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Editor's Note, Jan. 22, 2013: Four years after he skyrocketed into the fashion world's very public conscience, Jason Wu—or his design, at least—returned to the U.S. presidential inauguration, again on the form of First Lady Michelle Obama. See here his rise to fame, largely by way of fashion-forward faucets and, yes, clothing the stylish wife of the leader of the free world.

If you've wanted to meet Lil Bub, the famed "perma-kitten" with tens of thousands of followers across social networks, you may be in for a special treat.

In one’s imagination, every twisty gravel road in Brown County leads to a log cabin like Lynn Smith’s: tidy and fetching, rustic yet polished, just right for a game of checkers on the porch.

 

When I first meet Lil Bub, as her legions of Internet fans know her, at her owner's apartment in Bloomington, she's staring up at me from the living room floor.

It was a downtown romp last night as dozens of dogs, cats, and even one ferret descended upon a parking lot at 707 N. Senate Ave. Indy Pride's second-annual Pet Pride event drew more than 500 (human) attendees, up from about 320 last year in its first inception.

At the very least, argues Vess Ruhtenberg, the chairs place his grandfather at the center of a pivotal moment in 20th-century architecture and design. And they bolster his case that Jan Ruhtenberg deserves wider recognition.