BlackBook

Carrying things can be an absolute bore, especially when you ain't got nothing nice to carry those things in. We're used to carrying things with our hands (boring!) or in a plastic bag from the local supermarket (boring and ugly!). It really is a downer, all those looks you get when people see you carrying things without flair. Well, that ends right now.

There are several easy ways to break through the sameness that is your life. Adopting a child is one of them. Getting hitched works, too. Or, if you're like us and you want to be alone for the rest of your life, you can just buy a sick wallet.

Congratulations to Pat Perry, the winner of The City Is Your Canvas Contest brought to you by I Make My Case and BlackBook! Pat’s evocative illustrations are inspired by “ephemera, wilderness, the Midwest, the concept of escape, animals, and memory,” and though he sometimes uses digital color, most of his work is still drawn by hand.

Over New York Fashion Week 2011, DeLeón Tequila brought us The National in a partnership with Mac and Milk Studios. Check out the exclusive video after the jump.

Another day at the office. Same faces, same procrastination rituals, same panini for lunch, same bathroom schedule, same difference. We know: it's not easy (or very much fun) being you. But guess what? Now there's a solution, and it comes courtesy of Paul Stewart.

The Vice-fueled and Intel-funded digital arts behemoth known as The Creators Project has scored another coup, recruiting indie stalwarts Interpol to their stable. Interpol will be helping out with The Studio, a creative grants program launched last month. Of course, that's not all they're up to.

If the cold and gray of winter is really starting to weigh on you (not to mention that crap job and nagging girlfriend), fear not, because Spring is just around the corner. And after that? Summer! We've got the perfect thing to shield those melancholy eyes from the rest of the world, and, er, the sun.

Back in September, the James New York opened in Soho. It's hard to make a serious racket in New York's over-saturated hospitality market, but with their rooftop bar Jimmy attracting a young, professional crowd, and the recently-opened David Burke Kitchen fast become a hub for foodies, the James is staking its claim as one of the city's premiere hotels.

Hey y'all. Mundanity of life got you down? Cubicle walls closing in? Is that thing they call everyday life weighing on your soul? Of course it is! But not to worry, gals and gents. Ralph Lauren's got you covered. And in this particular case, he's covering you in a lime and grapefruit scent.

Sure, it's easy to just keep coasting, lulled into a stupefying sense of cozy security by the repetitive day-to-day. What could be more comforting? You can take those occasional worktime breaks to surf the web and chuckle at those more famous or less fortunate (or both), then get on with your life, such as it is. Instead, may we suggest you bust out of the rut ever so slightly with a our upcoming "Item of the Week" specials.