on friday i threw a pizza party potluck for my birthday! i decorated the house with construction paper slices and pies (no two were the same!) and spent the day prepping the dough and toppings for the pizzas. i served up my stash of lou malnati’s deep dish pizzas, which i imported frozen in...
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this past summer, nico and i had the privilege of visiting walter de maria’s lightning field, a land art sculpture built in 1977 on 1 mile x 1 km of new mexican desert. we were scheduled to spend a night in the cabin on site and for days leading up to it, we couldn’t...
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from vegas i flew to chicago to celebrate my grandmother’s 91st birthday. little did i know that a huge storm was arriving along with me…what turned out to be the third largest blizzard in chicago history!! on tuesday my mom and i went out to run errands, despite extreme winds and a 24hr blizzard...
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summertime calls for lounging outside, and lounging outside calls for a perfect chair to sit upon! canadians gwyneth and tamra, obsessed with the english deck chair, have created their own version of the simple seats. under the name gallant & jones, they build folding black walnut frames suited with striped or printed fabrics perfect...
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while new york is blowing up with models and editors and parties for fashion week, i’m home sick eating it all up from my bed thanks to the world wide web. seems like mountaineering, metallics, the 1940s (long locks, mid-length & long skirts), tribal, greys, oranges, grandma-chic and print mixing are going to be...
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my online spanish course didn’t go so “bueno,” so as a supplement, i’ve decided to take a self-prescribed musical course with el guincho‘s recent pop negro album as the textbook. the record is a mix of barcelona beach rhythms, handclapping and chilly synth dance beats. pablo even catalogs his inspiration on his website, from...
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where else can you have a bachelorette party but las vegas?! duh! two weeks ago we took a girls’ weekend in sin city to celebrate tracy’s birthday and last days as a free woman. i hadn’t been there since the one night two years ago, so i was ready to really explore and experience...
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IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! happy 24 years on this earth to little old me. thought we could celebrate with this absurdo cakes by philadelphia-based artist, amy stevens. i’m so grateful for everything and everyone that’s happened up to this moment…cheers to 24 more years +++++!!!!! “The Confections series began as a response to turning 30....
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Uli Westphal and I must share a brain somewhere in another dimension- we are both obsessed with photographing fruity freaks of nature and the personalities we humans project onto animals. i’ll have to forward him my personal collection of freak produce shots and drawings of “typical” animal characters. for now, a look at his...
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i decided to re-read a streetcar named desire on the plane back from chicago. quick, satisfying, dramatic, sexy- i kind of needed the new orleans heat and craziness after the whole blizzard situation. the introduction is an excerpt from tennessee williams’ essay, “the catastrophe of success,” which he wrote in response to his sudden...
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