Friday, October 29, 2010
The Art of Costuming
For the past few years I've gone as my beloved Buddy the Elf. Due to it accidentally getting thrown away and the fact that people like to tell me that Halloween is in fact NOT an elves holiday I decided to go as something new this year.
What on earth could top Elf, you ask?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
King of Anything by Sara Bareilles
Just a little bit of adorable for a rainy Wednesday night. Love this video, wish it were still Spring. Also, why do I get the impression she's on a Match.com date? Just a thought.
Rally of the Sane Variety
Martin Luther King did it, Anti-War Protesters did it, Glenn Beck did it and now, John Stewart is doing it.
You'd have to be living under a rock to not know that 1.) The Daily Show is tapping here this week and the President is on tonight and 2.) That the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear will be taking place on the Mall this Saturday.
Cold Season
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
On View
Joan Mitchell (American, 1926-1992). Salut Tom, 1979.
Oil on canvas. 110 7/16 × 78 5/8 in. (each panel; 4 panels total)
Currently on view at the Corcoran in the newly reinstalled Modern and Contemporary Permanent Collection. A spectacular must see.
Sleepless in Seattle
Because I was moving and uprooting my life at the time my dear friends Rachel and Sam got married, I hadn't had a chance to recap their beautiful wedding until now.
The wedding took place at the Four Seasons in Seattle and it was a beautiful affair. The bride and groom were nothing if not perfect hosts, sharing their lovely city with their (mostly) out of town guests.
Highlights included Pike Place Market where I not only held a fish (I won't eat one but I'll hold one) in lavender high heels but I was also able to experience the FIRST STARBUCKS. In some cultures, pilgrimages are made to certain holy locales as a sign of reverence or respect. As a coffee devotee, the first Starbucks was my mecca. I bought coffee beans and had a Pumpkin Spice Latte. If it sounds heavenly, it was.
We lucked out with beautiful weather throughout the entire weekend and were even able to see Mount Ranier.
Fashion for Paws Pawtini Halloween Happy Hour!
When: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where:
J&G Patio at the W
515 15th Street NW
Please join us for a Fashion for Paws (F4P) Halloween themed Pawtini Happy Hour Event benefiting the Washington Humane Society (WHS) at the W Washington, DC Hotel on the new J&G Patio (patio will have heaters) from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. WHS will receive 20% of the proceeds from the bar revenue from the happy hour.
To RSVP (Required) and for more information click HERE.
Weekend Road Trip
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania.
Organic Architecture.
Four Hours from Washington, DC.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. National Historic Landmark.
Hailed by Time shortly after its completion as Wright's "most beautiful job", it is also listed among Smithsonian's Life List of 28 places "to visit before you die." It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1991, members of the American Institute of Architects named the house the "best all-time work of American architecture" and in 2007, it was ranked twenty-ninth on the list of America's Favorite Architecture according to the AIA. Wikipedia.More Information Here. Actually, a fantastic website. One of the best I've seen.
Monday, October 25, 2010
High Heels Drag Race
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Location: 17th Street, between P and S Streets NW near Dupont Circle
Race Time: Begins at 9 p.m. Participants gather as early as 6 p.m.
The Bookshelf
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
This collection of essays is absolutely essential for anyone California dreaming or wishing that Vanity Fair had more female essayists. Once I took the Proust Questionnaire and I scored closest (97%) to Joan Didion. I was floored, I’ve considered this woman a role model since I found out who she was, to be told that her and I think alike was the truest of compliments.
Published in 1968, this collection is taken primarily from The Saturday Evening Post, American Scholar and The New York Times Magazine. It chronicles much of her life in California in the 1960’s with some of the best prose written at the time, in my opinion I’ve never been to California, but I don’t want to go until I can experience her California. She has a love from where she is from, and an entire book about it as well. Her passion and, ironically, her ambivalence about Sacramento is stunning. She narrates a world that, in modern times, has become iconic; California in the 1960’s means something to those of us that study history or watch Mad Men. Reading these essays without the glare of a reminiscing eye makes them all the more interesting, and in terms of the Counter Culture, much more troubling.
My Playlist Sounds Like Fall
F*** You by Cee Lo
Ta Douleur by Camille
Power by Kanye West
Take It Off by Ke$ha
Mi Amigo by Kings of Leon
Mine by Taylor Swift
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
Queen Bitch by David Bowie
The Dummy Song by Louis Armstrong
The Passengerby Iggy Pop
King of Anything by Sara Barellis
Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel
It’ll All Work Out by Tom Petty
Lazy Eye by Hem
Appalachia Waltz by Yo Yo Ma
I Think Ur a Contra by Vampire Weekend
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Anthro
Well, there goes the neighborhood!
Did I say neighborhood? I meant paycheck. According to the Washington Business Journal, Anthropologie is moving on in to Penn Quarter, a short walking distance from my apt.
Dear John
"It's understandable, but ... I've never kept quiet the fact that I write songs about people. It's like, this is album number three. You guys have had fair warning!" —Taylor Swift on former lovers being upset about their exposure in her album
Taylor Swift, the best role model in the world.
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