An indoor solution for the balcony and allotment-less urban dweller.

The word parasite carries with it some nasty connotations, particularly for the independent young urbanite. There’s the bloodcurdling kind (rats scrambling into crevices pitted into the tracks of the F train, e.g.)and then there’s the human kind (roommate, from hell). Both are pretty nasty.

The pullover with a high collared neck still has a powerful allure that communicates, “I’m different.”

ColumnWhen simple just doesn’t suffice.

“Why is bone luging a thing?”

It was 3:30 on a Monday afternoon and this had to be the oddest text of the day.

“I did not know if this was a new foodie thing to do,” my friend followed up by way of explanation.

When you write a column on food, your friends and colleagues often take it upon themselves to one-up you on knowing what the latest and hippest thing in the food world is. And they’re often pretty successful.

EcoSalon’s favorite quotes to meditate on.

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation. –Raul Julia

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises. –Johannes Tauler

EcoSalon’s weekly playlist pick from 8tracks.

The fact that we have a thing for Florence + The Machine is nothing new. Which is why when Florence + The Machine vs. The World popped up on recommended playlists, I knew I was going to love it. Mixes and mashups with Florence Welch’s beautiful vocals are sure to get you energized on a Monday.

The monastic and ordered realm of the design perfectionist.

Last week, the world learned of a certain breed of human known as the design perfectionist. They’re a type driven by symmetry, aesthetics, distinct lines and extreme minimalism. So extreme in fact, that many who eschew design most, consider common sense in favor of streamlined simplicity.

Column“Best regards and please continue to bark up the right tree.”

These were the closing words of wisdom I received from Oliver Heintz, founder and managing director behind BARK CLOTH®. His email salutation is potentially playful or maybe meant to leave a mark on your memory. Regardless, through this signature, I was inevitably inspired to trek deeper into deconstructing the fibers of the forest, to uncover the origins of two sustainable materials in particular: bark cloth and Lenzing’s tencel.

10 ways to say the famous J.R.R. Tolkien quote.

Pas tous ceux qui errent sont perdus. – French

Nicht alle, die wandern, gehen verloren. – German

भटकने वाले सभì (bhataknay waley sabhi log gum nahi(n) hotey). – Hindi

Non tutti quelli che vagano si perdono. - Italian

Non totus quisnam flos es lost. - Latin

Law pain i reviar mistar aen. - Sindarin (a fictional Elvish language)

Nu toti cei care hoinaresc sunt rataciti. – Romanian

Níl gach uile fhánaí caillte. - Scottish Gaelic

No todos los que vagan andan perdidos. – Spanish

Inte alla som vandrar går vilse. - Swedish

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