This spring hasn’t exactly been on its best behavior. The air has been cooler than usual and the sky has had more of an autumn charm than a spring cheer. But meteorological misbehavior endured, we made our way through a rainy afternoon last week to Jungle City in Chelsea to talk shop with Mike Dean. The Grammy award-winning super producer was packing for a flight and, just before his departure, was generous Read More
“My life is an open book. With illustrations.” –Hugh Hefner.
UK artist Barbara Keal’s handmade felt hats show us where the wild things really are. Made from alpaca and sheep wool, Keal makes the felt herself and fashions the hats after various wild beasts; from steer to jungle cats. Her wares are rustic and primal, able to bring out the animal in anyone, so go ahead: let out that guttural grunt. →Purchase Here!←
We here at Quiet Lunch like to consider ourselves a fine group of wordsmiths (’cause we like to talk good and stuff) so this week’s LYSL is a roster of the origins of words that we use often, if not sometimes too much. Words like “swagger”, “nerd” and “Yahoo”, for examples, are the ones that some believe to be new to our vocabulary but in fact have ties to early Read More
“The only acceptable gifts one dude can give to another dude are booze, a gun or a sword.” * *Today’s Guy Rule is not a Quiet Lunch original*