Southern Sass: UD | Supermodels, Awful Gifts and Nicolas Cage Selfies

12.05.2013

UD | Supermodels, Awful Gifts and Nicolas Cage Selfies

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12/05/13

Weekend like you’ve been there before.

PERK ALERT

Magnificent to Give. Hard to Wrap.

’Tis the season for Perks: 1) Sharp bicycles in limited-edition colors from California. 2) The sleek phone cases you need to conquer battery-life anxiety. 3) 25% off chocolates spiked with eggnog, scotch and rum. (Hey, anything to help you endure the holiday season.)


411:	Beautiful bikes from Solé Bicycles; phone battery cases and pocket chargers from PhoneSuit; spiked holiday chocolates from Twice the Vice

HELMUT REQUIRED

Pirelli’s Long-Lost Calendar

Back in 1986, Helmut Newton photographed some supermodels for Pirelli. Which isn’t surprising. What’s surprising is that Pirelli decided to wait until now to put those just-the-right-amount-of-nude photos in their annual calendar. Guess they were aging them.


411:	Helmut Newton for Pirelli Calendar 2014, look ahead here

SPONSORED MESSAGE

PUNCHED UP

Download The Punch List. Win Stuff.

Toyota and UrbanDaddy bring you The Punch List, a prize-packed contest in app form. Download it, start completing random tasks—answering a question, uploading a photo of yourself having brunch, whatever—and you could win a $75 gift card or the Ultimate Weekend sweepstakes. You have until December 26. Clock’s ticking...


411:	Available now, The Punch List

WINE OF THE TIMES

Wine. From the Bronze Age.

You have no idea what wine tasted like 3,700 years ago. But based on the findings of these archaeologists who just unearthed the world’s oldest wine cellar in Israel, you know that it was stored in clay jars and made with juniper berries, cinnamon bark, mint and myrtle. So basically Manischewitz with more myrtle.


411:	The World’s Oldest Wine Cellar Found, give it time to breathe here

FACE/OFF

Nicolas Cage’s New Role

Did you know that every time you take a selfie on Instagram, a baby seal is thrown into oncoming traffic? Okay, that’s a lie. But it’s true that your self-portrait will probably end up on this live stream where it’ll have Nic Cage’s face superimposed on it. That’ll teach you.


411:	Feeling Cagey?, do some method acting here

’PAGNE AND GAIN

The Champagne Vending Machine Exists

Vending machines: typically filled with chips, gum and the occasional Twix. This London department store vending machine: filled with 320 miniature bottles of champagne. Which is great if you find yourself standing in front of it on New Year’s. Or a major letdown if you’re hoping for Twix.


411:	Moët & Chandon Champagne Vending Machine, press A2 for bubbly here

VERY BAD THINGS

Don’t Buy Anything on This Site

So this is a blog that’s compiled all of the worst gifts one could possibly purchase. Think: wi-fi-enabled egg trays, a toilet paper holder that sings Christmas songs, crayon-scented cologne, a giant-donut maker... okay, so that last one isn’t so bad.


411:	The Worst Things for Sale, ask for a receipt here

People expect socks, scarves and sweaters as holiday gifts. Makes sense. It’s December. But hey, you know what’s way better than socks, scarves and sweaters: sunglasses. Sunglasses are way better. So hit Sunglass Hut. Because, well... they have sunglasses. Pretty much the best ones ever. Anyway, happy gifting.