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Tasteologie Top 100 of 2010

roundup tasteologie #2582 tasteologie #2267 tasteologie #3441 tasteologie #3081 tasteologie #1522 tasteologie #2460 tasteologie #2747 tasteologie #2062 tasteologie #2910 tasteologie #1841 tasteologie #2920 tasteologie #3097 tasteologie #1853 tasteologie #2016 tasteologie #2282 tasteologie #1755 tasteologie #2555 tasteologie #1779 tasteologie #2433 tasteologie #1772 tasteologie #1774 tasteologie #1464 tasteologie #1536 tasteologie #1345 tasteologie #2273 tasteologie #1502 tasteologie #1444 tasteologie #1659 tasteologie #1768 tasteologie #2128 tasteologie #2310 tasteologie #1973 tasteologie #2361 tasteologie #1771 tasteologie #2559 tasteologie #1761 tasteologie #1289 tasteologie #1437 tasteologie #2805 tasteologie #1951 tasteologie #2221 tasteologie #2104 tasteologie #1417 tasteologie #2209 tasteologie #2215 tasteologie #3249 tasteologie #2825 tasteologie #3044 tasteologie #2511 tasteologie #2158 tasteologie #1551 tasteologie #2459 tasteologie #2709 tasteologie #2857 tasteologie #1765 tasteologie #2372 tasteologie #2197 tasteologie #1982 tasteologie #2285 tasteologie #2632 tasteologie #2534 tasteologie #1321 tasteologie #1506 tasteologie #2317 tasteologie #2596 tasteologie #3119 tasteologie #2291 tasteologie #1677 tasteologie #1888 tasteologie #3106 tasteologie #2670 tasteologie #1588 tasteologie #1856 tasteologie #1925 tasteologie #2883 tasteologie #2003 tasteologie #1476 tasteologie #3137 tasteologie #1642 tasteologie #1862 tasteologie #1542 tasteologie #2082 tasteologie #1350 tasteologie #2188 tasteologie #2290 tasteologie #3200 tasteologie #2170 tasteologie #2840 tasteologie #2347 tasteologie #2356 tasteologie #2416 tasteologie #3124 tasteologie #1282 tasteologie #2541 tasteologie #2065 tasteologie #2125 tasteologie #1594 tasteologie #1620 tasteologie #2835 tasteologie #2690 Ok it hardly seems fair to do a Top 100 of 2010 Tasteologie roundup… when Tasteologie is such a baby! Launched only on September 15th, 2010, it’s a mere 3.5 months old, but even then, it has nearly 4000 posts! Posts of delicious inspiration from recipes on amazing blogs we admire, to announcements of restaurants we’d love to try, to culinary experiments that fascinate, to art and design inspired by food, and so much more! So here are 100 of the top algormagically picked posts from Tasteologie, so far! Click the pics to explore them! I can’t wait to see what delectable delights will inspire us in 2011!

