way, the chairwoman of Etsy."

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/business/home-sweet-headquarters-for-an-app-start-up.html?from=business

"The memory stack

There is a pile of memorabilia and stuff I don’t have the heart to throw out. So I just stack them in the corner.

To and fro

I walk to work every day. I leave the house around 9:15 a.m. I live near enough to walk, because time spent commuting could best be used for other things. Most of us live within walking or biking distance. I am at the office most of the day. I have an alarm on my phone that goes off at 5:30 p.m. and says, “Go home.”

A free spirit

The point of all of this is to bring out a sense of creativity, inventiveness, curiosity, adventure and exploration, and that is what Findery is trying to be about."

http://nypost.com/2014/05/23/moms-hire-professionals-to-pack-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/

SMH.

what happens when it's time to come home, do they just throw all the stuff in a lake and buy new stuff when they get home

or do they fly the packer pro in by helijet for an emergency repack

or when they're at camp do the kids learn packing instead of lanyard making so that they can repack their shabby unprofessional depacks

big sympathy hugs to the kids whose moms pack scented candles for them to take to camp

"but mooooooooooom I don't need throw pillows!!"

is there a thread for these rich dudes who got rid of stuff?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/05/26/the_minimalists_everything_that_remains_is_a_new_memoir_about_living_with.html

no cushions

camera can only afford half faces

ok with having three-word name tho, hmm

at least they have each other