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Friday, November 5, 2010

Two Fantastic Essays on Slate.com

I Still Love Obama. Love. Love. Love. Am I the last person in America who still adores President Obama? By Curtis Sittenfeld

Pelosi's Triumph. Democrats didn't lose the battle of 2010. They won it. By William Saletan

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I own VimLab Promotions. This is my life. VimLab Promotions is a PR, Marketing & Events firm based in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in Nightlife, Dance Music, Food, Fashion, Architecture, Benefit Events and Luxury Lifestyle. To get yourself on The VList and stay in-the-know on all the hottest events in town, enter your email at http://www.vimlab.com If you'd like to learn more about hiring VimLab to throw your next event, promote your business or get the press talking, email: natalie@vimlab.com
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  • Jennifer Davis: Paintings and Collages
  • The Tangential
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  • But You're Like Really Pretty
  • hipsters in work boots
  • Ignite Models
  • Addison & Isla
  • l'etoile magazine blog
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  • Stuff White People Like
  • Dull Diamond
  • Hope Dunbar

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My Life on the V-List - Loves It:

  • Accents
  • Acupuncture
  • Architecture
  • Argentinian Malbec
  • Autumn Colors
  • Babies
  • Ballet Flats
  • Bar Shuffleboard
  • Beaches
  • Beer Gardens in Prague
  • Biking
  • Boat Parties
  • Boating
  • Body Boarding
  • Boutique Hotels
  • Bowling
  • Bravo
  • Brazilian Jazz
  • Brunching
  • Bubble Baths
  • Bubble Tea
  • Candles
  • Candy
  • Castles
  • Champagne
  • Cheese
  • Chef Owned Restaurants
  • Cherries
  • Cherry Blosoms
  • Chocolate
  • Chocolate Covered Cherries
  • Cities
  • Classic Cocktails
  • Classical Music on a Rainy Day
  • Close Friends
  • Convertible Beetles
  • Coziness on a cold day
  • Cozy Coffee Shops
  • Cupcakes
  • Cute Neighborhoods
  • Daycations
  • Deep House
  • Deep Tissue Massages
  • Diet Dr Pepper
  • Diptyque
  • Dolphins
  • DVR
  • El Jefe (hubby)
  • Electronica
  • Europe
  • Exposed Brick
  • Fairy Tales
  • Family Snuggles
  • Farmer's Markets
  • Fashion
  • Fatboy Bean Bags
  • Fireplaces
  • Flamenco Guitar
  • Floating
  • Flowering Trees
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Fresh Cut Grass
  • Fresh Products
  • Frette Linens
  • Green Iced Tea
  • Gus' Laughter
  • Hammocks
  • Hang Gliding
  • Hanging Lanterns
  • Hardwood Floors
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Hot Tea
  • Hot Tubs
  • Hotel Beds
  • Ice Cream Cones
  • Ice Skating
  • Iced Coffee w/white chocolate
  • iPhone
  • iPod Touch
  • Italy
  • Japanese Gardens
  • Jewelery
  • Kaskade
  • Kate Spade Bags
  • Kayaking
  • L'occitaine
  • Laguna Beach
  • Lakes
  • Laughing
  • Lavender
  • Lilacs
  • Lilies
  • Live Music
  • Loft Living
  • Lounging in my Rooftop Garden
  • Luxury
  • Mac Book Air
  • Mani/Pedis
  • Martinis
  • Mattisse
  • Mexican Food
  • Mimosa Saturdays
  • Modern Design
  • Museums
  • Nature
  • Orchids
  • Our Swing
  • Outdoor Pools
  • Photography
  • Picking Berries/Fruits
  • Ping Pong
  • Playing the Piano
  • Plush Bathrobes
  • Pop Culture
  • Reading
  • Redwood Forests
  • Rhondedendrons
  • Ritz Carltons
  • Road Trips
  • Rooftop Decks
  • Rose Gardens
  • Russian River
  • Sea Turtles
  • Seasons
  • Seven Jeans
  • Shellac Manicures
  • Shopping
  • Snorkeling
  • Snow
  • Soho
  • Spring
  • Steam Rooms
  • Storybook Towns in Europe
  • Sunflowers in Random Places
  • Sushi
  • Swanky Events
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Texas Hold'em
  • Thai Yoga Massage
  • The Onion
  • Theater
  • Thin Mints
  • Tiki Kitsch
  • Toddlers
  • Trains
  • Travel
  • Tulips
  • Ultra Lounge CDs
  • Van Gogh
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vegas Pool Parties
  • VimLab Events
  • Violets
  • VIP sections
  • W Hotels
  • Waterfalls
  • Whales
  • White Water River Rafting
  • Whodunnits
  • Wind Chimes
  • Wine Bars
  • Yoga

