Many of you have probably noticed the mouth-watering posts from our newest food oriented contributor, Lilly Stein. We figured it was time to give her a proper introduction– so without further Adieu, welcome to the team Lilly! Lilly Stein was born in Milwaukee, was raised in and currently resides in Cupertino, California. She developed her palette at an early age with her foodie family. Her mother has a degree in nutrition, had her own cooking show and was a flavor creator for Marshall Fields. Lilly's grandparents’ hobbies include taking classes at the CIA (that's Culinary Institute of America not the spy agency). Lilly has a passion for branding, a way with words, and a thing for the color pink. She is currently co-owner and CMO of Hello Delicious, a new online gourmet boutique. You will often find her with her laptop with a 5 shot non-fat sugar free vanilla latte…or with a flute of Veuve Clicquot.

“Awww yeah. You found Humble Voice.” This is the message that greets you when you visit Humble Voice, a new kind of peer to peer network — or shall I say, artist to artist network — that really gets who ‘we’ are. By ‘we,’ I mean those of us who like the idea of the social network, but don’t think the ones that currently exist cater to our needs as artists and fans of the arts. Humble Voice is organized around different genres of the arts: music, photography, art, word, and video. The interface is really intuitive and offers access to local and widespread audiences to both create and view artist profiles. You can also earn points by basically ‘being active’ on Humble Voice– then redeem points for merchandise and other special offers. I’ve included the Waking Rothko screenshot here so you can get a feel for the clean interface. Sign up and check this puppy out.

Burton is well known for keeping riders covered and comfy on the mountain, and if this year’s SIA proved anything, they intend to keep it that way with some amazing product developments set to show in next fall’s gear line-up. Weird, then, that the item creating the most buzz has nothing to do with actually being on the mountain, but everything to do with getting you there. It looks like the jet-set riders at Burton, sick of neck kinks and jet lag messing with their style after long flights to the freshest powder, took matters into their own hands and developed the Burton Sleeper Hoodie. Set for release sometime in the early fall (I’m guessing September), the Sleeper Hoodie incorporates “comfy as hell” styling and materials with all the necessities you normally have to carry on in order to make flights bearable. The list reads: integrated neck pillow in the hood, pull down light shield to block out nasty rays, cuff thumb holes, internal iPod / ticket / passport pocket, stash pocket with earplugs, and pit zips (because you sure can work up a sweat sleeping). And it looks really, really good. Whoa, Burton… I’m impressed. It doesn’t look like there will be a girl version of this, which, ahem, they should reconsider, but as far as I can tell, that could be the only flaw in this smarter-than-me sweater.

Via Complex

Our friend Christopher Cox (the genius behind ChangeTheThought) has a solo exhibition tomorrow in Denver at The 400. He’s calling the show “Pop It Like It’s Hot”– since a lot of his work is influenced by street culture and is essentially pop art. He’s got a ton of new work framed and ready to take home– he’ll also be unveiling 3 new t-shirts and hoodie designs at the show. Music, free food, free drinks, and free love. Drop by if you’re in the Denver area, full invite after the jump.
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“Valentine’s Day is like herpes: just when you think its gone for good, it rears its ugly head once more. No wonder some people prefer to call it VD.” That’s the mantra of Be My Anti-Valentine, an online card service for those of you who can’t stand February 14th. Don’t get me wrong, I do have a romantic bone in my body, and I think Valentine’s Day has inspired some great products– but I just have to agree with these guys that Valentines Day is vacuous and unnecessary holiday. If you play nice during the rest of the year, you shouldn’t need a day like this to ‘make up for’ anything– especially to the benefit of huge companies that make it their business to tell you that you need to ‘make this Valentine’s Day the best and most special yet (and that entails buying our product).’ Some of these messages are pretty harsh, but you’ll get a good laugh out of them. In with love, out with V-day!

In the fashion world, photography is everything. Photos convey the arty and sometimes blurry language of fashion into something seductive and clear to the average eye. The Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Album is a large format (heavy) book that documents in stunning fashion the past twenty years of both D&G photography and the magazine articles that top publications have dedicated to D&G. To me, D&G has the perfect combination of expertise and ‘edgy’ to produce a book of this genre and magnitude. The cheapest price I can find on Amazon is $122, but for a super high quality book consisting of over 400 pages of art, I don’t think the price is insane. If you are a fashion buff, photography buff, both, or just want to have an impressive book to adorn your new coffee table, the Fashion Album is a must have.