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Liqurious Top 100 of 2010

roundup liqurious #4593 liqurious #4686 liqurious #3817 liqurious #4547 liqurious #3855 liqurious #3842 liqurious #4682 liqurious #4790 liqurious #4366 liqurious #4116 liqurious #4958 liqurious #4283 liqurious #4296 liqurious #3801 liqurious #4748 liqurious #4431 liqurious #4454 liqurious #4702 liqurious #4205 liqurious #4869 liqurious #3821 liqurious #4753 liqurious #4707 liqurious #4628 liqurious #4027 liqurious #4472 liqurious #4165 liqurious #4133 liqurious #3860 liqurious #4062 liqurious #3798 liqurious #3872 liqurious #3844 liqurious #3979 liqurious #3788 liqurious #4159 liqurious #5010 liqurious #4511 liqurious #4892 liqurious #4420 liqurious #3907 liqurious #3992 liqurious #4104 liqurious #3952 liqurious #4079 liqurious #3804 liqurious #3915 liqurious #4189 liqurious #3849 liqurious #4700 liqurious #4128 liqurious #4744 liqurious #4477 liqurious #4553 liqurious #4965 liqurious #3914 liqurious #3935 liqurious #3827 liqurious #3807 liqurious #3903 liqurious #4423 liqurious #4041 liqurious #4096 liqurious #4851 liqurious #4037 liqurious #4506 liqurious #4124 liqurious #4299 liqurious #4458 liqurious #3838 liqurious #3791 liqurious #4048 liqurious #4831 liqurious #4032 liqurious #4219 liqurious #3916 liqurious #4384 liqurious #3969 liqurious #3846 liqurious #3790 liqurious #3894 liqurious #4070 liqurious #4286 liqurious #3795 liqurious #4708 liqurious #4512 liqurious #4569 liqurious #5022 liqurious #4105 liqurious #5049 liqurious #3809 liqurious #4822 liqurious #4745 liqurious #3836 liqurious #4129 liqurious #4274 liqurious #3808 liqurious #3901 liqurious #4984 liqurious #4583 Happy almost 2011! Trying to take a little break the next day or two, so let’s keep going with these Top 100s across the NOTCOT sites… today i’ve had fun looking back on the delicious drinks at Liqurious… i totally forgot about that deep fried BEER ravioli! And those Midori Sour Jello POPS! We’ve definitely come a long way from just making cocktails with our liquors! Explore the pics above to see what else we’ve seen in 2010!

*NOTCOT in wearable - 12.27.10 -

NotCouture Top 100 of 2010

roundup notcouture #6642 notcouture #5684 notcouture #5599 notcouture #5814 notcouture #6858 notcouture #5790 notcouture #7090 notcouture #6265 notcouture #7402 notcouture #6104 notcouture #7003 notcouture #5902 notcouture #5620 notcouture #5927 notcouture #6218 notcouture #5893 notcouture #7066 notcouture #5783 notcouture #5822 notcouture #7074 notcouture #6215 notcouture #7246 notcouture #5907 notcouture #5590 notcouture #6158 notcouture #6610 notcouture #5609 notcouture #6286 notcouture #7071 notcouture #7310 notcouture #5862 notcouture #6282 notcouture #5698 notcouture #6174 notcouture #6925 notcouture #6294 notcouture #7092 notcouture #5635 notcouture #7305 notcouture #6016 notcouture #6681 notcouture #6330 notcouture #5587 notcouture #6827 notcouture #5589 notcouture #6064 notcouture #6378 notcouture #5904 notcouture #5849 notcouture #6896 notcouture #6371 notcouture #6620 notcouture #5658 notcouture #5816 notcouture #5824 notcouture #5750 notcouture #5931 notcouture #6584 notcouture #6268 notcouture #7574 notcouture #5925 notcouture #5654 notcouture #7276 notcouture #6932 notcouture #6956 notcouture #6065 notcouture #6287 notcouture #5710 notcouture #7053 notcouture #7055 notcouture #5840 notcouture #6344 notcouture #5879 notcouture #6237 notcouture #5722 notcouture #6047 notcouture #5753 notcouture #6936 notcouture #7017 notcouture #5920 notcouture #6414 notcouture #6863 notcouture #6607 notcouture #6803 notcouture #5655 notcouture #6409 notcouture #7197 notcouture #6514 notcouture #5900 notcouture #6204 notcouture #5712 notcouture #6192 notcouture #5630 notcouture #6350 notcouture #6903 notcouture #6322 notcouture #5901 notcouture #7512 notcouture #6216 notcouture #5601 A look back on 100 of the top posts from NotCouture in 2010! With so much fashion inspiration over the last year, it’s been fun exploring all that we’ve fallen for ~ click the pictures to explore the posts!

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Montessorium iPhone/iPad Apps

montess.jpg Montessorium has a new app! Sure i don’t have kids, but having grown up a Montessori kid, their iphone and ipad apps are an instant throw back… tracing the letters on a touch screen, aren’t quite the same as tracing the sand paper letters mounted on colored boards… but the portability and animations are awesome! First they launched Intro To Math, next came Intro To Letters… and freshly launched is Alpha Writer! Illustrations are even by Zeptonn! All of them are perfect for toddlers to get to know letters, numbers, and start making words… see some screenshots on the next page.

