chicago pics..

Pitchfork was a blur

At least is was through my crappy camera phone. But it sure was fun!

Sloth, are you experienced?

Where are the Ugg boots?

Cougar Crush #2

don't judge me.

moving break

Coming to work at the berry is like a vacation from the home upheaval that doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. No flights of stairs, no friends freaking out, no financial issues, no furniture to haul.

I heard this song on the way in this morning, and it made me long for the summer vacay days of 6th grade. very soothing.



I know I feel better. I hope it brought a little calm to you, too.

St. Elmo's Color

This AT post analyzes the use of color as character in St. Elmo's Fire.


I love this.
If there were a book on this subject, I would buy it.

Why we wear flats

Like this?

wall color #1

big surprise! I want a pink bedroom.

home decor

I have a new apartment!! woo woo! no more roommates! hot damn!!! hotchacha!

I'll be moving in the next week and have a clean slate of four rooms to make my own. this means my fashion distraction is going to be transferred to interior design. I'm a little anxious about this because it's been years since I've had sole control over how my home looks. I want to do it right, but decisions freak me out!

My main concern is giving my grandma style (knick-knacks and brick-a-brack) a cleaner look. Less clutter. More focus on the simple design of a really good pattern and not the busy-ness of several lesser patterns clumped together. So I'll be posting some of my favorite inspirations as I see them. Such as..

A nice way to display trivets from Laura Normandin (found via poppy):


This look inside Bookhou's apartment, in particular this quilt/wall hanging:

bird talk

These make me wish I still had a polaroid camera.

Stephen Colbert - Singing in Korean

per request of mimi

Healthy Boozing Ha

Recent trend of organic cocktails at bars, restaurants and clubs in NY and LA. From what I gather these are mostly organic booze blended with organic fruits and veggies.

These people are crazy. Booze is poison, no matter how you package it, that is why it's so much fun. Even if you stick a cucumber in it.

I'm glad to read that the organic label is pretty meaningless as the distillation process burns off impurities in booze. I'll stick to the cheap-o Stolichnaya.

This 'healthy drink' looks might tasty though. Especially at 10 to 5. Maybe I can get some vitamin D smokes too. YUM!

Suspect

Jo bought this book about gypsy life for me at myopic on our recent visit to Chicago. Makes me wonder about my lineage...here are some common traits the author finds among the gypsies she lives with:

1. Pride: "It is better to die standing up than to live on your knees."

2. Forgetfulness: "Questions of origins, dispertion, memory are not of central importance."

3. Lies!: "Gypsies lie. They lie a lot - more often and more inventively than other people..Still, malice is not intended. On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long to tell you what they imagine you want to hear. They want to amuse you; they want to amuse themselves; they want to show you a good time. This is beyond hospitality. This is art."

They found me out.

Jezebel pulled this choice quote from a NY Times piece about a drug that elliminate your period forever.

In a presentation by Lybrel's maker, Wyeth, to investors and analysts last October, Dr. Ginger D. Constantine, the company's therapeutic director for women's health, laid the groundwork. Citing company-backed studies, she reported that menstruating women feel less effective at work and take more sick days. Not only that, but they don't exercise and they wear dark clothes more often, she said.

I'm proud to say I'm wearing a black skirt today, and nobody's gonna take that OR my period away from me. Suck it, Ginger!

Bollywood Superhero Dance!!!

Looking to put the ‘hep cat’ in cataloguing

Nu Rave Fat Pants

Thanks to Kate Moss, skinny jeans are out and wide-leg-high-waisted jeans are in. I'm kind of glad pants/jeans never fit me, it's too hard (and expensive) keeping up with trouser trends. This trend isn't all that bad, but there's a fine line between a sophisticated Sophia Loren wide-leg pant and an exaggerated 70s disco meets 90s raver. I don't think I can rock it, but who knows? I could lose 20lbs and wear my old Luscious pants again (after ripping out all the extra pockets).

My soft spot

My list of crushes is rather long. It includes young, more mature and some individuals who fit in the "if they were still alive" category.

One of my crushes (although I agree that Mos Def is up there in high ranking land...) is a French actor named Romain Duris. C'te guy la pourrait manger des crackers dans mon lit any day!!! Now, I like him bearded but you may prefer clean shaven so...

Oh, and to make things even better, he has a new movie coming out called Dans Paris with the virginal Louis Garrel........... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Teenage Crush

Here's my reverse cougar crush: Jarvis Cocker circa mid-90s.

be kind rewind

ok, here is my crush... its a combo of michel gondry AND mos def... i know they are of age and all but still cute!

Cougar Crush #1

I'm starting a new blog feature: current crushes who can't yet buy beer. in the states.

Who better to start it off than Michael Cera, aka George-Michael Bluth. He was always endearing on Arrested Development, and since I've been watching his super-hilarious internet show, Clark and Michael, my crush was solidified. Now I'm just waiting for Superbad.

I don't know what else to say, except that he's Canadian.

Your Sunday School Lesson

oh yeah!

Dave Cooper at work

Snapshots of Dave Cooper working on an upcoming show.

I never would have thought that this:

used to look like this:


I really like this one.

Play Food!

via Craft blog

iClub

Apparently this was part of the hoopla on Friday - apple employees lining up and applauding the iPhone buyers as they entered the store. I think it's sweet! Look at the guy in the top right corner - two fisted cheer! I bet it's so easy to drop $600 with this kind of encouragement.