http://gilliantelling.com Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:45:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are men you admire, and there are ones you envy—like those young, good-looking guys who get to spend their time traveling the world. Blake Mycoskie, the 32-year-old founder of TOMS Shoes, is both. Two years after he launched his footwear line, TOMS (short for “Tomorrow”), the practical shoes can ... http://gilliantelling.com/lifestyle/blake-mycoskie-saves-the-world-step-by-step/ In 1990, when I was 13, my dad’s company transferred him to its office in Brussels, Belgium. My parents were thrilled about the move, partly because they saw it as a great opportunity to raise their four daughters overseas and introduce us to the world in all its cultural complexity. They ... http://gilliantelling.com/essay/around-the-world-one-bonbon-at-a-time/ Ask any New Yorker who that white-haired man is saying hello to everyone on the corner of 6th Avenue and Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, and they’ll tell you Silvano Marchetto of course, owner of Da Silvano. The New York institution has been around for 30 years, with Silvano himself ... http://gilliantelling.com/front-desk/a-chip-on-the-old-block-may-june-2009/ I recently saw the totally awesome Rock of Ages on Broadway. I use the phrase "totally awesome" not only because it's fitting but because the show takes place in the '80s and the songs are all hair metal band covers. (REO Speedwagon, Styx, Whitesnake etc.) Anyway, Constantine Maroulis (below) is ... http://gilliantelling.com/blog/constantine-maroulis-rulesis/ SCENE: Kate Winslet is on a movie set, schooling extra Andy Millman in the art of seduction. ''I'm aching for your big, purple womb ferret," she says. Winslet is a nun. Millman is a Nazi. Welcome to Extras, the new British comedy from Ricky Gervais, creator of the much-loved mockumentary ... http://gilliantelling.com/pop/extras/