Update: Ryan Gosling loves Hey Girl

My colleague who also shares the love for Ryan Gosling, and found him reading out some Hey Girl (F*ck Yeah Ryan Gosling, not the feminist ones) quotes. Swoon, regardless. Enjoy.

Time out for Ryan Gosling

Image courtesy of Feminist Ryan Gosling

Due to my even more bruised ego (see earlier post), I'm taking a break from my "running only" posts to share my new favorite blog with you all: Feminist Ryan Gosling.

What could be better than hot Ryan Gosling + feminist theory? Only Ryan Gosling + feminist theory + a pug.

Subscribe to the feed, and enjoy.

Celebrate British Wool Week

If you've been out and about in town recently, you may have seen shopfronts declaring their support for the second annual Wool Week. The celebration of our favorite textile is a project of The Campaign for Wool, sponsored by HRM Prince Charles, with the objective of promoting and championing British grown wool through British commerce. It seems that the highlight of this year's event is an exhibition on Pall Mall called Wool Modern showcasing innovative ways of using wool in the 21st century, and big shops like Liberty and Jaeger are also getting in on the fun.

I first found out about Wool Week through fashion mags (of course) as big British fashion names like Vivienne Westwood (swoon) are supporting the cause with one-off items that Harvey Nichols will auction on eBay to raise money. I am SO in for that tartan bag!!!!

But Liberty also informed me, through their crafts e-newsletter Sew Liberty, that Rowan Yarns are also in on the action for the second year with a special line of knitting wool made from British sheep breeds – and specially designed free British patterns. If The Irishman will let me, I really want to knit the unionjack cushion cover.

So crafty expats out there, embrace the start of the UK winter with some British yarn and fashion. You can sign up to support the Campaign for Wool here.

Shareworthy: Daily Drop Cap

One of the things I love about the internet is how a specific web-search can lead to 30 minutes of web-browsing that ends up with you finding at least 5 new things that are amazing. One of which I'd love to share with you, which is Daily Drop Cap.







Today's drop cap of the day

For those of you in the typographic know, a drop cap is the highly decorative first letter of a sentence. Jessica is designing a drop cap per day and offering them up for us webnerds to use. How gorgeous! Jessica also seems pretty hilarious - check out her Mom, This is How Twitter Works tutorial, perfect for all of those interwebs-challenged moms out there (you know who you are, Elaine).