BEAUTY MOMENTS

ph: Self Service + Vogue Japan

Two gorgeous beauty moments. Bambi is such a babe!
I'm thinking of trying this polish to get that metallic rainbow effect.

Aristocratic Motorcyclist

Aristocratic Motorcyclist.
Vintage Motorcycles Deluxe Posters.

Stockholm riders

...and don't forget the famous Rockers vs Mods Stockholm Reunion!

LEOPARD, STRIPES + A DIET COKE

1. T by Alexander Wang Linen Striped Long Sleeve Tee
2. Stella McCartney Round Sunglasses
3. Assad Mounser Gunmetal-Plated Chain and Printed Silk Necklace
4. MiH Jeans Paris Cropped Mid-Rise Jeans
5. Jerome Dreyfuss Bobi Haircalf Messenger Bag
6. Diet Coke goodness
7. Casio Stainless Steel 3 Dials Watch
8. 3.1 Phillip Lim Delia Chelsea Booties

As some of you know from twitter, I have a bit of a Diet Coke obsession, so I am super pumped for the Glamour Magazine + Diet Coke party happening next week- It's always fun when two of my favorites collide! The party is in celebration of the new sleek can design + to celebrate the winning design of a Diet Coke t-shirt, which will be available at Target. Also, If you're in the NYC area next week, there will be mannequins styled with the t-shirt throughout the city where they will be giving away all sorts of goodies! Follow Diet Coke on twitter + facebook for more info.

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Diet Coke. The opinions, as always, are my own.

Road at night

Awesome image.

The Cult

Great album!

GWEN

ph: Just Jared

Oh Gwen Stefani, how I love you. Can I please look this amazing at 42?!

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Half a gigameter of biking navigation in 12 countries in Google Maps for Android

Whether you’re a seasoned century rider or a casual beach cruiser, finding the best biking routes can be a challenge. That’s why today we’re bringing mobile biking directions and navigation to the 10 countries where we launched desktop biking directions last month (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK). Plus, we’re adding turn-by-turn, voice-guided biking navigation to Google Maps Navigation (beta) in every country with biking directions. Mount your device on your handlebars to see the turn-by-turn directions and navigation, or use speaker-mode to hear voice-guided directions.

Turn-by-turn biking navigation in Copenhagen

We know there are lots of ways to get from here to there, which is why in 2010, we added biking directions to Google Maps in the U.S. and Canada, and continue to work to bring more biking features to more places. Today, there are more than 330,000 miles (equal to more than 530,000 kilometers, or half a gigameter) of green biking lines in Google Maps. Dark green lines on the map show dedicated bike trails and paths with no motor vehicles, light green lines show streets with bike lanes and dashed green lines show other streets recommended for cycling. Biking navigation even helps you avoid steep hills.

Bike layer showing recommended streets for cycling in Stockholm

Where Map Maker and biking directions are both available, riders can add bike trails, lanes and suggested routes to Google Maps, helping to create a more comprehensive map for everyone living in or visiting their community. Thanks to the contributions of members of the biking community like Todd Scott and our partnership with nonprofits like Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, we’ve added bike data for hundreds of cities and trails to Google Maps in the past two-and-a-half years.

When you’re pedaling from Point A to Point B, we hope biking navigation will make Google Maps for Android more useful to you.

Posted by Larry Powelson, Software Engineer, Google Maps

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long blog)

Ariel Motorcycles

Ariel Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Birmingham. It was one of the leading innovators in British motorcycling, and was part of the Ariel marque. The company was sold to BSA in 1944 but the Ariel name survived until 1970.

Coyote

Chi si ricorda questa diabolica auto nella serie televisiva Hardcastle & McCormick?
Noi si, sopratutto il rombo della sigla!

JUST FEMALE

1 | 2 | 3

Been obsessed with Just Female since last spring (remember this post?), so I was excited to see what they'd have in store for fall- my favorite season. Adore the over-sized fits + slouchy knits!
You can check out more of their fall collection >> here.

Making it easier to cast your ballot

The first presidential nominating convention, held in 1832, was meant to give Americans a voice in the selection of the presidential nominee. Fast forward to 2012 and these conventions still represent a major moment in American politics—and we’re helping the conventions reach a larger audience by being the official live stream provider and social networking platform for the Republican National Convention in Tampa and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

In conjunction with our on-the-ground efforts, we’re making a number of online tools available to help you get organized and informed as Election Day approaches.