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NOTCOT.org Top 100 of 2010

roundup notcotorg #27619 notcotorg #28552 notcotorg #35953 notcotorg #35244 notcotorg #28151 notcotorg #35390 notcotorg #27609 notcotorg #30556 notcotorg #31181 notcotorg #32286 notcotorg #34547 notcotorg #35074 notcotorg #33926 notcotorg #31632 notcotorg #33244 notcotorg #28716 notcotorg #28879 notcotorg #28868 notcotorg #35586 notcotorg #30945 notcotorg #28636 notcotorg #32484 notcotorg #31436 notcotorg #30617 notcotorg #28762 notcotorg #30846 notcotorg #36692 notcotorg #35623 notcotorg #35355 notcotorg #35853 notcotorg #29774 notcotorg #28239 notcotorg #31087 notcotorg #27722 notcotorg #27748 notcotorg #34614 notcotorg #36183 notcotorg #27364 notcotorg #35851 notcotorg #28209 notcotorg #28266 notcotorg #32373 notcotorg #27339 notcotorg #28796 notcotorg #27700 notcotorg #36465 notcotorg #33452 notcotorg #29039 notcotorg #27857 notcotorg #29037 notcotorg #29354 notcotorg #32347 notcotorg #28622 notcotorg #35056 notcotorg #28875 notcotorg #33462 notcotorg #28256 notcotorg #28776 notcotorg #28076 notcotorg #30404 notcotorg #27756 notcotorg #32603 notcotorg #28226 notcotorg #34962 notcotorg #34736 notcotorg #27875 notcotorg #31622 notcotorg #27461 notcotorg #27961 notcotorg #28157 notcotorg #28236 notcotorg #32946 notcotorg #33744 notcotorg #31068 notcotorg #27824 notcotorg #35587 notcotorg #32176 notcotorg #36467 notcotorg #30557 notcotorg #29136 notcotorg #30584 notcotorg #36606 notcotorg #28592 notcotorg #27366 notcotorg #34571 notcotorg #27403 notcotorg #36757 notcotorg #35504 notcotorg #28317 notcotorg #29846 notcotorg #34864 notcotorg #30219 notcotorg #28665 notcotorg #27421 notcotorg #34260 notcotorg #27359 notcotorg #31493 notcotorg #30492 notcotorg #28698 notcotorg #31155 Happy last monday of the DECADE! Phew What a 2010 we’ve had! So many adventures, so much daily inspiration. Hard to believe it’s been over 5 years of ideas + aesthetics + amusements… here’s a look back at the top 100 (magically algorithmically calculated) posts of 2010 from NOTCOT.org! We’ve come a long way ~ with nearly 40,000 posts on the front page, the world just keeps on serving up more exciting inspiration! So mouse around the pics, and click to find out more! I’ve just spent a bit of time digging around the archives getting lost exploring it all!

Cheers + hugs to you all for supporting NOTCOT through the years! Here’s to an awesome 2010 ~ and an even BETTER 2011!

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The Story of (ginger) SNAP

snap0.jpg I love when beautifully packaged delicious liqueurs come with nicely illustrated stories around their necks… like the Art in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction SNAP ~ a ginger snap spirit, from the makers of ROOT. Previously i showed you ROOT as well as a sample of Snap in a glass jar we tasted… since the production bottles were not yet ready… This time you can see the finished product! Popping the cork on this bottle, it smells like gingerbread houses wafting out, perfect for this wintry holiday season… the mix of blackstrap molasses, cloves, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, rooibos tea and vanilla is just irresistible! Perfect for getting creative with cocktails playing with everything from apple cider to toasty fireside drinks. The story was so cute (and educational!) had to share the booklet details with you… lovely illustrations… check it all out on the next page!

