the BIG THINGS SHOP is popping up at the rencenter & working solutions’ HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR! tomorrow night we’ll be in san francisco at the hines building on 2nd & mission selling all kinds of gifty goodies alongside our friends and rencenter grads: serial cultura, ryan debonville knitwear, RGB Shop+Gallery, little paper planes &&&& don’t miss handheld...
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best holiday ever! i had a cold all weekend but still managed to stay up late as cheech & chong with nico; be a zombified fashion blogger at the zombie nightlife party at the academy of sciences; watch the first season of the walking dead; make delicious vegan popcorn balls; and find these spooky halloweeeeeeen...
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not only is tomorrow mother’s day, but monday is also my mom’s birthday! it’s a whole weekend of mom love! i love the idea of dedicating one day to our moms & moms all over the world, showing our respect, appreciation, gratitude, and love for all their hard work! forget all the hallmark gift-giving...
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Trzebinia, Poland, Purim, 1938 tonight is the start of purim, one of the happiest, most celebratory jewish holidays! as a kid, purim was always the best holiday because you got to wear a crazy costume, eat a ton of hamantaschen (triangle shaped jelly-filled cookies), and crank your gragger at the mention of the bad...
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holy crap it snowed a lot on the east coast this weekend! being out here in california makes me miss the snow so much! when it’s blizzarding and powdery everywhere else all we get is rain rain rain. not that i’m complaining…i don’t know if i could handle 20″ of the white stuff right...
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every year around the holidays i go a little nuts baking and preparing snacks as gifts for parties and family and friends. this year, in memory of my grandmother who died in the spring, i’ve been trying to make more of her recipes, including this one for the traditional german christmas market snack,  gebrannte...
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despite all buzzing around shopping and baking right now, it’s also one of the best times to remember to give back to our communities! making a donation in someone’s name is always way cooler than an unnecessary picture frame or doodad. here are a few organizations you should support this holiday season: the national...
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this is not my tree and not my holiday (chanukkah’s already over!), but just in case there are some stragglers out there looking for a gift for yours truly, here’s part 1 of what i’ve got my eye on this xmas/new year’s season (don’t forget the festive wrapping!!): the vera book!!! i’ve been collecting...
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my first holiday party of the season was the most epic costume event i’ve been to in a loooong time! debi nabbed me as a model for dipietro todd salon when i moved to sf two years ago and since then she’s kept my locks looking fantastic! this year dPT celebrated the holidays with...
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we know how shitty it is to do your holiday shopping downtown with the mobs. you get dehydrated, the lights start getting halos around them, the pine scent gives you a headache….and after six hours of torture, all you end up with is some lame stationary set for your sister-in-law. that’s why BIG THINGS...
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