Anything's an excuse for a sale these days. Don't you love it? Used to be, we just had Black Friday. There was one day a year when all sorts of consumer products—like TVs, tech, and kitchen appliances—went on discount. Then there came seasonal style sales, but then things got out of control. The only industry that had adopted year-round sales were mattress and furniture sellers who were always Going Out Of Business. Nowadays? Well, there's a sale for everything. This week, it's Leap Day. There's sales classic sneakers like Chuck Taylors and absolutely of-the-moment training shoes like On runners. There's mattresses, of course. But then there's an aimless assortment of vacuums, Arc'teryx jackets, waxed bags, waxed jackets, and (strangest of all) caviar. I don't really know what to tell you. It's like an internet yard sale. Get in on the best Leap Day deals, and find some weird shit to buy. |
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The famed French label has some heavy hitters in its arsenal. These are the ones you need to know. |
| The stand-up comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm star died at 76 years old. |
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I'm a spontaneous travel type. My girlfriend will try to plan a trip a year in advance, and you could not pay me to care. But, if I see a last-minute hotel or flight deal, I'm telling her to call in sick—we're taking it. It's annoying for her, but I love it. It's the only way to get a good deal! If you want to stay at the best new hotels in prime destinations like Paris or New York City for anything under market price, you have to be spontaneous. And wouldn't you know it, I've been blessed by the booking gods with a bunch of random Leap Day deals. |
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Despite the governor being a fly in the ointment, the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion will now go forth to the Mississippi Senate. |
| Facebook launched, The Apprentice premiered, Janet Jackson's nipple was exposed. It all seemed so innocent! If only we knew then what we know now. |
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For years now, Pierre Thiam has been patiently waiting for everyone else to catch up with him. You can look at that in a variety of ways. There is, first of all, the unstoppable engine of his enterprise. In recent years, he has published four cookbooks, opened two of his Teranga restaurants in New York City, developed an array of food products with a company called Yolélé, and collaborated with Brooklyn Brewery's Garrett Oliver on a series of wildly popular beers that incorporate African ingredients. Trim and scholarly and unfailingly polite, with a demeanor that calls to mind a university professor more than a chef, Thiam has arguably, over the past two decades, done more than anyone else in the United States to raise awareness of the culinary traditions of Senegal, where he was born. But those are merely the points on his résumé. What Thiam is really after is to change the way the world eats, the way the world does business with Africa, and the way we take care of the world. |
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 I'm not built for New York City winter, but my boots absolutely are. Before moving to the city, I lived in Georgia for 20 years straight, and I can count on one hand the number of times we got snow. But, because my family is outdoorsy and my dad is old-fashioned, I've always had a pair of leather shitkicking boots that stood up to rain. Now I know they also hold up in snow, mud, and any other shit this city has to offer. We require a lot from a pair of boots. In the warm months, they've got to perform. In the cold months, they've got to perform even harder. No boot is better equipped for all that the elements have to offer year-round than the American-made Danner Mountain Light II, and no pair looks better than this. |
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At least, Gucci's new Re-Web Sneaker are. |
| For your cards, your cash, and your convenience. |
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There's good news and bad news. Bad first: The Republicans are about to nominate for president a guy facing 91 felony charges. We've got racketeering down in Georgia, the classified documents case in Florida, and what's that last one? Ah yes, those pesky conspiracy and obstruction charges relating January 6. (And these are just his problems in criminal court!) Now the good news: All of us here at the shebeen invite you to our next live conference call with Charles P. Pierce, available only to annual subscribers of The Politics Blog, to discuss all of it. On Wednesday, March 13, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET Charlie and I will host a call for subscribers to ask questions live throughout the call, and picking from some submitted when you sign up. I have a few burning questions for Charlie, and we're guessing you do, too. |
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Right now, you can snag an extra 30% off sale styles. |
| In Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, Ryan Murphy takes on the Esquire yarn that ruined Capote's standing with his society friends. We tracked down Esquire staffers from that time to get the skinny on how it all went down. |
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We're back in the government shutdown drama again. Tuesday was the day when everybody gets together and says all the right things about how they're dedicated to getting the work done. This is a scene in this moth-eaten drama that's played out before. It gives everyone something to yell "bad faith!" a couple of days closer to the deadline when everybody starts getting nervous. |
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