Hot Coffee on the Boulevard – the Best of the Internet

 It’s Friday – time for Hot Coffee on the Boulevard! The best of the internet. Have a great weekend.

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BOOKS WE LOVE

This one looks interesting: The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

BLOGS AND CAN’T MISS ARTICLES

Sharon’s childhood friend R.J. Cutler, director of The September Issue and creator of Nashville, has a new film coming out this month, If I Stay. Here’s a piece about him in the New Yorker.

In the who comes up with this stuff category: Confused Cats Against Feminism Tumblr.

Here are 10 things you’ll need for the apocalypse. Yes, toilet paper is on the list.

Jon Krakauer has new information on how Chris McCandless, the subject of his best-selling book, Into the Wild may have died.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECH

The hottest trend in tech is wearables. Here are 9 you might need.

Rumor has it the iPhone 6 will arrive on October 14. We’ve marked our calendars!

The GIF as art form.

BEAUTY, FASHION AND HOME

For efficiency and convenience, a sofa that becomes a room full of furniture.

What we want: White leather Bottega Veneta jacket. What we have: LL Bean tote. 8 timeless wardrobe staples from Vogue editors.

TRAVEL

Why are only 2 of the 10 best ice cream shops in America  on the west coast? WHY???

From Fodor’s, ten things NOT to do in Italy.

ENTERTAINMENT

The boys of summer are in full swing (pun intended). Here’s what it’s all about for those of us who are baseball ignorant.

Could it be that I Love Lucy isn’t really that (GASP!) funny? Or Gilligan’s Island?

Speaking of the apocalypse, could this be the end of Beyonce’ and JayZ?

Some of your favorite movies could have had very different endings. Fortunately they didn’t.

A 3-D film of the creation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, Fallingwater. You’re welcome.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

A prayer for peace between Israel and Hamas.