Best TV Shows As Determined By Me

  • 30 Rock
  • Arrested Development
  • Big Love
  • Bored To Death
  • Breaking Bad
  • Californication
  • Colbert Report
  • Community
  • Dexter
  • Entourage
  • Episodes
  • Glee
  • Gossip Girl
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Hung
  • Mad Men
  • My Life on the D-List
  • Nip/Tuck
  • Nurse Jackie
  • Outsourced
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Party Down
  • Portlandia
  • Project Runway
  • Real Housewives of NJ/NY/OC/Miami
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
  • Seinfeld
  • Sex and the City
  • SNL
  • South Park
  • The Big C
  • The Daily Show
  • The Office
  • The Sopranos
  • The Soup
  • Top Chef
  • True Blood
  • United States of Tara
  • Weeds

Favorite Music - It's A Mixed Bag, Baby

  • A Fine Frenzy
  • Adele
  • Air
  • Amy Winehouse
  • Andy Caldwell
  • Astrud Gilberto
  • Bebel Gilberto
  • Ben Watt
  • Billie Holiday
  • Bitter:Sweet
  • Blonde Redhead
  • Blue Six
  • Chris Lake
  • Chuck Love
  • Colette
  • Crystal Castles
  • Cut Copy
  • David Alvarado
  • Deadmau5
  • Death Cab For Cutie
  • Dee Lite
  • Duffy
  • Eberg
  • Edith Piaf
  • EDX
  • Ellen Ferrato
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Esthero
  • Everything But The Girl
  • Feist
  • Florence + The Machine
  • Friendly Fires
  • Gabriel & Dresden
  • Goldfrapp
  • Groove Armada
  • Hotel Costes
  • Imogen Heap/Frou Frou
  • Inara George
  • Iron & Wine
  • Jamiroquai
  • Jenny Lewis
  • Kanye West
  • Kaskade
  • Keane
  • Kings of Convenience
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Lady Gaga
  • Lamb
  • Late Night Alumni
  • Lenka
  • Lily Allen
  • Madonna
  • Mark Farina
  • Marques Wyatt
  • Massive Attack
  • MGMT
  • Missy Higgins
  • Moloko
  • Mono
  • Morgan Page
  • Ms. John Soda
  • Mum
  • Nelly Furtado
  • Nouvelle Vague
  • Phoenix
  • Portishead
  • Rihanna
  • Rilo Kiley
  • Royksopp
  • Rufus Wainwright
  • Samantha James
  • Sebastian Ingrosso
  • Sia
  • Snow Patrol
  • Soulstice
  • Spoon
  • Stereolab
  • Sufjan Stevens
  • Supreme Beings of Leisure
  • Telepopmusik
  • Tennis Hero
  • The Bird and The Bee
  • The Gossip
  • The Postal Service
  • The Temper Trap
  • The Ting Tings
  • Thievery Corporation
  • Tricky
  • Viva Voce
  • Weekend Players
  • William Orbit
  • Zero 7

Favorite Restaurants - MN

  • 112 Eatery
  • Alma
  • Bar La Grassa
  • Barrio
  • Bev's Wine Bar
  • Bin Wine Bar
  • Black Sheep Pizza
  • Bradstreet Crafthouse
  • Brasa
  • Broder's
  • Bulldog NE
  • Dancing Ganesha
  • Eli's
  • Fusion
  • Haute Dish
  • Heidi's Mpls
  • Honey
  • La Belle Vie Lounge
  • Los Ocampos
  • Lurcat
  • Muffaletta
  • NE Social
  • Ngon
  • Nick + Eddie
  • Ping's
  • Pizza Nea
  • Red Stag Supper Club
  • Sapor
  • Thom Pham's Wonderous Azian Kitchen
  • Tilia
  • Toast Wine Bar
  • Travail
  • Tum Rup Thai
  • Urban Eatery
  • W.A. Frost

