However, Brooklynguy and his wife had a baby a few days ago — their second girl — and this wonderful arrival of joy has already had a (temporary we hope) impact on his blogging.

Not wanting to waste your time, I’ve brought in backup … my own favorite wine magazine/website Wine Spectator and their rich media website.

Wine Spectator Napa Home via yodamonLet me clarify that I’m not the wine afficiando that I once was. In pre-Blackberry days, I had wine ratings stashed away in my Filofax and was always in charge of ordering the wine at dinner. No more. No time.

What’s Wrong With Vogue? NYTimes

Having written pretty negatively about American Vogue just two weeks ago, I won’t defend Wintour now. If Anna Wintour actually published an early 90s picture of Nadia Auermann having sex with a swan, I was out of the country.

A quick Google Image search doesn’t deliver the goods, although I got quite an eyeful of other visual treats.

The process of writing these few words underscores a key point at the NYT: Vogue’s younger customer lives a digital life, with her self-image influenced by social networks and digital subcultures.

I can’t image the Auermann swan pic in today’s Vogue, and yet our Feanne posts discrete, naked photos of sexy women, followed by pussy shots … ahem, I mean young felines … all over the Internet.

Young women are their own directors today. Growing numbers of older women are also picking up the metaphorical camers.