On the Streets...

Milan

New York

I so wish that was me on the vespa haha

he's just naturally cool haha

Street fashion from the Sartorialist.

American Idol...

Not quite the singing American Idol type, but more like my food, travel and life long idol.  I would do anything to trade places with Anthony Bourdain. This  New York native is a world chef, author, traveler, and host of my favorite show, No Reservations. Who wouldn't want to eat the best food from all around the world, sip on wine, get a little tipsy AND get to travel the world while you're doing all of that?

Here's Bourdain in Madrid stuffing his face with what he describes as, "pornographically delicious jamon" in Madrid.



This makes me hungry and want to catch the next flight to Madrid...

chubby chaser

Adam and Eve

Fernando Botero, a very famous Colombian figurative artist- one of my personal favorite artists, known for his paintings and sculptures of "proportionately exaggerated" figures a.k.a chubby/fat figures.  I had actually first seen his artwork in New York's, Time Warner Center last summer, 2010- more unnoticed than noticed, but I recently came across his work online and realized that I had seen them in the past.  Call me a chubby chaser haha but something about Botero's art makes me laugh, think, appreciate and feel something for abstract art. They're just so cute and funny, not to mention that there is a lot of meaning behind every piece, expressions towards politics, family, maternity, etc.  Here are some of the fat figures...

Botero Sculpture in Medellin, Colombia

Man on Horse

Mona Lisa Monalisa

Money, Lies & Politics

John Perkins' novel, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a Must Read for all.  This non-fiction book really gives a shocking and eye opening outlook on the American government system and it's impact on the world.  

After finding this book unexpectedly in the "Business" Section- which really should've been in its own section of money, sex, extortion, politics, hit men and economics, what grabbed my attention was not just the title, but the synopsis on the back of the book...

"Economic Hit Man", John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars.  Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex and murder.  They play a game as old as Empire but one that has taken on terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization."

John Perkins should know- as an economic hit man for an international consulting firm, he convinced developing countries to accept enormous loans and to funnel that money to U.S corporations.  The American government and international aid agencies then requested their "pound of flesh," including access to natural resources, military cooperation, and political support.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the story of one man's experiences inside the intrigue, greed, corruption and little-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since World Wart II and which have dire consequences for the future of democracy and the world."

-Read it!