MLotVL Approved Coffeehouses/Cafes

  • Aster Cafe
  • Birchwood
  • Black Dog
  • Butter
  • Cake Eater Bakery
  • Corner Coffee
  • French Meadow
  • Java J's
  • Moose & Sadie's
  • Sebastian Joe's
  • Spyhouse
  • Tea Garden
  • Urban Bean
  • Wilde Roast

Most beautiful places I have visited and highly recommend checking out

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Anacortes, WA
  • Ashland, OR
  • Bahamas
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Borgo a Mozzanno, Italy
  • Boston, MA
  • Boulder, CO
  • Bruges, Belgium
  • Brussels, Belgium
  • Calistoga, CA
  • Cambria, CA
  • Central Park, NYC
  • Cinque Terre, Italy
  • Flathead Lake, Montana
  • Florence, Italy
  • Glacier Park, Montana
  • Grand Cayman Islands
  • Half Moon Bay, CA
  • Heidelberg, Germany
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Interlaaken, Switzerland
  • Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
  • Kauai, Hawaii
  • La Jolla, CA
  • Laguna Beach, CA
  • Lake Como, Italy
  • Lake Superior, MN
  • Lake Tahoe, CA
  • London, England
  • Los Cabos, Mexico
  • Lucca, Italy
  • Malibu, CA
  • Mammoth Lakes, CA
  • Mendocino, CA
  • Mill Valley, CA
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica
  • Monterey, CA
  • Montreal, Canada
  • Napa, CA
  • New England in the Fall
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Oahu, Hawaii
  • Paris, France
  • Portland, OR
  • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Redwood National Forest, CA
  • Rockport, MA
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Russian River, CA
  • Salzburg, Austria
  • San Clemente, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • Sausalito, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Solvang, CA
  • Sonoma, CA
  • South Beach, FL
  • St. Helena, CA
  • The Hamptons, NY
  • Tiburon, CA
  • Vancouver, BC
  • Willamette Valley, OR
  • Yountville, CA

cities i love

  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Boston, MA
  • Florence, Italy
  • London, England
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Montreal, QC
  • New York, NY
  • Paris, France
  • Portland, OR
  • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Salzburg, Austria
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • South Beach, FL
  • Vancouver, BC

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My Life on the V-List - Hates It:

  • Airport Bars
  • American Idol
  • Ann Coulter
  • Bernie Madoff
  • Bill O'Reilly
  • Blackwater
  • Carson Daly
  • Cats
  • Celine Dion
  • Chain Restaurants
  • Clear Channel
  • Commercial Radio
  • Dancing with the Stars
  • Dane Cook - Not Funny
  • Dick Cheney
  • Dodge Intrepids
  • Dubya
  • Family Guy
  • Fast Food Chains (Except for In-n-Out)
  • Flakes
  • Fox News
  • Girls who say "Us Girls"
  • Glenn Beck
  • Granite Countertops
  • Grapefruit
  • Guidos
  • Guns
  • Jay Leno
  • Justin Bieber
  • Karl Rove
  • Ke$ha
  • Linked In
  • McMansions
  • Mini-vans
  • Murals
  • Oversized SUVs
  • Passive Aggressive People
  • People Who Can't Figure Out How To Use the Proper Too/Two, Know/Now, Their/There
  • PT Cruisers
  • Reggae - No Thanks, Mon
  • Rush Limbaugh
  • Ryan Seacrest
  • Sarah Palin
  • Smoking
  • So You Think You Can Dance
  • Star Jones
  • Strip Malls
  • Stupid People Who Repeat Fox News Talking Points
  • Suburbs
  • Survivor
  • Teabaggers
  • Ticketmaster
  • Twitter
  • Vicki from Real Housewives of OC
  • Wal-mart
  • Wild West
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