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...repeatedly hit the jackpot. Looking for quirky, undiscovered gems, the cool-hunting blogger from Boulder, Colo., stumbled upon a renovated downtown hotel whose 61 rooms had been customized by 21 street artists from around the world. He also found-and blogged about on his site, joshspear.com-a chic shop called WoodWood that featured a wall of limited-edition sneakers. He says too many of today's cool hunters simply sift through blog posts, collecting other people's finds rather than discovering new trends on their own. That said, he concedes that he regularly combs through 300 blogs in search...
...Evers' In box, bearing the promise of something new and cool. Sometimes the sender is describing a product that's suddenly generating local buzz, like lipstick-size aromatherapy tubes in New Zealand or cone-shaped pizza in Italy. Other times it's an innovative retail concept, like customized-candy shops in Australia or American T-shirt "delis" where designs are personalized like sandwiches. The correspondence comes in from trendspotters everywhere--a coffee shop in Istanbul or a library in Taipei--all part of Evers' network of more than 7,000 volunteers, most of whom have never met--and will never...
Since buying the 1 Arrow Street storefront in 1990, Purdy has expanded the hair shop, subdividing the small space into an art gallery—featuring his own paintings and nude art photos—and an antique shop specializing in leather-bound books and Harvard paraphernalia. Though Purdy offers four different business cards, all transactions go through one cash register, and locals know the place as About Hair...
...Friday, a week after the arrest, Purdy brushed highlights onto the slick blond locks of a 58-year-old woman, brightening up her shading. She is one of many who drop by his shop to rifle through new books or chat with the man they have come to call...
Soon after, Purdy was studying books on the subject and training his employees in the skill—sometimes hiring students and other females just for the job. He built walls around a massage bed in the back of his shop and furnished it with towels, a low-lit lamp, and a small mirror angled just so above the bed. With fraying tassels and a lacy black shawl hanging from the ceiling, the room is more evocative of a Victorian boudoir than a therapeutic massage parlor...