my parents really drove home the fact that I was supposed to respect books. No turned down corners to mark places, no highlighting until college. The book burning in the last Indiana Jones movie was actually disturbing.
Way more disturbing are craft projects that destroy books: sketchbooks, diaries, and ugly purses.
Case in point:
don’t mess with nancy drew, don’t make ugly purses.
case closed.
but…if you were going to wear a real wedding dress: I love Jenny Packham…they look beautiful but totally wearable and not like an imaginary dress for an imaginary situation. Her most recent collection was a bit dissapointing, but these were my faves:
h sent over ths very interesting blog that focuses on fashion and technology: fashioning technology
some of the ideas are good, some gorgeous, some need a little help…but its all inspirational…
check out my friend Liz’s Hand painted headboard, featured today on designsponge!
sorry for the delay in posting…
isaac and i found a lost dog at the library here in LA:
but had to quickly head to berkeley for a family visit.
we got to go to my favorite san francisco treat: zeitgeist, where the bloody mary’s are the BEST:
and on the way home stopped in salinas
and san luis obisbo:
on our way back, with doggy, temporarily named Booker (because of the library) until we can find her owners.
I came across scosha jewelry lately: loved the hand-hewn looks of a lot of the pieces….
the somewhat artfully crude look of the metal work plus lovely glittery jewels is super smart…
you’ve probably already seen this: but I love it because not only is Buffy the totally better vampire saga, but I also see this as a battle of gender roles: in Buffy: the woman is the Slayer: the chosen one. In Twilight, the main female character is completely helpless and dependent. Also: I love that Edward’s behavior is shown as stalker-y and weird: which it kinda was in the Twilight movie as well.
Buffy kicks ass. Women everywhere, rejoice.
I’m sure this store gets a ton of plays on the word Happy when they are blogged about: but they have a very happy assortment of goods for the home, records (which i’ve almost never seen in a homegoods store), jewelry and other happy pieces, including paula elliot jewelry and pots made of corn husks in great colors.
happy
4675 hollywood blvd
los angeles, ca 90027
not my eugene, but someone’s eugene (or perhaps their own eugene) makes key fobs/accessories/necklaces and jewelry and shoots them in loveliest lookbooks and presents them in just the nicest way. see for yourself.
in LA at the also lovely Mohawk General Store.
