Why are America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway set in Los Angeles?

Chill it ladies, stop fighting, you won!

I used to write about this topic in my old blog and it still frustrates me to end.  The fashion capital of the US is New York City.  The city certainly takes its place among Milan and Paris as the trinity of fashion capitals of the world. So why is both ANTM and Project Runway being held in LA? Oh the shows will talk about how LA is a fashion mecca and how Hollywood is there… blah blah blah.  Yes Hollywood is in LA but it is not a fashion mecca.

The  shows are shot in LA because the hosts of each show live and work there.  Tyra has her talk show based there.  In Heidi’s case she not only drags Project Runway over but she also makes Germany’s Next Top Model film most of their show in LA.

These fashion shows need to be in NYC.  The show suffers when judges like Michael Kors and Nina Garcia can’t get away from NYC to film.  This rings true of guest designer judges as well.  Lindsay Lohan is not a replacement for a designer!

The tiny spoon trend in Chinese restaurants

An itsy bitsy spoon

I went out for sunday lunch today. Immediately after sitting down I noticed the size of the spoons.  If you’re familiar with Chinese restaurants (in Vancouver anyways) the average Chinese porcelain spoon is a fairly substantial spoon.  It typically has twice the spooning capacity of a tablespoon. The spoon sitting in front of me today was barely a tea spoon.

This is probably the third time in the past two weeks I’ve seen a tiny spoon.  It makes me wonder if the restaurants think that if they use smaller utensils; that the customers will think they’re getting a larger serving.

FYI That restaurant I went today was Shanghai Village on Cambie and 16th.  It’s fairly new and spoons aside we did have a pleasant meal.

Vancouver needs more Fly London Shoes and Boots

These boots and shoes really flew (groan, hahaha) out at me.

Camper Fall 2009 Boots and Shoes

I do run a shoe store.  Here are some hot Camper Styles that have arrived recently.  I’m pretty sure Kris + Cris Shoes has the biggest selection of Camper shoes and boots in Vancouver.  It may even be the biggest in Western Canada!