Diet Coke, inspiring designers, inspiring me.

When I lost my luggage this weekend...I'm sorry--when the airline lost my luggage...my first stop was Target. Spending money on new clothing would be admission that my bag was lost forever. And, well, I'm just not ready to admit that. So, off to Target for affordable, temporary replacements to traipse around Long Island in it was. Much to my great pleasure I discovered a 'Vintage' line of sweatshirts and tees that the mega-superduper-giganto retailer now carries. And lo and behold, I found a heather gray sweatshirt emblazoned with my favorite beverage, Diet Coke's, logo--this is a sweatshirt I would have purchased if my luggage had arrived. This is the sweatshirt I was meant to own, to proudly wear while coolly sipping, what else, a cold can of DC.

But in an attempt to find an image online to share with you of my new favorite dud I discovered these puppies. It turns out that sneaker brand PUMA has a thing for my beloved beverage too. Peep these Diet Coke First Round Soda kicks from PUMA's retro-inspired collection. Love.

And perfect timing for the discovery as my new Puma sneaks are amongst the items lost in my bag lost in turn in baggage purgatory.

Sounds: Regina Spektor, how I adore thee

Regina Spektor is one of my favorite artists. I have Pandora to thank for introducing me to her music going on 2 years ago. So, thank you Pandora. I owe you my first born. *

The Soviet-born singer has a song for every season, is phenomenally talented, and has done all she's done (including scoring a place in the recent '(500) Days of Summer' soundtrack) in less than 30 years which impresses me to no end.

Regina Spektor happens to be playing LA's Greek Theatre next month. This is a fact I have known for a while and done very little about until now. Here is how very much I'd like to go to the show...

• I would give up Diet Coke for a week to go.
• I would beg, lie and steal to go.
• I would buy a ticket with exorbitant 'Convenience' (convenient, my ass) Charges.
  

Because giving up Diet Coke would be like a terrible nightmare and I'm trying to stop lying, I'm going to opt for the latter, suck it up and buy some tickets. Perhaps you'll join me...

Regina Spektor
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
7:30 PM

Buy tickets to Regina Spektor at the Greek.

Give Regina a listen.

I leave you with one of my favorite Regina Spektor tunes...



* If Owner's first born is not available, she may provide a gift of equal or greater value. Something like a Macy's gift certificate.

Heaven is a can of pop.

16 oz. Diet Coke cans. They've been on the market now for a couple of months but seem to arrive in stores just to taunt me with their disappearance weeks later. Today, I hit the jackpot in a Silverlake liquor store. I've stocked up. Apparently, the cans are a limited time test run for the brand. I am hoping the company's product development team comes to its senses and makes it a permanent staple in the Diet Coke collection. Addicts like me everywhere are crossing our fingers and counting our remaining supply.