i’m thrilled to be reading the adventures of tom sawyer right now. mark twain has brought me back to what it’s like to think like a kid, from the lust for adventure, thrill of mischief, to the awkwardness of growing up and the purity of friendships. sometimes you just wish you were born a...
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beautiful reign on esty is selling incredibly well preserved rosettes from the 10s and 20s, some that are still attached to the original tissue paper! that huge sheet is going for $1200, a pretty penny for some pretty little ribbon flowers. i can’t believe how gorgeous these are after all these years! she has...
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wesley willis is a chicago institution. artist, musician, and paranoid schizophrenic, he won the hearts of chicagoans and beyond with his “savant-garde” punk music and thousands of drawings from a unique perspective. i think max originally told me about him years ago (give credit where credit’s due!), but strangely enough, i found two zines...
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after a long fucking day at work with a huge isabel marant shipment (you should come by it’s awesome!), the last thing you’d think i would want to do is look at clothes on the internet. but here i am. here are some of my favorites from the fall collections…..it’s all about COLOR!!! is...
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tracy and i took advantage of the sun on sunday with an epic day. i went to her place for hello kitty shaped waffles and fresh-squeezed oj. we watched holi bollywood videos on youtube. then we scored some young, juicy coconuts on mission street and proceeded up bernal hill, where we slid down a...
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while in new york, i visited the relatively new (opened 2008) museum of art and design (MAD!) for a show called slash: paper under the knife. the time and precision and patience these pieces require blew my mind, as did the innovation and creativity using such a simple material. i always love paper and...
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dorothy, one of my oldest friends from chicago, came to visit from athens, georgia the week before my birthday. it was just like old times, us being bored together! except now we’re a little older and fatter (but not THAT much fatter) and it really wasn’t that boring (i hope!). sorry d, i had...
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our broken toaster; airplants from flora grubb; the flower moni put on my birthday present; glasses made by arlan. mexican basket that we mounted over the mantle! complete with origami friends (+/- googly eyes); giant pinecones; a whisky glass full of rainbow colored lollipops; a shell full of feathers, seedpods, and dried plants; origami...
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