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August 7, 2012

Help me choose my glasses!

August 7, 2012

My collection of five home try-on frames arrived from Warby Parker!

I’m almost as excited as this dude. Heyyyy!

 

Glasses always look weird on my oversized moon face, but I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised by these Warby Parkers. One pair was absolutely not right for me, but the other four actually look pretty okay.

 

So which ones do you like the best? I am unable to look at my own face and tell. (And whoa, I look INTENSE in those photos. Or maybe I’m just THAT fierce.)

Am I Tina Fey yet?

 

The thing about Warby Parker is that they have almost TOO many great options to choose from. Like those frames I’m wearing on the top left? They also come in this slinkster cool clear.

Also, their glasses are just $95 flat. That’s far better than the deal I was getting at my optometrist’s office, where he was constantly trying to upsell me like some used car dealer. Even when I didn’t go for extra-thin lenses, 10 kinds of coatings, additional warranties and whatnot, somehow I always got stuck with a $300+ bill for new glasses anyway. And that’s with insurance.

Best of all, for every pair you buy, Warby Parker donates a pair to someone in need. Stylish AND charitable? Yes, please!

Leave a comment below and tell me which ones I should order.

 

PHOTOS: Bikes around the world

August 7, 2012

My sister has been obsessed with bicycles lately, to the point where she wants to redecorate part of her home with a cycling theme. It’s a really cool idea, especially since she’s so passionate about her own bike.

But I couldn’t stomach the thought of her paying a lot of $$$ for a framed bike photo from World Market or Target — especially when I took thousands of photos of everything around the world. I was positive I had something she could use. And I was right!

Here are just a few of the bikes I encountered on my travels.

 

Lone red bike in a neighborhood in Hoi An, Vietnam.

 

A line of rental bikes in Sukhothai, Thailand, because bikes are THE best way to explore the ancient city’s ruins.

 

It’s like Jem and the Holograms took over this street in Vientiane, Laos. Pink and purple power!

 

A mustard home on a side street in Hue, Vietnam.

 

Pretty bike on a New Orleans street.

 

I love this one the most, even if the bike isn’t the most photogenic, because we are two sisters.

 

This last one I wouldn’t put on any wall in my home. But I still marvel over this man in Mumbai with a seriously impressive stack of eggs. He is the eggman! He is the walrus! Or something.