managing director, launchpad la partner, charlie ventures co-founder, charlie @samteller var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4991872-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @steller)http://samteller.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztfpalqrG1qc0o3ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://92y.tumblr.com/post/18092125680/capitalnewyork-woody-allen-last-night-at-92y" target="_blank">92y</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://capitalnewyork.tumblr.com/post/18091717557/woody-allen-last-night-at-92y-discussing-how" target="_blank">capitalnewyork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Woody Allen</strong>, <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/02/5327261/woody-allens-kind-crowd-patrons-92nd-st-y-pull-chairs-nostalgia-trip" target="_blank">last night at 92Y</a>, discussing how much Diane Keaton changed the way he wrote.</p> <p><strong>“When I started, I could only write for me. Now I think <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2012/02/5327261/woody-allens-kind-crowd-patrons-92nd-st-y-pull-chairs-nostalgia-trip" target="_blank">I write better women than men.”</a></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>More <a href="http://92y.tumblr.com/post/18072557404/woody-allen-was-at-92y-last-night-with-dick" target="_blank">pics from last night</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://samteller.com/post/18093763710http://samteller.com/post/18093763710Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:14 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrlgwUN2G1qz7swoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pablog.tumblr.com/post/18032115122/week-two-in-a-two-part-series-the-world" target="_blank">pablog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Week Two, in a <a href="http://pablog.tumblr.com/post/17612170967/on-thursday-i-got-the-call-to-do-a-feature-on" target="_blank">two-part</a> (!?) series: the world.</p> <p>(Who else were you talking about this week?)</p> <p><strong><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1195161/1/index.htm" target="_blank">Story here</a></strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p>yeeeea pabloo</p>http://samteller.com/post/18042988883http://samteller.com/post/18042988883Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:25:29 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq5khUb311qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/02/20/music-sleigh-bells-reign-of-terror-album-cover-and-full-album-stream/" target="_blank">Music: Sleigh Bells ‘Reign of Terror’ Album Cover and Full Album Stream | Highsnobiety.com</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17992270363http://samteller.com/post/17992270363Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:55:29 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6y59XO4a1qb6yk3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anticipatedstranger.tumblr.com/post/13547399079/alex-katz-the-cocktail-party-1965" target="_blank">anticipatedstranger</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Alex Katz, The Cocktail Party, 1965</p> </blockquote>http://samteller.com/post/17976114161http://samteller.com/post/17976114161Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:34:30 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzn8a90v7j1qzoa0go1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Voodoo</p>http://samteller.com/post/17881535485http://samteller.com/post/17881535485Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:21 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UB2Tl0xOqbI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lin Yu Chun Sings Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB2Tl0xOqbI&feature=related" target="_blank">actonish</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17863742425http://samteller.com/post/17863742425Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:01:31 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlzgxkdYT1qzoa0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Lobster</p>http://samteller.com/post/17843977377http://samteller.com/post/17843977377Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:53:21 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzl14vsVRf1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eft</p>http://samteller.com/post/17814899313http://samteller.com/post/17814899313Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:31:43 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkf1g0SV21qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/02/bluestems-chawanmushi-with-hon-shimeji-scallion-dashi-recipe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20seriouseatsfeaturesvideos%20(Serious%20Eats)&utm_content=Google%20Reader" target="_blank">Bluestem’s Chawanmushi with Hon Shimeji, Scallion, and Dashi | Serious Eats : Recipes</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17796418842http://samteller.com/post/17796418842Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:34:28 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkaegQ1S91qzoa0go1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/mens_journal_gets_manlier.php" target="_blank"><em>Men’s Journal</em> Gets Manlier - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17790787167http://samteller.com/post/17790787167Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:54:16 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgt97Ftt61qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday Coloft (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17692299994http://samteller.com/post/17692299994Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:51:07 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgqbgHvVm1qzoa0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/hotelshotelshotelshotelscom.php" target="_blank">HotelsHotelsHotelsHotels.com - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17688278019http://samteller.com/post/17688278019Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:47:40 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgq5890RH1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/02/15/reebok-workout-25th-anniversary-a-full-look/" target="_blank">Reebok Workout 25th Anniversary - A Full Look | Highsnobiety.com</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17688032445http://samteller.com/post/17688032445Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:43:56 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgl7mdgBT1qb57q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://samteller.com/post/17684764859http://samteller.com/post/17684764859Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:52:17 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdczrydKD1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/02/13/dogs-in-the-swimming-pool-photo-series/" target="_blank">Dogs in the Swimming Pool Photo Series | Highsnobiety.com</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17597079256http://samteller.com/post/17597079256Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:07:03 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcsmtBE5F1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://alejandrocartagena.com/car-poolers/" target="_blank">Alejandro Cartagena » New work/ Car Poolers 2011-</a>) h/t tatz</p>http://samteller.com/post/17572522476http://samteller.com/post/17572522476Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:47:17 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcit8xUaj1qai3sgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://taylorlorenz.tumblr.com/post/17561338110/doug-rickard-google-street-view" target="_blank">taylorlorenz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Photographer <a href="http://www.americansuburb.com/" target="_blank">Doug Rickard</a>, the son of a retired preacher, traveled each and every alleyway and business loop in America through Google Street View for two solid years to collect these unintentional stills — a selection of 80 from over 15,000 — each with a mix of apathy and empathy Rickard describes as “the inverse of the American Dream.” His work bears witness to invisiblized strati, a fading visual American poetry, and inch after inch of the American hinterlands, paradoxically cocooned by progress, as seen by nine-dimensional mounted cameras on Google vans endlessly traversing the nation.</p> <p>The most moving thing, perhaps, about Rickard’s lens is its pained acknowledgement that not one stone remains unturned, and the age of adventure has closed — hopefully, and quite wholly, to be replaced by something beyond the physical.</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/29.942566-New-Orleans-LA-2008-2009-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/39.259736-Baltimore-MD-2008-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/39.777110-Camden-NJ-2009-2010_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/40.805716-Bronx-NY-2009-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/41.779976-Chicago-IL-2007-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/82.948842-Detroit-MI-2009-2010-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/83.016417-Detroit-MI-2009-2010-1_525.jpg"/></p> </blockquote>http://samteller.com/post/17564876154http://samteller.com/post/17564876154Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:41:39 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://samteller.com/post/17564773550http://samteller.com/post/17564773550Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:39:47 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzba9eTWru1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.lataco.com/taco/mexicali-taco-co-soft-opening-dtla" target="_blank">LA TACO » Mexicali Taco & Co. Soft Opening ~ DTLA</a>)</p> <p>yess!</p>http://samteller.com/post/17531966449http://samteller.com/post/17531966449Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:50 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzba4qCzG91qzoa0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/dr_quaker_and_mr_quaker.php" target="_blank">Dr. Quaker and Mr. Quaker - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17531803578http://samteller.com/post/17531803578Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:02 -0800