7.09.2009

350 sq feet done right


as my friends can attest, all i ever do these days is bitch and moan about wanting out of our studio apartment, and into a place with a real live bedroom door. but if you've gotta do a studio, this one ain't too shabby. check out the ny times article for details on this crazy, cute little aerie.

{all photos piotr ridlinski for ny times}

7.07.2009

aimee wilder wallpaper



y'know, for a girl who rents, and who will be renting for a looooong long time to come, i sure do have a healthy sized obsession with crazy cool wallpaper. her line (available at rare device) is no exception.

{via poppytalk}

hims + herbs


really, a better gift for a newly engaged couple, i can think of none.

{from moxiee}

7.05.2009

bicycle film festival


so cute!

camping inspiration



jamie's pictures from her recent camping trip in yosemite has me scanning my calendar for a weekend that the Boy and i could get away for a camping trip of our own. a few days of hiking, campfires, music and quiet is so overwhelmingly appealing during this crazy busy time of year!

7.02.2009

girl crush of the week




amanda seyfried, styled by priscilla polley for christian louboutin. gorgeous girl, gorgeous photos.

{via hot child in the city. yes, again.}

7.01.2009

romance


i'm having a pretty craptastic evening, but seeing this image has managed to soften me just a tad. perhaps because this kitty is a (oh, just slightly more slender) version of my puma, who's also pretty rockstar as an alarm, whether his services are wanted or not.

(generally... not.)

{image from chris craymer's new book romance, via unruly things}

coconut records

Any Fun - Coconut Records - Music Video

more on the new music tip: did you know that jason schwartzman has a band? it's true. since 2006! it's amazing what the internet decides to teach you day to day...

mociun diy dress


caitlin mociun is adorable. so is her clothing line, which i never seem to be able to splurge on. imagine my excitement when i discovered this diy tutorial she put together for refinery29. too bad my dress doesn't stand half a chance of turning out as cute as hers did...

6.30.2009

random bitching (with shoes!)




so. i've been having a very negative experience with my mailbox these past few weeks. for whatever reason, my us weekly issues have suddenly not been making it to me. that's right, us weekly. it's my thing, let's move on...

right. so there's me, cranky pants pulled way up tight, peering into the itty bitty mailbox, wondering if today's the day that the honorable folks over at wenner media have gotten their shit together and finally sent me my brainless dribble. nope, they haven't.

punks.

but! what's this? oooh, a catalog. from anthropologie. i'll bet there's lots of eye candy up in there. so i flip through, page by page, and i'm getting pretty disappointed. the clothes just aren't doing a thing for me. that is until i look closer, and see the jaw dropping, amazing shoes on each spread. granted, i've been on a pretty serious shoe kick recently. but this is not helping. not one bit. these three specimens are the best of the best in my book...

while we're talking shoes, i'm also majorly fixated with these (in yellow) and these... the latter are from forever 21! sure, european forever 21, which is undoubtedly a billion times chicer than the techno blasting disaster areas that i find myself in stateside, but still. pretty.

i have been able to do a teensy bit of actual shoe purchasing (in addition to all this coveting), all in the name of the fixed gear bike. flip flops may have worked on dutchie, but not on 80's purple. no way, no how. so i got to buy shoes! specifically these three shoes. i'm loving the oxfords. loooooving.

well, i suppose that's enough shoe rambling for tonight. if i keep going i'll wind up pressing "confirm order" on some very pretty and un-cheap shoes before bedtime without a doubt. which we can't have happening. sure would be nice if i had a certain picture filled gossip magazine to distract....

6.29.2009

the whispertown 2000


i love discovering new music! this song just oozes summer vibes to me, and i have a feeling i'm going to be listening to it a lot.

6.28.2009

going (going), back (back), to cali (cali)


we helped these two kids pack up all their worldly possessions into a shiny new u-haul truck this afternoon. and then immediately began to bawl our ever loving eyes out when it came time to say the dreaded goodbyes.

edyta + jared, i love you both to pieces. chicago may not have been your city, but you left your mark regardless. you'll be missed every day.

(every day of course, until it's our turn to move west!)

6.27.2009

allow me to introduce:

80's purple. remember this frame? well this is the bike that it's been turned in to. and ok, so maybe i ripped the name off of this shop, but c'mon, can you blame me? when it's right, it's right.

right?

i love this bike. i love it for being a reasonable weight (sorry, dutchie). i love it for the girly color. i love it because i hand selected (while asking lots and lots of questions to our resident bike guru, jared) each and every part you see here, from the toe clips all the way up to the bar tape. and then i at least tried to make myself useful while jared and the Boy built it up. luckily for them it turns out that i make an excellent "holder-in-placer."

so yeah, that's my newest bike. one of these days i'll show you all a picture of what our apartment has turned into: bike storage. we're up to five bikes in five hundred square feet. it's truly a ridiculous sight. what i would do for a garage these days...

6.22.2009

i feel like such a jackass






since all i ever do is bitch about my apartment and that i can't really afford to spruce it up, but this chick decorated her (amazing) house entirely with items that cost less than $100. so very ashamed right now.

{via design*sponge}

6.21.2009

happy father's day!

i'm looking forward to the next time i get to hang out and speak entirely in movie quotes with my dad (in just one month!) he's the one with the guitar. he might kill me for sharing this photo, but hey, at least i didn't pick one of the band pics from the late 80's. the perms... oh man, the perms.

love you, dad!

6.18.2009

a little of this, a little of that...





just a bit of what i've been up to... lots of sun (when it decides to show up), babies, beaches and crap magazines. how's your summer going so far?

barnaby barford


i never thought the day would come that i'd find myself thinking, "damn, those porcelain figurines are the shit!"

...but i totally thought that when i saw these.

{via design*sponge guest blogger neal}

6.16.2009

terrarium


ooooh, i want it. i'd surely wind up killing it, but nevertheless...

{via poppytalk}

6.15.2009

gallant tales


i've met my wallpaper soulmate. landlords and exorbitant pricing may try to keep us apart, but our love will not be denied.

{via oh joy!}

terrible yellow eyes




yup, still oh-so impatiently waiting for this movie to be released. in the meantime i see myself spending lots of quality time looking at this site, which features a compilation of images and art inspired by the original book. love, love, love.

{via yes, please}