Posts with tag california

Just like you, we are suckers for all things simple and free – a comfy tailored jacket, a ruffled top, a floaty dress, or a sweet denim mini. But finding all of these things together in one line is often hard to come by. That is until we found Golden State.

Now that states like California and Washington have "no cellphones in the car" laws in effect, it seems like everyone has a hands-free unit set stuck in their ears. A few smart manufacturers, like Jawbone, realized that if women are going to use these items, they better work and they better be pretty.

Our giveway this week, a Jawbone hands-free headset, meets both of those requirements. The luxurious rose gold finish and small but elegant shape puts it in a league with designer sunglasses. Jawbone claims to have 15 times the noise reduction of other headsets because of their Noise Assassin technology. We can't confirm the specific metric, but this demo from their site sure is impressive. And we could actually hear our friend on the other end of the phone, even though she was in a car. With the windows open!

Want to test out this pretty headset yourself?
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Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Ash Francomb is a self-described "sunny" boutique. What does this mean? Are solar panels involved? Not that we know of. However, we have a theory that the sunshine is in the shirts, figuratively. All of the prints are modern takes on vintage design and they promote "passion for adventure, the ocean, nature, and music into visual art meant to inspire their fans to 'live life like a road trip' and to travel the globe in search of endless summers and memories that will last a lifetime..."

Good morning, California babes.

In case you haven't went wild with your stimulus check yet, you might want to consider stopping by a very righteous sale occurring in your backyard this weekend.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Destee-Nation Shirt Co. collects and sells authentic, vintage t-shirts from "cultural icons and independent businesses along the West Coast and Hawaii."

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Designer Eric Crandell, based in Southern California, aims to bridge "the gap between art, music, and fashion." His art graces album covers as well as t-shirts that can be found at 101 Apparel.

The quote featured on the website reads: "Bringing people back to when art/music was raw...still developing...at its best."

For years we were die hard silver aficionados. Hoop earrings, clangy bracelets, shiny necklaces, it was sterling or nothing. Gold was what our mother wore, for Pete's sake. It was classic but not cool.

Then, while shopping in Abbot Kinney, a too cool for us part of Venice Beach, we found the cutest four leaf clover charm necklace. Except it was gold.

Some people have tender heads. We have very soft, tender tootsies, so we're always searching for cute shoes that won't cut our feet to shreds.

We expect high heels and strappy sandals to be tough on feet, but the surprise villain in this story is flip flops. They can be the cruelest of footwear to delicate toes.

The guys that write up the shoes over at the SeaVees website are a pretty confident bunch. Their lack of modesty, a trait normally considered off-putting, is so clearly justified that rather than be offended we want to buy them a beer.

Here's a sample of them loving their own brand: "Think Steve McQueen cool, Richard Nuetra [sic] clean and Brian Wilson creative. Now think of these things with 40 years of perspective, appreciation, and contemplation.

SeaVees. The casual style of California in the 1960's, only cooler."

Big shoes to fill? You bet, and they do it in style.

A U.S. district court in Northern California ruled last week that online retailers like Target are required by California state law to be accessible for all citizens, included the visually impaired. The court also certified a class-action lawsuit filed by the National Federation for the Blind against Target on behalf of blind Internet users all over America.

A statement released by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) said, "This is a tremendous step forward for blind people throughout the country who for too long have been denied equal access to the Internet economy ... All e-commerce businesses should take note of this decision and immediately take steps to open their doors to the blind."

Apparently, Target was asked by the NFB to upgrade its website so that it would be compatible with internet readers such as WebAIM. Instead of addressing its accessibility issue, Target chose to do nothing, which the National Federation of the Blind asserts violates the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as two additional California civil rights laws .

What do you think? Do you think that corporations should be required to accommodate the disabled online as well as in the physical stores? Or do you think this court case is simply going too far?

A Bay Area woman died because of an infection that she contracted after getting her nails done at a salon in Mountain View, CA. In November 2004, another woman contracted an infection at a nail salon that grew into a 4-by-6-inch lesion on her leg; she eventually died from it. These are rare, extreme cases, but bacteria related to TB and staph infections can grow in pedicure and manicure baths and tools that are not properly sanitized.

However, these cases have brought about AB409, under which health inspectors can shut down a nail salon on the spot for violating health and safety regulations. The rules went into effect on September 22. Hopefully it will push all salons to maintain sanitary conditions.

Still, I think I might just do mine at home for now to be on the safe side.