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*NOTCOT in gratis - 12.26.10 -

Holiday Giveaway #31: This Is A Limited Edition

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It’s holiday season here at NOTCOT, and we’re doing our annual Gift Guides, Coupons and Giveaways! Just our little way of giving a big hug to awesome brands and readers as we close out 2010!

I can’t think of a more perfect way to bid adieu to 2010, and kick off 2011! Our final NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway of 2010 ~ #31 is here ~ and today our friends from This Is A Limited Edition are giving 3 lucky winners, 3 Cups & Saucers from their latest Series 2 Collection. The first winner will receive the John Burgerman, Kozyndan, and Ron English sets. The second winner will receive the Amy Sol, Gary Baseman, and Mode2 sets. And the third winner will receive the Yoksay Yamamoto, INSA, and Silvia Ji sets. “These demitasse Cups and Saucers are all made from Staffordshire Bone China, lovingly produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Each is shipped with a A6 Fine Art Print - signed by the Artist & sequentially numbered. They are also shipped with a Certificate of Authenticity and we only produce 250 of each design available. Making them incredibly collectible.” See more details of these beautifully functional pieces of art on the next page! (As well as a coupon!)

For a chance to win, you can EITHER leave a COMMENT or TWEET @NOTCOT with #TeaTime by midnight on Dec 31st (PST) ~ sharing who you would have over for tea, if you could invite 2 people living or dead, or yet to come! (A twist on the classic interview question of who living or dead you could have dinner with?)

I’ll pick random winners (that actually tell me who they’d have tea with!) from from the tweets and comments! (If it’s a commenter they will be emailed, if twitter, D messaged, so make sure you’re following!)

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*NOTCOT in food+drink - 12.25.10 -

Stranger & Stranger: No. 12 Absinthe

stranger_absintheMAIN.jpg Sometimes that Christmas Spirit, comes in a bottle. Apparently for 2010, that was true. And the spirit came in the form of the Green Fairy. And it is delicious, and beautifully packaged, courtesy of Stranger & Stranger… it’s not enough that they make some of the most beautiful alcohol packaging around, every year for the last 12 years, they have also sent out a special Christmas Spirit, and i sip this year’s absinthe as i write this post. It’s delicious. Absinthe handmade in a single batch, not available for purchase… It is deliciously beautiful! When a bottle says “After one glass, you see things as you wish they were.” how can you resist? “Nectar, bitter-sweet - like the last kiss on the lips of a discarded mistress, is the secret charm of my existence; green as the moon’s light on a forest pool it glimmers in my glass; eagerly i quaff it, and, as i drink, i dream.” Marie Corelli, 1890.

See the close ups on the next page, and a very merry christmas to you!

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Merry Christmas - With toys!

krxmas6.jpg Merry Christmas! Not sure why i’m up at 4am on christmas… and yes, still playing with toys into the night. Kidrobot sent over a fun christmas surprise ~ The Burglars Dunny by Saner… and the flocked santa beard was so hilarious, i couldn’t help but mix and match the accessories instantly. Doesn’t this Rocketworld guy just look far more distinguished in mustache/beard while wielding his spork? Really, all he needs is a monocle now! And you should see the James Jarvis King Ken snow gorilla with the reindeer skull on a stick! Oh, and the actual Santa Barbaja character too… see it all on the next page!

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*NOTCOT in design - 12.24.10 -

Wilde Dieren By Rop van Mierlo

wild3.jpg Wilde Dieren/Wild Animals By Rop van Mierlo. Beautiful. Odd. Book of wild animals! That sensation of watching water colors soaking into a page… just getting absorbed so naturally… somehow, Rop has embodied that in this book of strange wild animal paintings… the video really pulls it all together so mesmerizingly tonight, i keep watching it over. See it and a peek inside on the next page!

