Monthly Archives: February 2016

Lady Gaga Is A High Tech Wonder 

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I watched Lady Gaga perform a six-minute tribute this past Monday to music legend David Bowie at the Grammys. I was mesmerized watching all of the kaleidoscopic visual effects. I read in Engadget that the Gaga team, along with Intel, worked very closely to bring together art, technology, and fashion.

Here is a rare opportunity to learn the complete breakdown of the technology that was  used to power the performance.

Click here.

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Eliot and Lois sing Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen. 

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Thank you Cathy

  
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It’s so embarrassing when you show up at an event and someone else is wearing your dress.  

A Quick Lesson In Virtual Reality 

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I think I mentioned this before, but I want to be sure all DigiDame readers are familiar with Virtual Reality (VR), the most exciting technology that will emerge in the next few years. It’s going to be interesting  to see if it will infiltrate our demographic area and how well we will receive it.

Goldman Sachs just announced that VR will be an $80 billion market by 2025. See the announcement here. I urge you to watch the three minute video below so you clearly understand what the excitement is all about.

http://youtu.be/imZ_4cO0P7Y

According to Wikipedia, virtual reality artificially creates a sensory experience, which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell. 

Everyone is jumping on the virtual reality bandwagon.

Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is now offered in VR. Check it out here.

Hotels Tonight May Be Cheaper Than Staying Home

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A few months ago, I noticed that several of my friends were traveling around more than ever. When I asked them why they were all of a sudden spending so much money, they just smiled. 

Then I learned their secret sauce, “Hotels Tonight.” While the concept seemed a little unsettling to me at first, I started to think that getting first class hotel rooms, at discount pricing, was something I should consider too.  Why should I pay premium prices when my friends were paying less than a third for the same four walls?

   
   

I am always dubious about discount deals, thinking there is a catch somewhere. My friends say this really works. I decided to check it out. I was shocked when I searched what was available in New York and Miami.

   

  

  

  

  

  

I was so surprised to see some of the finest hotels in Miami and New York on the list. I guess even the most expensive hotels in the world decided that they no longer want empty rooms any night of the week. 

I haven’t actually booked a room yet, but friends report that the “Hotels Tonight” app, and cooperating hotels all over the world, are totally legit and honor all commitments.

In fact, some of the deals are so good, it’s cheaper to live in a “Hotels Tonight” guest room than your own home.

 

My Tweets From The Grammys  

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Cell Phone Case Sheds Proper Selfie Lighting 

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Michael Costanza (far right) takes one of his first selfies with wife Joonok Yang and me. Our friend Ron Moorman photo bombed us. Joon just had laser eye surgery. She was such a good sport.

Wherever I go, whatever I do, I see people taking a selfies. This used to be a young thing to do, but now I see grandmas and grandpas staging their own self-portraits. It makes me smile when I see more mature people connected to the digital world. 

It also amazes me that most 50-plus folks are not at all shy while posing. I see them  holding in their stomachs, stretching their necks and checking out their better facial sides. I’m not sure what everyone is doing with their selfies, but many of them are showing up on social media platforms.

I’m here to help. I want to tell you about the selfie gadget the Kardashians use to get the best images possible.  It’s a cell phone case called Lumee and it sells for approximately $55 on Amazon. Made for Apple and Android, the case has a frame of LED panels that properly light your face. The Lumee was engineered to highlight makeup, glam, and all kinds of contrasts. The clever case has different light intensities for different opportunuties.

I was told that the case is very easy to use and it’s doubles as a flashlight. No more flumbling through all of your apps to find a flashlight.  Lumee has a single button to light up your immediate surroundings. Very convenient!

All I have to say now is, “Are you ready for your closeup?” For more information, go to racked.com, a major fashion blog.

   
   

 
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If You Know A Major Personality, I Need Your Help

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HWH PR and Waterpik want to raise money for a cancer care charity called Hope Lives. Hope Lives provides women with free, complimentary care services including: Lymphatic Massage, Naturopathic Medicine, Mastectomy Supplies & Prosthetics, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Exercise & Yoga, Nutrition Counseling, Therapeutic Massage, Healing Touch, Reiki, Counseling, Housecleaning, Personal Care, Transportation, Meal Preparation, Errands and More. 

Here are two videos that explain it all.

https://youtu.be/iTQbxZhQJ_g

HWH and Waterpik want to conduct an online celebrity silent action so we can raise money for Hope Lives. All we need is a celebrity to decorate a Waterpik Water Flosser with pens, colored pencils, stickers, etc. We will supply all of the materials needed. The more celebs we get, the more money we raise.

This is what comedian/actor Tim Allen did for us.

   
  

If you know of anyone we can approach, we would be forever grateful.

 We hope you are willing to help us.

 Thank you so much. 

 Lois

 

 

 

Waterpik Press Party  

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I was in New York two weeks ago for a wedding and, now, we’re back again because our PR agency, HWH PR, hosted a press party for our client, Waterpik. The company was introducing several new water flossers.

I wanted to find a unique location for the introduction because most of the media has already seen it all: nightclubs, restaurants, galleries, hotels suites, and event spaces. 

I decided to ask my friends,  Jillian Crane  and Al Kahn of CraneKahn Entertainment, if I could use their  “townhouse in the sky” for the party. Miraculously, they said yes. I am forever grateful because it was a perfect setting for our guests: fashion, beauty, and health editors.

  

  

  

Richard Bisson, CEO Waterpik, me and Al Kahn

Jillian Crane and Pierre 

   
    
    
 

  
Steve Guttenberg of CNET and me    My dentist, Bruce Blau, and Waterpik executive Suzanne Carranza   Jillian with Jay McCulloch, Waterpik executive  

 Cheryl Benton, of The Three Tomatoes and Marilyn Scher, HWH PR consultant    

    
  
Suzanne Kantra, Techlicious; Barry Myers, GetGeeked; and Rob Calem, free lance  

    

The best Douglas Elliman  team. My pal Howard Margolis on the right   

Lois with Dan Rosenbaum   Steve Smith, major industry writer.      Paper Magazine

 

Special Signs 

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Camouflaged To Protect The Guilty  

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I just couldn’t help myself. I had to photograph the  guy who sat next to me this morning in the American Airline terminal at the Miami International Airport. He conducted a private business conversation out loud for 20 minutes. I heard every detail of a legal snafu that involves the breakup of two partners. 

This guy is a lawyer. Don’t you think he should have know better? I kept wondering what his client would have thought if he or she knew his lawyer was broadcasting his business all over the place.

At first I thought about outing this guy and letting his picture go viral. I changed my mind after some soul searching. Maybe this person is a decent human being and he made one foolish mistake.

I don’t think so, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I truly wonder why people talk so loud on a cell phone. They have to know the whole world is listening in. I guess they like it that way. They are just so rude. There should be a law against loud cell phone users . They are disturbing the peace. 

If you know this guy, or have any connection to him, please be sure to pass along this message, “shut up.”