Southern Sass: World Cup Girls and a Pool in the Middle of the Desert. This Is Your Weekend.

7.10.2014

World Cup Girls and a Pool in the Middle of the Desert. This Is Your Weekend.

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07/10/14

You miss 100% of the weekends you don’t take.

PERK ALERT

Better Than Bottled Water...

Your Perks: 1) A sleek carafe that uses charcoal to naturally mineralize your drinking water. (It’s an ancient Japanese thing.) 2) A summer six-pack of rich, crisp, Tuscany-bred Chianti—for $105. 3) A Perks-approved deal on any work of art at Crated—the Internet’s newest art gallery. A little culture never killed anyone.


411:	Eau Good water bottles from Black + Blum; six bottles of Il Grigio Chianti Classico Riserva 2009; $100, $150 or $200 worth of credit at Crated

DAD MEN

Where Dad Jokes Go to Live

“Last night, I dreamed I was a muffler. I woke up exhausted.” What you just read was a dad joke. And there’s, like, infinity more where that came from on this new site called Nice One Dad. Nice one, Internet.


411:	Nice One Dad, online now

CATCH ALL

Your Hand Was All Alone Until This

The problem with baseball gloves: nothing. But if someone (say, the baseball glove whisperers at Nokona) were to pair up with someone else (say, the fine folks at Shinola) and produce an entirely unique, handmade glove just in time for the MLB All-Star Game, it’d be... still not a problem.


411:	Nokona x Shinola Baseball Glove, $435, available now

TRADE POOL

A Pool for Everyone and No One

An artist just built a random pool in the middle of the Mojave Desert. To enjoy it:
1) Retrieve GPS coordinates and pool key from the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in West Hollywood.
2) Follow coordinates to middle of desert. (After they finish some repairs.)
3) Make mirage jokes.


411:	Social Pool, take the plunge here

CUP RUNNETH OVER

Blah Blah Blah World Cup Girls

Well, it’s a Twitter hashtag consisting solely of pictures of lovely women enjoying the World Cup games. We guess what we’re saying is: it’s a Twitter hashtag consisting solely of pictures of lovely women enjoying the World Cup games.


411:	#WorldCupGirls, online now

CLOTHING TIME

Well if It Isn’t a Few More Sales

Hickoree’s: 40% to 60% off. Highlights: Sasquatch tote. Battenwear island shirt. Interesting.
Steven Alan: Up to 60% off. Highlights: polka-dot pocket squares. Diamond-pattern popovers. Not together.
Tretorn: 30% off. Highlights: Many, many colorful shoes. Good for feet.
Freemans Sporting Club: 40% off. Highlights: plaid sports coat. Hand-woven Guatemalan shorts. You’re quite welcome.