All Blog Posts Tagged 'best' (19)

New Pictogram Posters of Oscar's Best Picture Nominees

Are you ready for this year's Oscars? Hosted by the hilarious Seth MacFarlane, the 85th Academy Awards is a must-see event and is now only two days away! Just in time, designer Matteo Civaschi of H-57 sent us these clever pictogram movie posters he created with his team. Like they've done many times…

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Added by alice on February 22, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Creative Art Inspired by Oscar's Best Picture Nominees

To get you excited for this year's Oscars, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has teamed up with Gallery1988 to present their first collaborative exhibition featuring art inspired by Oscar's Best Picture Nominees. Called "For Your Consideration," the show brings together a small group of young international artists, including names you may be already be familiar with like…

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Added by alice on February 10, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

World's Best Sand Sculptures 2011

What do the best sand sculptures in the world look like? Canadian Damon Langlois just won the title, best sculpture for a solo, at the World Championship of Sand Sculpting on Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Out of 24 international sculptures, his magnificent carving, called "Fallen Empire," was chosen as…

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Added by alice on November 27, 2011 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Yay! The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List

Being a huge business book junkie, I was thrilled to see this list Business Week put together of the best selling business books from the past month. As they state, many more upbeat titles are on the list this month than there were on the June list (which was dominated by books on the… Continue

Added by alice on July 10, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

50 Best New U.S. Restaurants By Travel+Leisure

Urbanbelly, Chicago (image by Cheeky Chicago)

Travel + Leisure recently put out its list of the top fifty best new U.S. restaurants. What's great about this list is that T+L thought about our current economic state and so put together a list that's more suited for real… Continue

Added by alice on April 15, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Lego Has the Best Business Cards Ever

I really can't get over how awesome these business cards are for Lego. The miniature toy figures are in the likeness of each of their employees. In fact, they even try and match the look of the minifig (down to the hair and accessories) to the person. Their names, email addresses and phone numbers are printed on their "clothes." We also thought that working for Lego was… Continue

Added by alice on March 3, 2009 at 10:52pm — 5 Comments

The Best Bed Frame Ever

What's the best way to bring a little bit of nature indoors? How about with this lovely bed frame from Shawn Lovell Metalworks. Shawn Lovell specializes in creating one-of-a-kind and commissioned works using traditional and modern techniques. I would buy some of those baby birdies from… Continue

Added by alice on February 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

AMC's Best Picture Showcase: 5 Movies, 1 Day

Haven't had a chance to see any of the Oscar nominated movies? AMC is hooking you up on February 21st. They day before the Oscars are telecast, they'll be showing all five movies at select screens nationwide for $30. Bottomless popcorn bucket included. Come and go as you please.

Showtimes:

* Milk 10:30 a.m.

* The Reader 1:05 p.m.

* The… Continue

Added by alice on February 9, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

theMET Minute: Bite Size News Updates

We're introducing a new segment today called The Met Minute where we'll aggregate some of the best news stories we think you'll like and give them to you in one nice little bundle. Enjoy!

This one's on tech:

* At Macworld this morning, Apple announced that iTunes songs are now DRM free. Song pricing will also be offered in three tiers… Continue

Added by alice on January 6, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Want to Know Some Hot Spots? Introducing UrbanDaddy and the Morgan Hotel Group's THE LIST.

If you're looking to travel and you want a quick list of some of the hottest places in a big city where do you start? You can throw a forum question up on theMET and get some great answers (ex. San Francisco,… Continue

Added by alice on December 9, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Why is the Father's Office Burger So Damn Good? The Trio Investigate.

The reason why the Father's Office burger is worth jumping over? Because it's one of the best damn burgers in town. But why? What makes their signature Office burger so damn good?

You check their website and though it's pretty in Flash and the sounds are cool, you… Continue

Added by alice on December 6, 2008 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

Who Has the Most Rockin Bikini Body?

It's time to vote people! While my sorry old ass may never look as good as theirs, I am going to make myself better by thinking it takes a lot of effort to get these rockin bodies.

So courtesy of Pop Sugar:

Bar Refaeli — She puts the hot in hot pink.

Rihanna — Who needs a… Continue

Added by alice on December 4, 2008 at 7:30am — 7 Comments

Don't Mess, My Friends are Badass.

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Jay, Arlene and… Continue

Added by alice on November 12, 2008 at 10:30pm — 9 Comments

More Meat Than Even I Can Handle! Fogo de Wow!

In our quest to find some of the best restaurants in LA, bro and I headed to Fogo de Chao in Beverly Hills last week. And because dinner costs a pretty penny at $56.50, we decided to starve ourselves the night before and have lunch for a still-expensive-but-a-little-more-reasonable, $34.50.… Continue

Added by alice on November 10, 2008 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Happy Birthday to My Oldest Friend and Met Member, Grace Lee!

I just wanted to throw out a shout out to one of my oldest friends, Grace Lee. Happy Birthday, girlfriend! We've known each other since 6th grade - through teased hair, Wet Seal, NKOTB, 90210 and Britney Spears...we've been through it all.

Thanks for being such an awesome part of my life throughout these years. You're like a sister to me!

Love… Continue

Added by alice on November 6, 2008 at 4:03pm — 6 Comments

What Your Wacky USB Drive Says About You - By Best Week Ever on VH1

Bible Earrings Flash Drive - You’re running for Vice President of the United States.

Added by alice on October 1, 2008 at 11:51am — 2 Comments

The World's Best Places to Live: Who Comes in at #1?

Survey was done by Mercer (from Wikipedia): Mercer is a human resource consulting firm, headquartered in New York City, New York, that is recognized as one of the leading business institutions in the world. It has been ranked by Vault.com, Inc. as the #1 human resource consultancy for several years running, including most recently in 2008.[1] Among all consulting… Continue

Added by alice on September 5, 2008 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants

I'm always looking for credible top restaurant lists. I was told of this list by a Met member who shall remain nameless. Basically a major traveler that loves good food.

First, why should we care what the San Pellegrino company thinks are the world's 50 best restaurants?… Continue

Added by alice on August 18, 2008 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments