Arbiter Elegantiarum

Name that literary reference!

I don't consider myself a true arbiter elegantiarum, but as this blog is a more or less unchallenged place for me to put forth my opinions, here are things--music, blogs, stores, restaurants--I enjoy.

Kindly note that since the readership is small, my photographs are poorly-edited, and my stance is mostly critical, I receive zero compensation for mentioning brands/people/corporate entities.



You can see various in-post reviews by clicking the "reviews" category.

Awesome People doing Awesome Things

• The Local Massage Therapist, Arlington, VA


• Shoe Defenders (online)

Blogs and Podcasts

• 2 Lazy 4 the Gym (fitness video reviews)


• The Belfry Network ("a home for dark culture," blog and podcasts)


• Bulking with Kimchi (bodybuilding abroad)


• Go from There ("story-based podcast")


• Laurie Sadowski (vegan & gluten-free)


• Little Corp Goth Girl (corporate Goth)


• Sophistique Noir (corporate Goth)


• Storyshucker (stories, slice of life)


• TheySaidWhat.net (corporate wellness)


• Veenessar (DIY and veganism)


• Vegan Seks (vegan food)

Cooking Equipment

• KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer


• Silpats


• Tovolo scraper/spatula


• Vitamix Professional Series 200


• Zojirushi Home Bakery Virtuoso Bread Machine

Fitness Channels

• Esther Eckhart Yoga


• FitnessBlender


• Sadie Nardini Yoga


• Sean Vigue Fitness (Motley Fitness)

Go Vegan, Stay Vegan!

• Barnivore (Is your booze vegan?)


• Blood Tight Apparel


• ChooseVeg.com


• The Post-Punk Kitchen


• Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness

Ingredients

• Bob's Red Mill


• Emerson Ecologics (supplements)

Music

• Aesthetic Perfection


• Alfa Matrix (label)


• Apoptygma Berzerk


• Chamaeleon


• Clan of Xymox


• Combichrist


• Covenant


• DeVotchKa


• Gesaffelstein


• God Module


• IAMX


• Insane Records (label)


• Iris


• Kill the Sleeper


• Ludovico Technique


• London After Midnight


• Moth Complex


• Rotersand


• Shadow System


• Side-Line (magazine)


• Slashgore


• Synapsyche


• Third Realm


• Woodkid


• Zola Jesus

Restaurants & Hotels

• Mountain Grind Café and Bistro, Winter Park, CO


• Pyramid Bistro, Aspen, CO


• Salt Gastropub, Byram, NJ


• Sticky Fingers Vegan Bakery, Washington, DC


• Sweet27, Baltimore, MD


• Forss House Hotel, Thurso, Scotland, UK


• Gonzo Inn, Moab, UT

Stores

• Nooch Vegan Market, Denver, CO