Get informed
Our Google Politics & Elections site enables you to see the latest Google News, YouTube videos, search and video trends, and Google+ content about the election in one place. You can also visit our live Elections Hub to watch the national political conventions, debates and even election night LIVE right from your mobile phone or laptop.

Register to vote
To make it easy to navigate the rules and deadlines about registering to vote and how to vote by mail, we put together an online voter guide. We’ve also added a special section to make it easier for military and overseas voters to find information about their different rules and deadlines.

As we approach the final days of the election, we’ll continue to develop useful ways for voters and campaigns to engage one another around the important issues in 2012.

We hope these tools will help you stay informed and participate in the election!

Posted by Eric Hysen, Google Politics & Elections Team

Isle of Man Stamp

Isle of Man old stamp.

Rock n' Roll Baby

'my dad is a rocker...'

BEAUTY: SIMPLE STATEMENTS

ph: Ben Pogue / Oyster

Bold brows, embellished nails, burgundy lips + subtle liner- all simple beauty statements for fall.
I'm dying to try those nails! The only embellishments I've found are these. Any other recs?

HD Motorcycles

Rimanendo il tema 'USA'...

Bikini made in USA

Buona settimana...imparate l'inglese e visitate il continente americano, con le sue città e sue vallate...

Have a nice week!

Caribbean Buccaneers tee

Ride free with this great T-shirt!
CaraibiRockers tee Model Soul Vanquishers

http://caraibirockers.bigcartel.com/product/soul-vanquishers

UNEXPECTED COOL

ph: A Love Is Blind

Loving this! I'd never think to put these pieces together- Normally navy jackets with gold buttons come across as prim + preppy, but she makes it look super cool + laid back.

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Leaving tomorrow

Che partiate in auto (magari con una fantastica 'old school muscle car' come questa), treno o moto...buon fine settimana!

Cerveceria Hacienda Mexico

Cheers!

MODEL CRUSH: BROOKE PERRY

ph: Anthony Arquier / Bellazon

Brooke Perry. Gorgeous. Enough said. Click below to see her in a range of great pieces, including a swoon-worthy pair of burgundy leather pants! Plus, find out to how to get each look...









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Hi there!

Thanks for the picture Mary!

Birmingham Small Arms

Nice BSA draw!

Google Maps heads north...way north

Search for [cambridge bay] on Google Maps and you’ll fly to a tiny hamlet located deep in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut in Canada’s Arctic, surrounded by an intricate lacework of tundra, waterways and breaking ice. High above the Arctic circle, it’s a place reachable only by plane or boat. Zoom in on the map, and this isolated village of 1,500 people appears as only a handful of streets, with names like Omingmak (“musk ox”) Street and Tigiganiak (“fox”) Road.


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Cambridge Bay in Google Maps
There are 4,000 years’ worth of stories waiting to be told on this map. Today, we’re setting out on an ambitious mission to tell some of those stories and to build the most comprehensive map of the region to date. It is the furthest north the Google Maps Street View team has traveled in Canada, and our first visit to Nunavut. Using the tools of 21st century cartography, we’re empowering a community and putting Cambridge Bay on the proverbial map of tomorrow.

The hamlet of Cambridge Bay
We’re not doing it alone, but with the help of the community and residents like Chris Kalluk. We first met Chris, who works for the nonprofit Nunavut Tunngavik, last September at our Google Earth Outreach workshop in Vancouver, where he learned how to edit Google Maps data using Google Map Maker. Today Chris played host to a community Map Up event in Cambridge Bay, where village elders, local mapping experts and teenagers from the nearby high school gathered around a dozen Chromebooks and used Map Maker to add new roads, rivers and lakes to the Google Map of Cambridge Bay and Canada's North. But they didn’t stop there. Using both English and Inuktitut, one of Nunavut’s official languages, they added the hospital, daycare, a nine-hole golf course, a territorial park and, finally, the remnants of an ancient Dorset stone longhouse which pre-dates Inuit culture.

Catherine Moats, a member of the Google Map Maker Team, working with Chris Kalluk and others at the Community Map Up.
Now we’re pedaling the Street View trike around the gravel roads of the hamlet and using a tripod—the same used to capture business interiors—to collect imagery of these amazing places. We’ll train Chris and others in the community to use some of this equipment so they can travel to other communities in Nunavut and continue to build the most comprehensive and accurate map of Canada’s Arctic. As Chris put it to us, “This is a place with a vast amount of local knowledge and a rich history. By putting these tools in the hands of our people, we will tell Nunavut’s story to the world.”