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Notventures Roundup

roundup notventures #740 notventures #762 notventures #761 notventures #764 notventures #778 notventures #758 notventures #779 notventures #750 notventures #731 notventures #759 notventures #739 notventures #726 notventures #725 notventures #732 notventures #757 notventures #753 notventures #745 notventures #769 notventures #741 notventures #774 notventures #776 notventures #730 notventures #754 notventures #728 notventures #768

Here are just a few of the beautiful destinations showcased on Notventures this week. Where will you be off to next? To be taken to each post, just click on its image.

*NOTCOT in gratis - 12.23.10 -

Holiday Giveaway #30: Kidrobot

krmain.jpg It’s holiday season here at NOTCOT, and we’re doing our annual Gift Guides, Coupons and Giveaways! Just our little way of giving a big hug to awesome brands and readers as we close out 2010!

UPDATE: Congrats to Jennifer in Northbrook, IL!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #30 is here ~ and today our friends from Kidrobot are giving away a SECOND giveaway! A Blind Box Tower of Treats from the following series: Amanda Visell’s Tic Toc Mini Series, The Simpsons Mini Series 2, Chumps Mini FIgures, and De La Soul 3 Pack. Aren’t they amazing? You can see details of each set on the next page (as well as a coupon!)… and honestly no matter what happens this holiday season, there is an inescapable joy and delight to opening a mountain of blind box toys!!! Something deviously fun about the pain and pleasure of not knowing which you’ll get perhaps?

For a chance to win, you can EITHER leave a COMMENT or TWEET @NOTCOT with #2010Toy by midnight on Dec 27th (PST) ~ tell me your favorite toy of 2010 - bonus points (that don’t effect your odds! but just for fun!) if you link a picture of it!

I’ll pick a random winner (that actually tells me their fave toy of 2010!) from from the tweets and comments! (If it’s a commenter they will be emailed, if twitter, D messaged, so make sure you’re following!)

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Fashion Embedded Technology

techcloth0.jpg This post is brought to you by Old Navy. Thanks, Old Navy, for inspiring me to rant about tech fashion!Advertisement

When faced with writing a post on technology in fashion instigated by Old Navy and their new Techno Hoodies, we went through everything we could find. It’s actually been a fascinating research project of sorts exploring what is happening in the fashionable technology world, and sadly i expected more! We need more wearable tech! Or washable, wearable tech? The easy thing was letting my mind wander in and out of scifi movies, combining things i’d find, imagining what could be next… so on the next page you’ll see a few examples of my favorite technology in fashion innovations!

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*NOTCOT in food+drink - 12.22.10 -

Bourbon Balls and Ice Brains

bourbonball1.jpg Ice balls are definitely a huge 2010 trend! Down to the last week of 2010! From The Macallan Ice Ball Machine to the Muji Silicone Ice Ball Mold… and freshly arrived from Maker’s Mark, Bourbon Ball Mold! Also i recently acquired some Fred & Friends Brain Freeze ice brains as another ice ball alternative for scotch and bourbon sipping. So check out the Maker’s Mark and Brain Freeze variations on the next page!

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Holiday Giveaway #29: CIA

ciacal0.jpg It’s holiday season here at NOTCOT, and we’re doing our annual Gift Guides, Coupons and Giveaways! Just our little way of giving a big hug to awesome brands and readers as we close out 2010!

UPDATE: Congrats to Alan in Hong Kong, Aljosa in Slovenia, Tabitha in Canada, Jacob in Atlanta, GA, Kevin in Los Angeles, CA, Stacy in Walla Walla, WA, Ian in Birmingham, AL, Angela in Clearwater, FL, Mari in Carson, CA, Dan in Tyne & Wear UK, Jörg in Berlin, Germany, and Calvin in the Philippines.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #29 is here ~ and today our friends from Central Intelligence Agency are giving away 12 of their new CIA 2011 Desk Calendar - This weekly calendar is a constant fixture on my desk, filled with awe inspiring images page after page! Sneak peek inside on the next page! As well as a look at the fun die cuts on the cover

For a chance to win leave a comment by midnight on Dec 26th (PST) ~ sharing one thing (preferably exciting! and inspiring!) you plan on doing in 2011!

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