the goods
Personality Test
andrew zaleski
Photos (clockwise from top left): Courtesy of Woofound; photo by Lindsay Bottos-Sewell; Photo by JoJo Johan
With Woofound (www.woofound.com), aimlessly searching for stuff to do is a thing of the past. It’s like Pandora Internet radio for experiences, says co-CEO Dan Sines. Launched in Baltimore in the fall, Woofound curates experiences by showing users a series of slides featuring different activities and locations—an art gallery opening or a restaurant downtown—and having them tag slides as “Me” or “Not me.” Over time, Woofound figures out what you enjoy doing most and offers suggestions for what to do based on where you are and your unique sensibilities. As of last month, Woofound is available as an iPhone app.
Moving On Up
andrew zaleski Patrick Sutton Home (700 President St.; 410-605-0196; www.patricksuttonhome.com), the home furnishings boutique that bears the name of the prominent local interior designer, relocated to Harbor East last month. “It’s a little bit more intimate,” says manager Stacy Connelly of the new space. Inside are a variety of items with a distinctively European style—home fragrances, linens, antique and vintage chests, mirrors, and case goods—as well as pieces designed by Patrick Sutton himself, including bookshelves and coffee tables. Design services by trained design consultants, which include a forty-five-minute in-home consultation followed by in-store design work and a final presentation, are also offered at $300 per room.
If the Shoe Fits
andrew zaleski Aaron LaCrate has come a long way from airbrushing T-shirts in the basement of his childhood rowhouse in Highlandtown. (“The creative hub of the universe,” he says.) In April, the part-DJ, part-producer, part-streetwear designer released his exclusive line of handmade New Balance 577 sneakers (www.sneakersnstuff.com), for which he designed the colorways in February 2010. A collaboration with the New Balance factory in England, Stockholm-based shoe store Sneakersnstuff, and LaCrate’s Milkcrate Athletics clothing label, the shoes cost about $200 and are a “limited global release,” he says.
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