dress boner

i have a total, you know, for this dress. love love love it. found it here.

donate

i am in shock. my heart goes out to all of those affected by the recent disasters in japan...

the american red cross is accepting donations to help in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan.
those who wish to donate can do so at RedCross.org or make a $10 donation by texting REDCROSS to 90999. the money will go to those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the pacific.
the american red cross says the japanese red cross society has mobilized 11 teams into the heavily-damaged communities. the U.S. organization said it is in touch with its global partners in the damaged pacific nations and prepared to help when/if needed.

squirrels and then tattooed hunks!

so i was playing the old "next blog" button on my blog the other day, you know just surfing the old net when i came across a very interesting blog titled TATTOOED HUNKS. yup. this blog kept appearing right after mine! i would go back to my blog and stat over, and there were the sexy beasts, again and again, and again, and AGAIN. oh well. too bad for me.

p.s. i love how even this thumbs upper gets to share his muscle glory on the site with his two tiny bolts as a way in. love it!

i miss the 90s

this grunge muffin hippie girl is missing the flavor of the 90s. looking to that time not so long ago for inspiration in all aspects of my life. aesthetically and emotionally. its true. cranberries on pandora is commonly found playing in my vehicle. don't act so cool. you know you want to.

images via.

shopped

i have a ton of photos on my iphone from last weekends thrifting, yard sale, vintage shopping adventure. we started with the oh joy / bando yard sale, then the Mount Washington Outpost where i almost splurged on some butterfly chairs, then headed to revival (again for me) and ended at st vincents where morgan's magic shopping eyes spotted my fabulous buffet that my house NEEDED. she also gifted me rad poofy pillows that make me smile. laure scored me a sweet terri planty vessel. it was a successful trip. looking forward to this weekend...

a sad story about curtains

tonight i experienced a mini decorating tragedy. i went to ikea with the intention of exchanging my newly purchased enje roller shade for one without little punctures. so i did just that. turned it in for store credit, indulged in some sweedish meatballs, cruised in for my new curtain only to find that THEY NO LONGER CARRY ENJE ROLLER BLINDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRING THAT HANGS DOWN THEREFORE THEY ARE ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. um. excuse me? what the fu*k? i can't put up any other form of curtain in this room. the space is LIMITED. so when we found out the bummer news we nearly cried a little (actually i ended up shopping to cure my sudden sadness) but soon after rushed to the return area where we began our journey and begged to have our original punctured roller returned to us. and she did. and so that is that.
as of midnight tonight ikeas in cali will no longer sell the enje roller curtain! or anything with a string haninging down (ugly regular curtains are the exception) - UNTIL august when they come up with some stringless i don't know what option.
tragic. i know.

ladies weekend

saturday was a lady day. from beginning to end. i started off my vagina tour with a morning performance at redcat. i brought my dear friend lily the yogi to the lady fest. rad artists elana mann and vera brunner-sun invited more super rad artists to participate in a recreation / performative deep listening / choral resonation event. it was some of the most fun i have ever had. it sounds really serious and woo woo. but it was not that at all. it was a meditative process that allowed for you to not only become more aware and make "music" but with the right combo of ladies (which we so had) it was also the most hilarious pee your pants crying we don't give a fuck what you think kind of experience. loved it.


after the ladies more ladies. morgan drove into town and with the lovely laure and abby we headed to the streets of hollywood to the premiere party for the super cool and cute as a button emily henderson! i am so pumped about her new show secrets of a stylist. the lady is talented. as a long time HGTVaholic (it is one of the few cable channels i have, but lets be honest, i would watch it any way) i know that HGTV has been in desperate need of someone with an awesome personality and killer styling instincts. go go emily! and by the way she is the nicest person on the planet and a great dancer! a totally good time. we danced the night away at her party. i think i may have spun her 5 times (her request) until she finally claimed dizzy.
after our jolly good time, yesterday was spent thrifting! again morgan was my thrifting goddess. finding my every need with ease and grace. she even gifted me some amazing pillows to further my hippie chic nest. more on that later.

we ended it perfectly with a millies brunch. yum. the end.

p.s. the photo with emily is with her adorable assistant on the show - orlando and the gorgeous laure. and the kitty also belongs to laure. her name is hazel and i am in LOVE. she nearly ate my furry bag, but then instead decided to hide her whole body in it. i almost took her home.