Where can you find beautiful princesses, charming princes, 7 hard working dwarfs, talking mice, scary pirates, and delicious clam chowder? Why Disneyland of course! Disneyland has decided to treat us with a free birthday pass for 2009. Free? yes! For all the people who need to get in touch with their inner child, this is the perfect opportunity. Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Log Jammer, Indian Jones Adventure and who can forget Disney’s nightly fireworks show Remember … Dream Do Come True. Rides galore! 

Disney’s to do: Register yourself—and your children too, if you want. Print the reminder email with its confirmation message that you will receive 2 weeks prior to your birthday to redeem free admission on your birthday in 2009. Bring proper ID and your confirmation message to the Main Entrance ticket booths outside the Disneyland® Resort Theme Parks. If you are an Annual Passholder or already have a Multi-Day ticket you will use on your birthday, go ahead and register and bring the free admission on your birthday confirmation and proper ID to the ticket booth so you can choose from one of our other exciting birthday gifts instead. 

More details at Disney Free Birthday Pass 2009

You’re inner child is calling. 

If you’ve caught The Hills, you would know that LC has been sporting the asymmetric braid all season. Braids are pretty much a staple for Californians this fall. Bohemians Chic, braids have made a monster come back. Whether you’re catching coffee at the local Bean or getting ready for a night out, braids can give you and your outfit that extra oomph.  Free People rocks the “oh so care free” braids in this season’s catalogue. Added bonus, Free People created a how-to page matched with how-to videos.  For more details, visit Free People’s page

Featured Braids: The Knot Braid, The Fishbone Braid, and The Twist Braid

Monica from Free People shows us how to construct the Knot Braid

Keep in mind, these braids are more suited for women with long hair. If you’re like me and recovering from the Pbob, it may be better to let this trend slip by.  

What’s better than Damier Azur? Why it’s alter ego Damier Graphite. For those late bloomers who have yet to discover this awesome new men’s line from Louis Vuitton, Damier Graphite is an ultra masculine version of Damier Azur. Charcol and black, Damier Graphite’s design tantalizes any fashionista’s (male or female) desires. 

The Damier Graphite premiers for Louis Vuitton’s Men’s 2008-09 Fall/Winter collection. 

Photographer: Daniel Sannwald

Theme: A futuristic shoot

Images: Vogue Japan

One of my favorite rappers rocking the tres chic Damier Graphite design (T.I.)

For ladies who cringe at the thought of carrying a white purse because she knows she’ll drip coffee, drop chocolate, or make a nasty pen mark, we can anxiously await for Louis Vuitton to come out with the Damier Graphite print for ladies’ accessories. 

Special thanks to Louis Vuittion Addicted for supplying the best addiction for all things Louis Vuitton  

Who hasn’t heard of Shopbop? As one of the leaders in online stores for premium clothes, Shopbop is a site where most women could only window shop. Stacked with endless premium brands and fantastic photo galleries, a woman could not knowingly waste her week night browsing their site. 

Well Shopbop has this fantastic deal. For all items already marked 50-70% off, customers can save another 20% off. Whoa, that’s an incredible saving on brands such as Jill Stuart, Alive + Olivia, James Perse, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Theory, Anna Sui and Ella Moss.  

Simply enter promo code “savethepig” at check out and redeem your additional 20% off. Offer ends this thursday, September 11 at 11:59 PST. As always, Shopbop provides free shipping on all products in the lower 48 US states. 

Happy Shopping Fashionistas!

Finally Topshop is coming to the states. In Fall 2008, all that cute UK clothes readily available to us Americans. Actually, it’s only readily available for New Yorkers. Topshop will open their flagship store in SOHO, New York. No one can argue that Topshop has some seriously cute UK sty-lo. I especially love their jackets! Military, princess sleeves, trench, so many styles so little money. Don’t get me started on how much I adore UK fashion. 

And as an added bonus, Kate Moss has launched her own line and decided to bless us with a free Starlight charity shirt. It’s FREE for the first couple of US customers (while supplies last). Unfortunately I’m not in the area, but New York fashionistas please help yourself.

So please, please do me a favor and check out Topshop in New York. I can’t wait to check it out myself when I visit in November.  They even have a section for petites! Yey for little people who need little clothes.

Happy Shopping fashionistas!

It’s no secret that over 75% of the market still uses Internet Explorer. They (as in the online media) say that Google Chrome has been labeled as an IE killer. Question is, does Google have the credibility to convince the average user to switch from IE and try Chrome? Aside from people like us (who are willing to download anything the all-mighty-Google releases) the average user may not be as daring and willing to adjust. Humans are a creature of habit. I must say, Chrome is pretty quick. Aside from faster page loads, I even notice my vertical scroll bar having greater sensitivity. Go Google!

Pros:

• Faster Page Load
• Simplified tool bar
• Sleek User Interface
• “Favorites” dashboard shortcut
• Open source