The Street View Trike collecting imagery of Cambridge Bay.
So stay tuned, world. We look forward to sharing with you the spectacular beauty and rich culture of Canada’s Arctic—one of the most isolated places on the planet that will soon be, thanks to the people of Cambridge Bay, just a click away.

Posted by Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Google Earth Outreach team

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long Blog and new Google Canada Blog)

The U.S. election, live on YouTube

Today we’re introducing the YouTube Elections Hub, a one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions, see Google+ Hangouts with power brokers behind the scenes, and watch a live stream of the official Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. You won’t need to go anywhere else for the must-watch moments of this election cycle...they’re all happening on the Hub live.

In addition to videos from politicians and parties, a diverse range of news organizations—both established names in media and sought-after new voices—are sharing their coverage of the political process on the new hub. You’ll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race—from the conventions to the debates to election night.



Of course, we’ll have special live coverage around the Republican National Convention from August 27 to 30, the Democratic National Convention from September 4-6, the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates in October, and election night. Bookmark the Elections Hub now for a front row seat along the road to the White House.

Posted by Olivia Ma, YouTube News Manager

(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)

CASUAL CHIC • COACH LEGACY COLLECTION

Majorly crushing on the new Coach Legacy Collection! All the pieces are so clean + classic that they easily fit with any personal style, so when I was asked to pick some of my favorites, my mind ran wild with the outfit collage possibilities! To check out more of my favorite picks, as well as some from Atlantic-Pacific + Because I'm Addicted, head on over to WhoWhatWear.

1. Equipment Signature Blouse
2. Linda Farrow for The Row Leather Cat Eye Sunglasses
3. Maria Francesca Pepe Pair Studded Hoop Earrings
4. Acne Pop Cropped Mid-Rise Straight-Leg Jeans
5. Coach Legacy Leather Duffle
6. Coach Leather Hinged Bangle
7. Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in 'Supermodel'
8. Alexander Wang Sonja Ankle Strap Pumps

Mapping the Motor City with Google Map Maker

Hailed as the birthplace of the automotive revolution, the city of Detroit, Mich. is taking its transportation legacy down new paths. As Detroit embraces a greener, non-motorized outlook, cycling is steadily increasing in popularity. The Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance is facilitating this transition by creating an interconnected statewide system of trails and greenways, including the development of bike paths throughout the Detroit area.

As these new bike paths change the city’s landscape, Motor City residents need a more comprehensive map showing bike friendly routes. Todd Scott, the Detroit Greenways Coordinator, discovered that he could use Google Map Maker—a free tool that allows anyone to make contributions to Google Maps—to add new information on biking paths and trails in and around Detroit. Adding new bike paths not only makes the map more accurate, it also improves biking directions, making it even easier for people to find the quickest routes through town. Anyone can also enhance existing trails by including details such as the official name, surface type and bicycle suitability. Keeping Google Maps updated with the latest information means everyone in the community is able to find and enjoy these new additions to the trail system.

Learn more about Todd Scott and his mission to improve the map for cyclists in Detroit.
Building a more comprehensive, accurate and usable map for local cyclists is just one part of Todd’s mission. From the smallest town to a rapidly evolving city like Detroit, maps reflect the heart of a community. Whether you’re improving directions, adding local businesses or mapping an entire area from scratch, your local expertise will help make life easier for not only you, but all Google Maps users. As Todd says, “It goes beyond map making. It’s a way to take back your neighborhood.”

How are you mapping your world? Join the Map Maker Community and tell us your story.

Posted by Lori Savageau, Map Maker Community Manager

Chevrolet Pick-Up

Sunrise

CLOSE UP: ACCESSORIES

ph: Kelly Stuart for ELLE

Delicate stacked rings + a beaded clutch are now on my must-have list!
The perfect place to check out these rings is CatBird- they always have a great selection, which makes it so hard to decide which to get -- fashion girl problems! Click below to see the full look from the 2nd shot (so cute!) + to check out my top picks for getting these looks...



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Beach Custom Absolute

Bum bum bum!

Dreams

Here at CaraibiR we would really like to see that beauty in the Honda distributor shops!
So elegant.
- - -
Qui in zona CaraibiR vorremmo tanto vedere questa gran bellezza nei concessionari Honda!
Che eleganza.

CROP TOP

ph: William Zan

Lovely summer look- If only I had the stomach to rock it!

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Jennifer + Vespa

La caliente Jennifer Lopez apre la settimana a bordo di una bianchissima Vespa!
Buona giornata a tutti.