<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36490848</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:42:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Christopher Kon's Blog</title><description>the day to day, inspirations, truths, and utter chaos.</description><link>http://www.christopherkon.com/blog/blog.htm</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Christopher Kon)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36490848.post-5040859313430149292</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-26T20:21:59.459-05:00</atom:updated><title>is it all really about handbags???</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;so...i thought that for my first official post, i would not write about bags.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; i thought i would write about two super talents who are not only close &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; friends of mine, but a couple that i admire and constantly looking to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; for the answers...to what you may ask??? balance and purity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Jamie and Jeremy Joseph run a home grown Business out of Seattle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; They are the madness in my Jewelry world. And anyone who knows &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; me...knows,,,that i LOVE jewelry. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Jamie comes out with the most beautiful designs fusing rawness and purity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; to bring to life Organic looking pieces. Jeremy is the Stone man...and i love this guy!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; He just came out with a beautiful men's line using old solid steel peg's from railroad track's...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;  I remember when Jamie first came to NY looking into possibly starting a business outside her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; more personalized and local production. I had the pleasure of joining her for dinner that night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; and spoke to her about the business and what it meant to be part of the biggest accessories      show in the world....well, it didn't take long. Next show, she was there and knocked everyone off  their rockers... the rest is history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; please check out their site and drop them some feedback. I am a HUGE fan and own about Ten  of their pieces....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt; www.jamiejoseph.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; i'm out for tonight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; signing off&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36490848-5040859313430149292?l=www.christopherkon.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.htm' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.christopherkon.com/blog/2009/02/is-it-all-really-about-handbags.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Christopher Kon)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36490848.post-1421567834427834563</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-26T20:04:58.735-05:00</atom:updated><title>Ladies and Gentlemen...</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I am officially back on the blog band-wagon...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;it has been a long time and i am ready for round two...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i don't know how long it's been, but i can't even remember&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; the time when i wrote my last entry...i am all apologies...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; The running arounds and making sure that the bags are&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; getting to where they need to go has left little time for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; entires...but i'm back and here to stay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;look out for the next one....it's coming soon...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;signing off&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;chris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36490848-1421567834427834563?l=www.christopherkon.com%2Fblog%2Fblog.htm' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.christopherkon.com/blog/2009/02/ladies-and-gentlemen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Christopher Kon)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item></channel></rss>